That whole ‘Iran’ thing…

12/6/2007. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.

All quotes are from this article. The President looked awful. He stood puffy-eyed, stoop-shouldered, in front of the press corps discussing the stunning new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that Iran halted its nuclear-weapons program in 2003. He looked as if … Continue reading

 

Remember before the Iraq War? Back when it was thought there were WMD’s just scattered around the Iraqi desert like sprinkles on an Ice Cream dessert? I believe I remember France criticizing the decision to enforce co-operation from Saddam Hussein … Continue reading

 

Powerful Political Blogs

3/26/2007. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.

I simply cannot believe how powerful some of the entries in this blog are. It is an extremely educational look at life in the Middle East. Most of what is said, I do have to agree with, it seems the … Continue reading

 

Yes, that’s right. Iran is stamping it’s feet, screaming and saying immature things about the cruel, cruel world with a shaky and tearful voice. This time (sigh) the Hollywood movie-epic “300″, where a group of 300 Greek soldier’s held off … Continue reading

 

Timeline of Saddam

12/30/2006. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.

Taken from here. :: April 28, 1937: Saddam is born in the village of Uja near Tikrit. :: 1957: Saddam joins the Baath Socialist Party. :: 1958: Arrested for killing his brother-in-law, a Communist, and jailed. :: 1959: Flees the … Continue reading

 

Saddam is Dead

12/30/2006. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.

So… He came to power in the late 1970′s, he – a non-religious man – went to war with Iran, dropping chemical weapons on Iranian troops during the process. The rest of the world backed him, fearing Iran. In 1990, … Continue reading