GARY SICK'S VERSION OF THE OCTOBER SURPRISE CONSPIRACY THEORY:  A THEORY FURTHER DISCREDITED BY NEW & PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED FAULTS IN SICK'S RESEARTH THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED & REPORTED BY EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI -- THE CORRUPTING EFFECTS OF MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES & POLITICALLY BIASED UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS ON AMERICAN PUBLIC DISCOURSE ABOUT ISLAM, ISLAMISM, & THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST

THE WISEST & MOST HUMANE COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES TO FOLLOW IN RELOCATING MEMBERS OF THE MUJAHEDEEN-E KHALQ IN A NEW HOME, IN A SAFER & LESS HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, OUTSIDE OF BOTH IRAQ & IRAN -- ABANDONMENT OF THE MEK, THE ORGANIZATION MOST FEARED BY THE TYRANTS IN TEHRAN, IS NOT A VIABLE FOREIGN POLICY OPTION FOR THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES.

WHAT THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES NEED TO DO, AS REGARDS EGYPT & IRAN:  DIRECT MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE ISLAMISTS IN EGYPT & IRAN -- IN EGYPT:  SWIFT & EFFECTIVE U.S. MILITARY ACTION TO RESCUE AMERICAN HOSTAGES BEING HELD, AS WELL AS TERMINATION OF THE BILLION PLUS U.S. AID PROGRAM TO EGYPT -- IN IRAN:  DIRECT ALLIED MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES, ITS MISSILE OPERATIONS, & THE BARRACKS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS

ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  THOUGHTS ON THE LIKELYHOOD THAT ISRAEL WILL STRIKE IRAN IN APRIL, MAY, or JUNE, 2012

THE HISTORY LESSON THAT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS IGNORING:  SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM (IF YOU WANT PEACE, PREPARE FOR WAR) -- A MILITARILY & ECONOMICALLY STRONG SOCIETY IS LESS LIKELY TO BE ATTACKED BY ITS ENEMIES. A FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY OF SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINING OVERWHELMING MILITARY & INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH GREATLY CONTRIBUTES TO A COUNTRY'S AVOIDING WARS. PRESIDENT OBAMA MAKES EVIDENT HIS ANTIPATHY OF THE ROLE OF THE U.S. MILITARY IN DEFENDING THE NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE U.S.A., ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, & MAINTAINING WORLD PEACE THROUGH AMERICAN MILITARY STRENGTH. OBAMA'S DETERMINATION TO REDUCE AMERICA'S MILITARY STRENGTH & CAPABILITIES IS PUTTING THE U.S.A. IN PERIL.

MANIPULATION OF AMERICAN DOMESTIC POLITICS BY THE IRANIAN ISLAMIST REGIME:  DEFEAT OF JAMES EARL CARTER IN HIS BID FOR RE-ELECTION IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1980 -- THE TWO POTENTIAL ROLES THAT IRAN HAS IN BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA' S CURRENT CAMPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. -- IRAN AS DISRUPTER IN IRAQ -- IRAN AS TARGET OF U.S. MILITARY ATTACKS -- WHO PUT PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THIS AWKWARD POSITION?

JUAN COLE'S SKEWED VIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST:  IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ACCORDING TO COLE, IRAN JUSTIFIABLY PROTECTS ITS OWN INTERESTS; THE U.S.A. IS A MALIGNANT & AGGRESSIVE FORCE; ISRAEL IS AMERICA'S TRIGGER-HAPPY SATELLITE; TURKEY'S RULING PARTY (AKP) IS HEADED BY A PRACTICAL & DEMOCRATIC PRIME MINISTER, RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, WHO PROMOTES "MIDDLE EASTERN MULTICULTURALISM"; AN ISLAMIST PARTY IN TUNISIA, CALLED ENNAHDA, DOES THE SAME. COLE DISPLAYS A GENERAL TOLERANCE FOR POLITICALLY HOSTILE SENTIMENTS TOWARD AMERICA & ISRAEL IN THE ARAB WORLD. COLE ARGUES THAT THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES ARE BULLIES & MANIPULATORS.

THE EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR IV ON THE AMERICAN NATION:  A NEW KIND OF ENEMY & MAJOR CHANGES IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY -- RESTRUCTURING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO ENABLE IT TO EFFECTIVELY COPE WITH THE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- THE U.S.A. WITH NEW COALITIONS & NEW PARTNERS IN THE ARENA OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- U.S. MILITARY FORCES EVOLVING TO DEAL WITH THE CHANGED GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION IN THE WORLD AT LARGE -- THE 9/11 ATTACKS, TRANFORMATION OF THE U.S.A., & THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

THE REVOLUTIONS SWEEPING ACROSS THE ARAB WORLD:  WILL THESE REVOLUTIONS PROVE TO BE THE LONG AWAITED "THIRD WAVE OF DEMOCRATIZATION," OR WILL THEY MERELY SUBSTITUTE ISLAMIST TOTALITARIANISM FOR THE EXISTING SECULAR, AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES?  VARYING PERCEPTIONS IN IRAN OF THE "WINDS OF CHANGE" IN ARAB STATES -- VIEW OF THE ISLAMIST REGIME IN TEHRAN:  "PEOPLE POWER" GOOD IN STATES ALLIED WITH THE U.S.A., BUT NOT IN COUNTRIES ALLIED WITH THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN -- VIEW OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL OPPOSITION:  MORAL SUPPORT FOR ALL PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENTS -- THE REGIME'S DETERMINATION TO SUPPRESS INTERNAL POLITICAL DISSENT, TO PURSUE ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, & TO SHAPE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ACCORDING TO ITS WORLDVIEW -- POSSIBILITY THAT INCREASED REPRESSION WILL RESULT IN THE SURFACING OF MORE RADICAL & REVOLUTIONARY OPPOSITION MOVEMENTS INSIDE IRAN

THE ONGOING POWER STRUGGLE IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:  THE POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD & IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER ALI KHAMENE'I -- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S OLD ELITES VERSUS AHMADINEJAD'S BURGEONING PATRONAGE NETWORK, WHICH CHALLENGES THE AUTHORITY OF THE OLD ELITES -- HOW HAS PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD MANAGED TO BUILD SUCH A FORMIDABLE POWER BASE?  WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COTERIE, & WILL THEY ENABLE THEIR BENEFACTOR TO OUTSMART THE SUPREME LEADER TO BECOME IRAN'S EFFECTIVE RULER?

