Major Economic Reforms In Saudi Arabia? Prince Mohammed would like to see quick modernization. It will not happen
WASHINGTON – What is going in Saudi Arabia? Probably too much. We have now an odd stew of engineered...
Tag: Iran
Ayatollah Khamenei Warns About US “Deceit And Treachery” Open anti-Americanism still the norm in Tehran. Is this the new era in US-Iranian relations?
WASHINGTON – According to Reuters, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday approved the lifting of sanctions against...
By Showing Captured US Sailors Iran Scored A Huge Propaganda Victory The video showing US sailors taken prisoners was released in order to openly humiliate America
WASHINGTON – Two small US Navy boats drifted off course while sailing in the Persian Gulf and ended up...
Saudi Arabia’s Goal: Hurt Iran Low oil prices are meant to strangle the oil-dependent Iranian economy
WASHINGTON – A few days ago I argued that Saudi Arabia is imposing rock bottom oil prices through over...
Obama Talks About Gun Violence In Order To Avoid Embarrassing Issues While major crises pile on, with a clever move the President got everybody to focus on his modest gun control initiative
WASHINGTON – I’ve got to hand it to President Obama. He is a really capable politician. And probably the...
The Ayatollahs Have Given Up Indoctrination in Iran Women behave like their counterparts in the West
WASHINGTON – TIME magazine recently had an intriguing cover story about Iran, (Iran 2025, November 16, 2015). Assuming that...
Saudi Arabia’s Oil End Game It is not about America. It is really about Iran
WASHINGTON – More than a year ago, when it became obvious that massive increases in US oil production (thanks...
The West Is Caught In Middle East Chaos Terrorism is just one manifestation of religious wars that will have no quick end
WASHINGTON – The Paris terror attacks lead to Syria, to the Arab Spring, to the Sunni-Shia conflicts, to al...
US Troops In Syria? A few Spcial Ops troops on the ground indicate nothing
WASHINGTON – What do we make of the announcement by the Obama administration about its decision to send about...
Despite GOP Opposition, Iran Nuclear Agreement Here To Stay Too much international momentum behind pact. Almost impossible to reopen the issue
WASHINGTON – The acrimonious Washington debate about the Iran nuclear deal is mostly noise –and almost entirely for domestic...