I predicted more than 2 years ago that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh would run for President in 2008. Bayh generally kept a low profile during the 2004 death ride of the Kerry campaign and emerged with his credentials as a “centrist” Democrat largely intact. Bayh served for 4 years as the Chair of [...]
Actually, he didn’t respond to me directly but he does address a key point which I deliberately downplayed in my post The counterargument: Don’t preempt against Iran. In his NRO article titled Iran bubbles over, Ledeen states that
[T]he whole question of Iran, which should be the central issue in the war against terrorism, has [...]
In a series of articles I’ve discussed the reasons that preemption against Iran may be necessary. They can be summed up as:
Iran is a major supporter of terrorism.
Iran is developing nuclear weapons and delivery systems for them
Iran is controlled by religious fanatics who give every indication they believe nuclear martyrdom to further jihad is [...]
Most Sunday afternoons I work out at the Y with a buddy of mine, after which we go for coffee and a pastry (caffeine and sugar: Nature’s perfect foods). This past Sunday we went to the coffee shop in the Barnes & Nobles book store. Just inside and facing the front door a [...]
Back in April, I posted Partisan, reflexive gainsaying, which dealt with the Democrat opposition to Bush’s partial privatization of Social Security. As an aside, I noted that a bunch of demonstrators were enduring the cold weather, which bucked the long-term warming trend on Earth AND Mars and then proffered some links to substantiate my [...]
In Preemptive war against Iran, I stated that a nuclear Iran might be undeterrable. There are numerous instances of Iranian civilian and military leaders actually talking about winning a nuclear war, while celebrating the cult of religious martyrdom. These statements, along with other evidence that Islamic clerics – particularly those in charge of [...]
There seem to be quite a few people who blame President Bush for the recent escalation in oil prices. Laying aside the eco-fascists who want to blame Bush for every bad thing that happens, including Hurricane Katrina, the fact is that Presidents in general and Bush in particular have very little power to affect [...]