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE ISLAMIC WORLD: LACK OF ANY KIND OF COHESIVE POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST, REFLECTING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S ABYSMAL IGNORANCE OF THAT REGION OF THE WORLD & THE FORCES AT WORK WITHIN IT -- WHAT AMERICA SHOULD DO TO EXTRICATE ITSELF FROM THE MIDDLE EASTERN MESS

THE INTENTION OF IRAN'S PSYCHOTIC AYATOLLAHS:  ENABLE IRAN TO SECURE A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY & USE THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO ATTACK & HOPEFULLY DESTROY, FIRST, THE STATE OF ISRAEL, & THEN, EUROPE & THE U.S.A. -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHIITE RELIGIOUS FANATICISM & IRAN'S MILITARY STRATEGY & ASPIRATIONS -- WHY THE COLD WAR IDEA OF "MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION" DOES NOT FUNCTION AS A DETERRENT IN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN & THE WEST -- MASSIVE DESTRUCTION AS BEING ESSENTIAL TO BRINGING ABOUT THE SHIITE END TIMES SCENARIO -- THE ROLE OF THE TWELFTH IMAM IN THE PROCESS

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS & WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:  NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION & THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S. MILITARY READINESS TO COPE WITH THE THREAT -- MUAMMAR QADDAFI'S ULTIMATE CAPITULATION TO THE U.S.A. ON THE MATTER OF LIBYA'S SEEKING TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONRY -- THE INTRANSIGENCE OF IRAN'S MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, WHO IS PRESSING FORWARD IN HIS RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WITH NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER OF ARRIVING AT A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT ON THE MATTER WITH THE U.S.A. -- U.S. SUCCESS IN GETTING LIBYA TO TERMINATE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM & U.S. FAILURE TO PERSUADE IRAN TO DO LIKEWISE -- THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BASED ON STRENGTH & PRINCIPLE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS MIRED IN BLIND IDEALISM & WEAKNESS

ISLAM, CHINA, & RUSSIA:  THREE VERY SERIOUS THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- MAJOR FLAWS IN U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY -- AMERICAN NATIONAL LEADERS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ISLAM AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE, RATHER THAN HOW COUNTLESS DEVOUT MUSLIMS UNDERSTAND IT -- AMERICA'S FAILURE TO BUILD A MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DEFENDING AGAINST A SHIP-LAUNCHED MISSILE ATTACK BY IRAN OR A BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK FROM CHINA OR RUSSIA -- DEGRADATION OF AMERICAN STRATEGIC THINKING DURING & AFTER THE COLD WAR -- OUR EXCEEDINGLY FOOLISH POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA DURING THE LAST TWO DECADES -- THE NEW START TREATY UNDERCUTTING OUR STRATEGIC DEFENSE POLICY -- CHINA OPENLY PLAYING THE ROLE THAT THE SOVIET UNION ONCE PLAYED AS CHIEF SPONSOR OF GLOBAL CONFLICT WITH THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- HIGH TIME FOR US AMERICANS TO REMIND OUR REPRESENTATIVES & SENATORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS PROVIDE FOR A COMMON DEFENSE, IN THE TRUE SENSE OF THE EXPRESSION

THE ISLAMIST THREAT TO AMERICA & THE WEST:  THE SEVERE SHORTAGE OF REALISTIC THINKING & ANALYSIS ON THE PART OF LEFT-OF-THE-CENTER WESTERNERS -- LIBERAL LEFTIST BLINDSPOTS, AS REGARDS ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONS & THEIR CONSEQUENCES -- WHAT HAS EMBOLDENED & ENERGIZED ISLAM IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA & GIVEN RISE TO THE ISLAMIST GLOBAL JIHAD AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- DISSOLUTION OF THE FORMER CULTURAL, MORAL, & SPIRITUAL STRENGTH OF THE PEOPLES OF THE WEST -- THE CRUMBLING & IMPLOSION OF WESTERN CULTURE, FOLLOWING ITS ADOPTION OF THE MORAL BANKRUPTCY OF MARX & THE EMPTY PROMISES OF SOCIALISM & LEFTWING STATISM -- WESTERN CULTURE CHARACTERIZED BY MORAL CONFUSION & STEEPED IN SELF-DESTRUCTIVE THINKING PROLIFERATED BY POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFTISTS IN THE SCHOOLS, MEDIA, & POP CULTURE -- WESTERN CULTURE SO SECULARIZED & DEVOID OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT THE WEST CANNOT SEE CLEAR TO MAKE A PHILOSOPHICAL STAND AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENT OF ISLAM ON ANY GROUNDS WHATSOEVER

LEBANON & THE POWER STRUGGLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  LEBANON'S STRUGGLE FOR SOVEREIGNTY -- SYRIAN INTERVENTION INTO LEBANESE POLITICS -- SYRIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM & RETURN TO LEBANON -- THE IMPACT ON LEBANON OF THE ASCENDANCY OF IRAN & ITS ARAB PROXIES -- LEBANON'S CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION, DOMESTICALLY & INTERNATIONALLY -- THE ROLE OF SAUDI ARABIA IN UNDERMINING THE STRUGGLE FOR LEBANESE SOVEREIGNTY & RETURNING LEBANON TO THE ERA OF SYRIAN DOMINATION

IMPLICATIONS OF THE WIKILEAKS REVELATIONS REGARDING THE MIDDLE EAST, & THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY IN THE REGION:  EXPOSURE OF AN "ARAB COLD WAR" PARADIGM CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE MIDDLE EAST -- CONCERNS OF U.S. ALLIES OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM PROOF OF A MIDDLE EASTERN SITUATION FAR MORE COMPLEX THAN THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- WHAT THE WIKILEAKS REVELATIONS INDICATE, AS REGARDS U.S. FOREIGN POLICYMAKERS' PERCEPTION & UNDERSTANDING OF TURKEY

