The acronym MAD stands for mutual assured destruction. It is a strategic doctrine in which adversaries are deterred from attacking each other because the attacker is assured of being destroyed by the opponent’s reprisal. The conventional wisdom is that MAD prevented a Soviet-American “hot” war, allowing the U.S. to fight and ultimately win [...]
Shortly after the Sunday Times story about possible Israeli plans to use tactical nukes against Iranian nuclear facilities broke and was then denied by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Pajamas Media posted an
article attacking the credibility of principal journalist Uzi Mahnaimi. The clear implication of the Pajamas article was that Mahnaimi has no sources in [...]
The Israeli Foreign Ministry is denying a 7 January 2007 Sunday Times report that Israel has plans to launch a preemptive nuclear strike against Iran. Israel has been sending signals – official and non-official – for some time that it is prepared to go it alone against Iran. I discussed one such official [...]
Reports that John Negroponte has “resigned” as Director of National Intelligence and will move to Deputy Secretary of State have apparently been confirmed. This is the best news out of the Bush administration in months. Back in September of last year, I posted Intel chief oversees bureaucratic Type II error in which I [...]