Archive for the 'Iran' Category

With Iran, Obama needs more carrot, less stick

Rather than focusing on Iran’s uranium enrichment efforts, Obama would do well to shift his attention to Iran’s long-range ballistic missile program, especially the Shahib-3, which has been cited as the principal delivery system for any nuclear weapon Iran might be developing, real or imagined. 

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Third-Party Blues

The war in Iraq has morally crippled the Republican Party, if not all of America. That Joe Biden is an architect of the war is without question. Ralph Nader is right: The two-party system is failing America.  

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Iran shows its cards

There has never been a more pressing time than now for Congress to conduct serious hearings on U.S. policy toward Iran.

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The nuclear expert who never was

David Albright has a track record of inserting hype and speculation about matters of great sensitivity in a manner which skews the debate toward the worst-case scenario.

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Former U.N. weapons inspector speaks to high school students

Scott Ritter made a surprise visit to a group of Missouri high school students to discuss the prospect of war with Iran and how to utilize citizenship in a representative democracy. 

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U.S. determined to attack Iran

In a wide-ranging interview, Scott Ritter explains why he believes the U.S. is gearing up toward launching a military strike in Iran and how the media has misrepresented a recent report by the International Atomic Energy Association.

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The resolution of the Chicago City Council opposing war on Iran is as strong a statement as can be made by a free people outside of an election.

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Ritter warns Iran attack might be imminent

There is no doubt in my mind that the United States is planning right now, as we speak, a military strike against Iran.

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Bombs away?

An in-depth interview with Scott Ritter about U.S. plans to attack Iran.

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The case for engagement

After his fact-finding mission to Iran, Ritter argues for resuming diplomatic relations.

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Ritter on the Bush administration’s plans for regime change

Iran is named sixteen times in the National Security Strategy as the number one threat to the national security of the United States of America.

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