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & THE "HOUSE OF ISLAM":  THE RESOUNDING FAILURE OF U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S POLICIES TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST & THE MUSLIM WORLD -- OBAMA'S MISREADING OF THE HISTORY & WORLDVIEW OF ISLAM -- THE FAILURE OF OBAMA'S PANDERING TO ISLAMIC PREJUDICES (INCLUDING HIS GREATLY HYPED "OUTREACH" PLAN) TO GAIN FOR HIM & HIS PRESIDENCY THE QUIESCENCE, LET ALONE THE RESPECT & ADMIRATION, OF ARAB & MUSLIM SOCIETIES -- OBAMA'S ILL-CONCEIVED POLICIES OF "ENGAGEMENT" WITH IRAN & TURKEY & THE ABJECT FAILURE OF THOSE POLICIES -- THE PRESIDENT'S FLAWED POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- HIS APPROACH TO U.S. MILITARY ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ -- THE NEED FOR OBAMA TO RECOGNIZE THE MANICHEAN & IRRECONCILABLE NATURE OF THE CHALLENGE POSED BY OUR ISLAMIC ADVERSARIES -- THE NEED TO REPLACE APPEASEMENT WITH CONTAINMENT & COUNTERATTACK

THE MOST URGENT TOPIC IN THE MIDDLE EAST THESE DAYS:  WHETHER OR NOT IRAN'S NUCLEAR BUILDUP WILL BE STOPPED -- THE ISSUE:  WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT, (1) PREVENTING IRAN FROM DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EVEN IF IT MEANS TAKING MILITARY ACTION, OR (2) AVOIDING A MILITARY CONFLICT, EVEN IF THE IRANIANS MAY DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS?

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY & THE ISLAMIC "REPUBLIC" OF IRAN:  ADVOCATING U.S. APPEASEMENT OF IRAN -- THE MYTH OF THE "STERLING PEACE OFFER" MADE BY THE IRANIAN REGIME TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN 2003 -- AMERICAN APPEASERS PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF THE IRANIAN DICTATORSHIP & SEEKING TO UNDERMINE AMERICA'S STRATEGIC INTERESTS & POSITION IN THE MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA

PRESIDENT OR SUPREME LEADER:  WHO WIELDS THE GREATER POWER IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN?   THE TENTH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS A NEW PHASE IN IRAN'S INTENSE INTRA-ELITE DISPUTE -- AHMADINEJAD'S "GUARDIANSHIP OF THE PEOPLE" VERSUS KHAMENEI'S "GUARDIANSHIP OF THE CLERGY" -- THE LATTER AS THE DOCTRINAL PRINCIPAL ON WHICH THE CURRENT IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME RESTS -- THE SUPREME LEADER AS THE REAL DECISION-MAKER IN IRAN -- IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

A CLOSING WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY -- PRESIDENT OBAMA'S OPPORTUNITY TO SALVAGE HIS TOTTERING ADMINISTRATION, CHANGING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S PERCEPTION OF HIM AS A LIGHTWEIGHT, BUMBLING RADICAL FAR-LEFTIST IDEOLOGUE: HE CAN TAKE DRAMATIC & DECISIVE ACTION IN AN ARENA WHERE THE STAKES ARE HIGH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE VITAL AREA OF U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY. HE CAN ORDER THE U.S. MILITARY TO DESTROY IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPACITY.

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, THE PERSIAN GULF STATES, & THE IRANIAN THREAT: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PERSIAN GULF, & IRAN -- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OPERATING COUNTER TO AMERICAN INTERESTS IN THE REGION, UNDERMINING AMERICA'S ALLIANCES WITH GULF STATES -- U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE & THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL VERSUS OBAMA'S SEEKING PRAGMATIC ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN -- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AS THE GREATEST THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF GULF STATES ALLIED WITH THE U.S.A. -- OIL & CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  WHY THERE WILL BE NO LASTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE PEACE -- CLASHING CULTURES, DIFFERING HISTORICAL TRADITIONS, & GEOPOLITICS IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT -- AN ADDITIONAL EXACERBATING FACTOR:  THE ISLAMIC "REPUBLIC" OF IRAN, ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, & ITS CONSTANT THREATS TO "WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE MAP"

THE DANGER OF U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:  THE THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY -- THE RISKS OF DIPLOMACY IN DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF IRAN

IRANIAN PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS & THE NEW TECHNOLOGY:  WILL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY ENABLE THE IRANIAN PROTESTERS TO OVERCOME GOVERNMENT FORCES? THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY TO STATE FORMATION & PRESERVATION -- ITS IMPORTANCE TO STATE DEGRADATION -- THE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ROLE TECHNOLOGY PLAYED IN STATE PRESERVATION IN IRAN -- IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, THE RISE OF MASS POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, & THE VULNERABILITY OF UNPOPULAR POLITICAL REGIMES

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA & U.S. IRANIAN POLICY -- OBAMA'S ERROR IN EXERCISING RHETORICAL RESTRAINT ADMIST IRANIAN PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE TYRANNICAL REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS -- THE NEED FOR OBAMA TO DENOUNCE THE IRANIAN REGIME'S ATTACKS ON PEACEFUL DISSENT & SPEAK UP FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM, LIBERTY, & FREE ELECTIONS -- THE NEED FOR CONGRESS TO BECOME ACTIVE & SPEAK UP, IF THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO SHIRK ITS LEADERSHIP DUTIES IN THE AREA OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY & NATIONAL SECURITY

TAKING A LOOK AT THE LINE BETWEEN TWO LIBERAL LEFTIST PRESIDENTS OF THE U.S.A., JAMES EARL CARTER & BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA:  THEIR MISHANDLING OF THE IRANIAN PROBLEM -- THEIR BAD ENERGY POLICIES -- HIGH TIME FOR AMERICAN CONSERVATIVES TO START PREPARING TO NEUTER THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY IN THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS OF 2010 & TAKE AMERICA BACK FROM THE LEFTWING LIBERAL DEMOCRATS & IDEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS, WHO ARE RUINING THE COUNTRY IN PURSUIT OF THEIR RADICAL POLITICAL AGENDA

OBSTACLES TO REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN:  THE REGIME'S THEOLOGY & IDEOLOGY -- THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD -- LIMITING THE REVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL OF STUDENT PROTESTS & UPRISINGS -- SECURITY CONSULTANTS SUPPLIED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT -- ASSISTANCE OF EUROPEAN BUSINESSMEN TO THE IRANIAN REGIME IN UPGRAGING ITS SURVEILLANCE OF COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING THE INTERNET

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION & U.S. FOREIGN POLICY:  THE NEED FOR A COHESIVE & COORDINATED U.S. STRATEGY RELATING TO IRAN -- ENHANCE U.S. CREDIBILITY BY CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEM RHETORIC & REALITY -- CONSISTENTLY ACT AS WELL AS TALK TOUGH -- INTEGRATE DIPLOMACY INTO A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY THAT HAS INFORMATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, & MILITARY COMPONENTS AS WELL -- DRAW RED LINES BOLDLY & IN INDELIBLE INK -- ACT DECISIVELY WITH MORAL CLARITY, SUPPORTING BROAD CONCEPTS SUCH AS LIBERTY & FREEDOM -- SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE U.S. FUNDS BUDGETED FOR PERSIAN-LANGUAGE RADIO FARDA -- PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT TRADE UNIONS IN IRAN -- PROMOTE TRENDS & CONDITIONS THAT ARE LIKELY TO MAKE THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE IRANIAN CITIZENRY, RATHER THAN TO THE GOD OF ISLAM

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  BARACK OBAMA'S APPEASEMENT OF THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN -- OBAMA'S FOCUS UPON DIPLOMACY AS THE MEANS OF DEALING WITH IRAN -- OBAMA'S REVERSAL OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA -- OBAMA'S ARRGANCE & NAIVETE -- OBAMA & THE TRIUMPH OF ADVOCACY OVER ANALYSIS -- OBAMA & THE TRIUMPH OF RADICAL IDEOLOGY OVER REALITY -- OBAMA AS A SERIOUS THREAT TO AMERICA'S VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

THE STATE OF ISRAEL VERSUS THE ISLAMIC FORCES OF THE MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA:  THE JEWS' HISTORICAL CLAIM TO A HOMELAND IN WESTERN ASIA -- THE HISTORY OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL SINCE ITS RE-ESTABLISHMENT AS A JEWISH STATE IN 1948 -- HOW ISRAELI POLITICS HAS WEAKENED ISRAELI NATIONAL SECURITY -- UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO DESTROY ISRAEL -- U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS UNDERMINING THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- WHAT ISRAEL MUST DO IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AS A FREE & INDEPENDENT NATION-STATE

PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  OUTREACH TO IRAN AS THE FOREIGN POLICY CENTERPIECE OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION -- OBAMA'S BELIEF IN BORN-AGAIN DIPLOMACY, OPERATING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE U.S.A., IN DEALING WITH ITS FOREIGN ADVERSARIES, CAN FORGET THE THE PAST & START ANEW -- OBAMA'S COMPLETE LACK OF COMPREHENSION OF REALITY IN THE ARENA OF IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD -- HIS ABYSMAL IGNORANCE OF THE NATURE OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY -- A HISTORY OF U.S.-IRANIAN RELATIONS SINCE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF 1979 -- WHAT OBAMA NEEDS:  COMMON SENSE & A SERIOUS REALITY CHECK

AS AFGHANISTAN'S STABILITY HAS BECOME A U.S. STRATEGIC CONCERN, PREVENTING TENSIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN & IRAN FROM AGAIN TRANSFORMING AFGHANISTAN INTO A PROXY BATTLEFIELD SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST.  BUT, SO LONG AS THE IRANIAN & PAKISTANI GOVERNMENTS REMAIN CONCERNED WITH THE DEFENSE OF SHI'I & SUNNI SECTARIAN INTERESTS RESPECTIVELY, U.S. & NATO FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BRING STABILITY, BUT, AT BEST, MAY REMAIN REFEREES IN A STRUGGLE THAT EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THAT COUNTRY'S BORDERS.

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY & U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAN:  IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & U.S. DIPLOMACY -- PRESIDENT OBAMA EMBRACING DIALOGUE WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY & THE IRANIAN REGIME EMBRACING DIPLOMACY WITHOUT SINCERITY -- OBAMA'S WILLINGNESS TO TALK & NEGOTIATE PERCEIVED BY THE IRANIAN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS &, AT THE SAME TIME, CONTINUE ITS ENDEAVOR TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- OBAMA'S IRANIAN POLICY AS A FOREIGN POLICY THAT IS UNWISE, UNREALISTIC, ARROGANT, NAIVE, & DANGEROUS

MOHAMMAD KHATAMI'S CALL FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN IRAN & THE WEST:  TACTICAL & INSINCERE -- KHATAMI'S ANTI-SEMITISM, REJECTIONISM, PRACTICE OF CENSORSHIP & OPPRESSION, ACTIVE SUPPORT FOR ISLAMIC TERRORISM, COLLABORATION WITH ISLAMISTS, & PURSUIT OF AN IRANIAN NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY INDICATE THAT HE IS NO ADVOCATE OF TOLERANCE, OPEN-MINDEDNESS, FREE THOUGHT, HUMAN RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, & LASTING PEACE BETWEEN ISLAM & THE WEST

THE COMING OBAMA PRESIDENCY & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAN -- ENTHUSIASM IN WASHINGTON ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR RENEWED ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & IRAN -- THE TENDENCY OF MANY DIPLOMATS TO PRIVILEGE ADVOCACY OVER ANALYSIS & ASSOCIATE DIPLOMACY WITH DEMOCRATS -- LIBERAL INTERNATIONALIST MYTHS & IDEOLOGICAL BLIND SPOTS -- THE GREAT GAP BETWEEN RHETORIC & REALITY

HOW THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY WILL HANDLE THE THREAT OF AN IRAN WITH NUCLEAR AMBITIONS:  BARACK OBAMA'S PROMISE TO PURSUE A U.S. IRANIAN POLICY THAT WILL BEGIN WITH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN -- WHY SUCH A POLICY WILL NOT BE NEW -- CONSTRAINTS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FREEDOM OF ACTION IN DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH TO DEALING WITH IRAN -- FIVE DISTINCT STRATEGIC OPTIONS & THE COURSES OF ACTION LIKELY TO BE RECOMMENDED BY OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY & NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS -- SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN THE EFFORT TO PREVENT IRAN FROM BECOMING A NUCLEAR POWER

DEFENDING AMERICA IN THE WAR THAT IRAN IS WAGING AGAINST US:  THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS COOPERATION & SUPPORT OF THE ISLAMIST TERROR WAR AGAINST THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES -- THE FUTILITY & DANGER OF U.S. DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE IRANIAN REGIME -- IRAN AS AMERICA'S PRINCIPAL ENEMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA -- IRAN AS AN IMPLACABLE BUT HIGHLY VULNERABLE FOE, A REGIME THAT COULD & SHOULD BE MILITARILY DEFEATED & OVERTHROWN SOON

IRAN, THE U.S.A., & THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  NEITHER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION NOR THE COMING OBAMA PRESIDENCY APPEARS WILLING TO TAKE THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO DETER OR CONTAIN A NUCLEAR IRAN.  THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IS SIGNALING THAT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC HAS A GREEN LIGHT TO CLAIM REGIONAL DOMINANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA. & TO CARRY OUT ITS THREATS TO ANNIHILATE ISRAEL.  WASHINGTON IS ALSO SIGNALING TO U.S. ALLIES IN THE REGION THAT THEY ARE ON THEIR OWN & THAT THE U.S. COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THEM IS EMPTY.

U.S. DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN:  THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO ESTABLISH A U.S. INTERESTS SECTION IN TEHRAN MANNED BY U.S. DIPLOMATS -- AN ILL-THOUGHT-OUT & POORLY TIMED FOREIGN POLICY INITIATIVE THAT SHOULD BE DROPPED

IRAN'S ECONOMIC TROUBLES & AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY:  ECONOMIC DECLINE IN IRAN, DUE TO THE FLAWED POLICIES & UNWISE ACTIONS OF IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME -- WHY THE U.S.A. SHOULD NOT RELAX SANCTIONS ON THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC -- WHY AMERICA SHOULD NOT THROW AN ECONOMIC LIFELINE TO A TERROR-SPONSORING REGIME DEDICATED TO THE AQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITY

REGIME CENSORSHIP OF THE PRINT NEWS MEDIA IN IRAN:  THE INSTRUMENTS WHICH ENFORCE CENSORSHIP:   THE SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL; THE JUDICIARY; THE SECURITY AGENCIES; THE OFFICE OF THE FRIDAY PRAYER LEADERS; THE HEZBOLLAHI GROUPS; ECONOMIC ACTORS; SUPERVISORY NEWSPAPER EXECUTIVES; & EDITORIAL SELF-CENSORSHIP -- WIDESPREAD PUBLIC MISINFORMATION, DUE TO PROPAGANDA DISSEMINATION & THE SUPPRESSION OF TRUTHFUL & ACCURATE NEWS REPORTING

HOW THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. WILL COPE WITH THE MOST IMMEDIATE FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGE FACING THE AMERICAN NATION, NAMELY, IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT:  WILL A CHANGE IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS IRAN BE ENOUGH TO ALTER THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE U.S.A. HAS TO OPERATE?  DIVERGENT U.S. & IRANIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS DIPLOMACY -- WESTERN UTOPIAN NOTIONS OF NEGOTIATION & COMPROMISE VERSUS IRANIAN TAQIYYA & DECEIT -- U.S. NAVEL-GAZING VERSUS THE REALITY OF IRANIAN STRATEGIC PLANNING

THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS AS THE CORE OF THE IRANIAN STATE:  THE IRGC AS THE PRAETORIAN GUARD OF THE SUPREME LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN -- THE IRGC AS A MULTIFACETED ORGANIZATION WITH INTERNAL SECURITY & MILITARY DEFENSE FUNCTIONS & A MISSION TO ENFORCE REVOLUTIONARY VALUES AT HOME & EXPORT THEM ABROAD -- THE QODS FORCE:  ITS FUNCTIONS & ITS RELATION TO THE SUPREME LEADER -- THE IRGC & QODS FORCE AS DELIBERATE CREATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S GOVERNMENT, TIGHTLY CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT & EXISTING TO SERVE THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OBJECTIVES IN IRAN & ABROAD

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:  APPEASEMENT OF AN IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN ENEMY OF THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- THE FLAWED PRESUMPTION THAT THE ISLAMIST-MAHDIST LEADERS OF IRAN ARE REASONABLE & PEACEFUL, WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH, & OPEN TO MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE -- THE NEED TO RESIST & REJECT THE MISTAKEN IDEA THAT WE CAN & SHOULD PURSUE A POLICY OF APPEASEMENT & ACCOMODATION OF IDEOLOGICAL ENEMIES

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:  THE INCREASING POSSIBILITY OF U.S. FOCUS ON CONTAINMENT OF IRAN -- CONTAINMENT POLICY AS AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT IRAN, EMBOLDENED BY ITS POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS & BALISTIC MISSILES, FROM USING ITS PROXIES OR CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN REGIONAL OPERATIONS TO EXTEND IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA -- CONTRAINTS ON A U.S. CONTAINMENT STRATEGY TO BLOCK IRANIAN AGGRESSION

MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, SHI'ISM, & MAHDISM:  AHMADINEJAD AS PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN & A DANGEROUS HALLUCINATIVE RELIGIOUS FANATIC LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF THE MAHDI, SHI'I ISLAM'S MESSIANIC FIGURE, WHO IS EXPECTED TO ESTABLISH & RUN A WORLD GOVERNMENT FREE FROM ALL CONSTITUTIONAL & DEMOCRATIC PRETENCES & WHO, APPEARING FIRST IN IRAN, WILL FORCIBLY SPREAD THE MUSLIM RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD -- BELIEF THAT THE MAHDI'S ADVENT IS NOT ONLY INEVITABLE, BUT CAN BE ACCELERATED THROUGH HUMAN ACTION -- MAHDISM AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN & STRATEGIC POLICY, A HIGHLY AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL REGIME, & AN IDEOLOGICAL WORLD VIEW

INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, & AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  WAGING POLITICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE IN THE CONFLICT WITH THE ISLAMIST REGIME IN IRAN -- JEFFREY GEDMIN:  "OUR IRANIAN COLLEAGUES BELIEVE IN RADIO FARDA'S MISSION."

THE IRANIAN ECONOMY:  THE CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES OF IRAN'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS -- ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT DURING IRAN'S IMPERIAL & REVOLUTIONARY ERAS -- OIL-CENTERED, STATIST, QUASI-SOCIALIST, POPULIST POLICIES -- GOVERNMENT SUBSIDATION OF CONSUMER GOODS, IMPOSITION OF PRICE CONTROLS, & GOVERNMENT REGULATION, CONTROL, & DIRECTION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- POLICYMAKERS ALLOWING ISLAMIST & THIRD-WORLD SOCIALIST IDEOLOGIES TO PREVAIL OVER COMMON SENSE & ECONOMIC WISDOM -- RESULTS:   POOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, DECLINING NATIONAL INCOME, RAPID INFLATION, LACK OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT, HIGH LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, A WIDENING GAP BETWEEN RICH & POOR, & A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN LIVING STANDARDS

THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS & POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN:  FORMER IRGC COMMANDERS INFILTRATING THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, & CULTURAL LIFE OF IRAN -- THE IRGC CEMENTING A COMMANDING INFLUENCE OVER POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING -- THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK & HISTORY OF IRGC POLITIZATION -- THE RISE OF THE IRGC UNDER PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD -- CURRENT POLITICAL TRENDS IN IRAN AS PAVING THE WAY FOR A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP

MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD'S POLICIES & THE IRANIAN ECONOMY:  INFLATION AS THE CHIEF DOMESTIC ISSUE IN IRAN -- AHMADINEJAD'S POLICIES BLAMED FOR RUNAWAY INFLATION & SHORTAGES OF BASIC COMMODITIES -- THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS DEPLOYED TO COUNTER POTENTIAL POLITICAL UNREST

MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD:  THE PSYCHOTIC PRESIDENT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN & HIS THREAT TO DESTROY ISRAEL & THE WEST -- AHMADINEJAD'S POORLY DISGUISED HINT THAT THE IRANIAN REGIME PLANS TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO DESTROY ISRAEL, EUROPE, & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- THE DIRE NEED FOR ISRAEL &/OR THE U.S.A. TO BLOW IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH -- THE ABSOLUTE IMPERATIVE OF REMOVING FROM THIS WORLD A VERY DANGEROUS NUTCASE RUNNING LOOSE & WIELDING GOVERNMENTAL POWER

SENATOR JOSEPH ROBINETTE "JOE" BIDEN -- THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE FOR U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT IN THE ELECTION OF 2008:  BIDEN'S WEAKNESSES IN THE AREA OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- A PERSISTENT & DANGEROUS JUDGEMENT DEFICIT SUGGESTED BY HIS RECORD ON THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN -- HIS UNYIELDING PURSUIT OF "ENGAGEMENT WITH" (THAT IS, APPEASEMENT OF) IRAN -- MAKING IT EASIER FOR TEHRAN TO PURSUE ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM -- OPPOSING TOUGH SANCTIONS AGAINST THE HARDLINERS IN THE IRANIAN REGIME & IN THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD -- OPPOSING CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION -- BIDEN AS TEHRAN'S FAVORITE U.S. SENATOR

ISRAEL & IRAN:  WILL ISRAEL TAKE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRANIAN FACILITIES REFINING FISSIONABLE MATERIALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS? WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH ACTION? A CONSIDERATION OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE SCENARIOS

U.S. DIPLOMACY & IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH DIPLOMACY CAN UNDERMINE U.S. CREDIBILITY & ACCELERATE CONFLICT -- DIPLOMACY MINUS THE PRELIMINARY WORK NECESSARY FOR ITS SUCCESS -- LACK OF ATTENTION TO TIMING OF DIPLOMATIC MOVES -- UNILATERAL ABANDONMENT OF ESTABLISHED REDLINES & SET PRECONDITIONS FOR ENTERING INTO NEGOTIATIONS -- THE DAMAGE DONE BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S JULY, 2008, DECISION TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO GENEVA TO JOIN A MEETING WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & U.S. DIPLOMACY:  CURRENT U.S. DIPLOMACY BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD'S FAILING REGIME -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S REVERSAL OF POSITION & CURRENT APPEASEMENT OF IRAN -- DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE ON A CARTER-ESQUE LEVEL -- THE SIGNIFICANCE & CONSEQUENCES OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S WEAK-KNEED, FLIP-FLOP FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD IRAN:  GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF U.S. WILLINGNESS TO YIELD TO THE ISLAMIST REGIME'S BLUNT DEFIANCE OF THE U.S.A., CONTINUATION OF THE REGIME'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, & IRANIAN-BACKED TERRORISTS' MURDER OF AMERICAN TROOPS IN IRAQ -- FACILITATING AHMADINEJAD'S RE-ELECTION AS IRANIAN PRESIDENT IN 2009

ANTI-REGIME IRANIANS & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  WHY THE U.S.A. SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE MUJAHEDEEN-E KHALQ & ITS MEMBERS -- AMERICA'S NEED FOR ALLIES IN ITS CONFLICT WITH THE ISLAMIST REGIME IN IRAN -- THE OBLIGATION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO STICK BY & PROTECT SUCH ALLIES

INDUCING THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME TO TERMINATE ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  THE NEED FOR A BASIC SHIFT IN U.S. MILITARY & DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY

THE SINGLE GREATEST DANGER TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY:  IRAN'S ADVANCE TOWARD NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- THE LIMITS OF A U.S. FOREIGN POLICY OF RELIANCE ON INSPECTIONS & NEGOTIATIONS AS THE PRIMARY OR EXCLUSIVE MEANS TO DEAL WITH AN IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME BENT ON ACQUIRING A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- WHAT THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT MUST KNOW ABOUT IRAN, THE IRANIAN REGIME, ITS ANTI-WESTERN IDEOLOGY, & ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS -- THE IGNORANCE & INEXPERIENCE OF PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER BARAK OBAMA

OPTIMISM VERSUS REALISM IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY:  DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS' DISMISSAL OF REALISM & THEIR ADOPTION OF THE MOST OPTIMISTIC ASSESSMENTS OF AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- THE GREAT DANGER OF BIUILDING U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY ON THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY & GOOD WILL -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST & CONDUCT BOTH DIPLOMACY & MILITARY PLANNING SIMULTANEOUSLY -- HOW THE DEMOCRATS CONFLATE FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS WITH ADVOCACY & LIBERAL IDEOLOGY, SHORTCHANGE MILITARY PREPARATIONS, & UNDERMINE CONTAINMENT & DETERRENCE OF U.S. ENEMIES

THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON:  IRAN, SYRIA, & HEZBOLLAH VERSUS THE WEST -- LEBANON AS A KEY BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN THE WEST AS A WHOLE & THE FORCES THAT SEEK TO DRAG THE MIDDLE EAST DOWN INTO FANATICISM, TYRANNY, & BARBARISM -- LEBANON AS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE ANTI-WESTERN STRATEGY OF IRAN & ITS ALLIES, SYRIA & HEZBOLLAH -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF IRANIAN POLITICS THAT IS BEING PLAYED OUT IN LEBANON & GAZA -- IRAN'S PLAN TO CO-OPT ARAB NATIONALISM, HAVE AN ACTIVE WAR WITH ISRAEL, BE VICTORIOUS IN THAT WAR, & SEIZE LEADERSHIP OF THE MUSLIM WORLD FROM THE SUNNIS & ARABS

IRAN, AFRICA, & LATIN AMERICA:  THE IRANIAN REGIME'S PURSUIT OF A COORDINATED DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC, & MILITARY STRATEGY TO EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE IN AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA -- IRAN'S SUCCESS IN VENEZUELA, NICARAGUA, BOLIVIA, SENEGAL, ZIMBABWE, & SOUTH AFRICA -- CHALLENGING U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE AFRICAN & LATIN AMERICAN REGIONS -- CHALLENGING THE MONROE DOCTRINE IN LATIN AMERICA -- AFRICA AS IRAN'S NEXT FRONTIER -- THE DAMAGE THAT CAN BE DONE BY AHMADINEJAD'S OUTREACH STRATEGY -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO DESIGN & IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY TO REVERSE AHMADINEJAD'S RECENT GAINS IN PURSUIT OF HIS GLOBAL STRATEGY TO UNDERMINE AMERICA & THE WEST

THE ISLAMIST THREAT:  THE CLOSE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAMISM & FASCISM -- THE WILL OF THE ISLAMISTS TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWS -- ISLAMIST DETERMINATION TO CONQUER THE WEST, SUBJUGATE CHRISTIANS, & EXTINGUISH POLITICAL OPPONENTS -- ISLAMISM VERSUS MODERATE ISLAM -- IRAN, ISRAEL, & THE WEST -- THE NEED TO FIGHT THE ISLAMISTS POLITICALLY, IDEOLOGICALLY, & MILITARILY

WHITEWASHING IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  THE WORK OF MOHAMED ELBARADEI AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY -- ELBARADEI AS A STRONGLY BIASED POLITICAL FIGURE, ONE ANIMATED BY ANTIPATHY FOR ISRAEL & THE WEST & ON WHAT HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME A SINGLE-MINDED CRUSADE TO RESCUE IRANIAN & OTHER FAVORED REGIMES FROM CHARGES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION -- ELBARADEI'S SELF-IMPOSED MISSION TO HAMSTRUNG EFFORTS OF THE U.S.A. TO CONSTRAIN IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & ITS AGENDA POLITICS:  HOW & WHY THE CIA FREQUENTLY WORKS AT CROSS PURPOSES WITH THE PRESIDENCY -- HOW CIA BUREAUCRATS ENDEAVOR TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF A PRESIDENT WITH WHOM THE THEY DISAGREE OVER ISSUES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY -- THE CIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR POLICY INITIATIVES, WITHOUT COORDINATION WITH THE PRESIDENT, U.S. DIPLOMATS, MILITARY OFFICIALS, OR PENTAGON CIVILIANS -- THE LEAK AS THE RECOURSE OF THE DIGRUNTLED, BORED, OR POLITICIZED INTELLIGENCE ANALYST -- IRAN & IRAQ AS CASE STUDIES OF THE CIA'S AGENDA POLITICS -- THE CIA'S ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SEEKING THE DEFEAT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN HIS REELECTION BID

THE ABSENCE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN IRAN:  THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY & ORGANIZED DISSENT -- THE IRANIAN DICTATORSHIP'S CONTINUING SUPPRESSION OF LABOR UNION ACTIVITY -- THE REGIME'S CONTINUING ARREST, IMPRISONMENT, & MISTREATMENT OF LABOR UNION LEADERS -- THE CASE OF MAHMOUD SALEHI

BIASED & UNRELIABLE ACADEMICS, NEWS MEDIA POLITICAL BIAS, & POLITICALLY SLANTED ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE BALEFUL CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEDIA'S RELIANCE ON JUAN COLE & OTHER MIDDLE EAST STUDIES UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS OF HIS ILK TO EXPLAIN THE MIDDLE EAST TO AMERICANS:  ENABLING WIDE DISSEMINATION OF A DISTORTED & INACCURATE PICTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST & OF UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN THE HIGHLY VOLATILE REGION

THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:  ENSURING ISRAEL'S SURVIVAL AS A JEWISH SOCIETY & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC NATION-STATE IN A HOSTILE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT -- THE U.S.A. ASSISTING ISRAEL IN ITS MAINTENANCE OF QUALITATIVE MILITARY SUPERIORITY OVER ANY POSSIBLE COALITION OF ARAB & OTHER ISLAMIC STATES IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN & PERSIAN GULF REGION -- THE IRANIAN THREAT, THE EMERGING NEW STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, & THE NEED FOR A CLEARER DEFINITION OF "QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE" & MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. & ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS REGARDING HOW ISRAEL'S QUANTITATIVE MILITARY EDGE CAN & SHOULD BE MAINTAINED

AMERICA, INDIA, & IRAN:  INDIA CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN -- THE ESCALATING U.S.-IRANIAN DISPUTE, THE GROWING U.S.-INDIAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, & THE INDO-IRANIAN RAPPROCHEMENT -- INDIA'S DRIVE FOR ENERGY SECURITY & ITS PETROLEUM IMPORTS FROM IRAN -- THE IMPACT OF THE ENERGY SECURITY DRIVE ON INDIAN POLICY TOWARD A NUCLEAR IRAN -- THE IMPACT OF U.S. PRESSURE ON THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT

SYRIA, THE U.S.A., & THE MIDDLE EAST:  BASHAR AL-ASSAD, THE SYRIAN POLITICAL REGIME, & SYRIA'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS -- THE MESSAGE THAT AL-ASSAD IS SENDING TO U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & HIS ADMINISTRATION:  SYRIA IS NOT PREPARED TO ENTER INTO AN AXIS WITH THE U.S.A. & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT INSIST THAT SYRIA DO SO. IN EXCHANGE FOR FRIENDLY DIALOGUE BETWEEN SYRIA & THE U.S.A., THE LATTER MUST ABANDON IRAQ, LEAVE LEBANON OPEN TO SYRIAN DOMINATION, & AGREE TO THE RETURN OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS TO SYRIA. IN SHORT, THE U.S.A. MUST CAPITULATE TO SYRIAN DEMANDS & LEAVE ISRAEL & THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST AT THE MERCY OF TYRANNICAL REGIMES & ISLAMIST TERRORISTS

IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, & DIPLOMACY:  THE ERRONEOUS CONCLUSIONS THAT CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE DRAWING FROM THE MOST RECENT U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE -- WHAT THE LATEST NIE REALLY DEMONSTRATES:  HOW DANGEROUS & COSTLY DIPLOMACY CAN BE WHEN IT IS NOT REINFORCED BY STRONG SANCTIONS & THE CREDIBLE THREAT OF MILITARY FORCE -- THE ELABORATE DECEPTION PRACTICED BY THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS CONTINUED PURSUIT OF ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM

THE U.S.A., INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, & THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT:  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON THE NEED TO DENY IRAN THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO MAKE A NUCLEAR BOMB -- MISPLACED CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS BY LIBERALS, PARTISAN DEMOCRATS, & ULTRA-INTERNATIONALISTS -- UNDERSCORING THE SERIOUSNESS & RESOLVE OF THE U.S.A. & DAMPENING THE OVERCONFIDENCE OF IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME:  THE UTILITY & ADVANTAGE OF BUSH'S RHETORIC

THE CAUSE OF THE CURRENT BEHAVIOR OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME:  WHO IS AT FAULT, THE IRANIAN AYATOLLAHS OR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION?  MICHAEL RUBIN & BARBARA SLAVIN DEBATE THE ISSUE

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  U.S. PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN IRAN -- U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF EFFORTS TO DEVELOP & STRENGTHEN AN INDEPENDENT CIVIL SOCIETY & DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM WITHIN THE BORDERS OF IRAN:  A VITAL TOOL TO ENCOURAGE IRANIAN MODERATION & AVERT MILITARY ESCALATION OR A NUCLEAR IRAN

DETERIORATING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & IRAN:  WHO IS TO BE BLAMED?  THE FRADULENT ROOTS OF CRITICISM OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN -- USE OF THE GULDIMANN MEMORANDUM BY POLITICAL OPPONENTS & OTHER CRITICS OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN AN EFFORT TO CAST BLAME FOR THE ROCKY U.S.-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S INTRANSIGENCE, RATHER THAN ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM & IT'S SPONSORSHIP & SUPPORT OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- SEEKING TO DISCREDIT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & BASE FOREIGN POLICY ON A FOUNDATION OF FALSEHOODS THAT WILL ONLY DISTRACT FROM EFFORTS TO RESOLVE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES BEFORE THEY ESCALATE INTO MILITARY ACTION -- THE NEED TO BASE FOREIGN POLICY ON REALITY

THE U.S.A., RUSSIA, CHINA, & IRAN:  IRAN'S EFFORTS TO BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER & THE INTEREST OF THE U.S.A. IN BLOCKING ACHIEVEMENT OF THAT OBJECTIVE -- HOW & WHY RUSSIA & CHINA ARE UNDERCUTTING THE U.S. ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT IRAN FROM ACQUIRING & ENRICHING URANIUM -- UNILATERALISM VERSUS MULTILATERALISM IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY REGARDING IRAN -- REALISM VERSUS MULTILATERALISM IN U.S. FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY -- THE NEED FOR U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY LEADERS TO BE REALISTIC & AVOID CONFUSING REALISM WITH IDEALISM

ALIREZA JAFARZADEH ON THE IRANIAN THREAT, IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, THE COMING NUCLEAR CRISIS, & HOW THE U.S.A. SHOULD DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF IRAN:  A REPORT ON JAFARZADEH'S BRIEFING REGARDING THE IRANIAN THREAT & HIS NEW BOOK -- IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, ITS GOAL OF IMPOSING GLOBAL ISLAMIC RULE, & THE PROXY WAR IT IS WAGING AGAINST U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ -- THE BEST POLICY OPTION FOR THE U.S.A. IN DEALING WITH THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME -- THE FUTILITY & OUTRIGHT DANGER OF TALKS HELD BETWEEN U.S. OFFICIALS & THEIR IRANIAN COUNTERPARTS -- WHAT THE U.S.A. SHOULD DO ABOUT THE IRANIAN REGIME'S INFLUENCE ON IRAQI POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYRIA & HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH'S TRANSITION FROM THE ROLE OF SUBSERVIENT JUNIOR PARTNER IN ITS AXIS WITH SYRIA TO THE ROLE OF DOMINANT PARTNER -- THE CONSEQUENT WEAKENING OF SYRIA'S ROLE IN LEBANON -- HEZBOLLAH'S ABANDONMENT OF COOPERATION WITH THE EXISTING LEBANESE GOVERNMENT, STAKING OUT A MORE MAXIMALIST POSITION TO DOMINATE LEBANON & TRANSFORM ITS POLITICAL CHARACTER INTO AN IRANIAN-STYLE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST STATE -- THE STRENGTHENING ROLE OF IRAN IN LEBANON, WHERE IRANIAN AGENTS, IN LEAGUE WITH HEZBOLLAH, HAVE CONSOLIDATED A STATE WITHIN A STATE -- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S ADOPTION OF SYRIA'S FORMER DOMINANT ROLE IN LEBANON

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD IRAN:  WHAT SHOULD THAT POLICY BE? CONTINUOUSLY APPLY PRESSURE ON THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME TO DEMOCRATIZE & RECOGNIZE HUMAN RIGHTS -- PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT LABOR UNIONS, INDEPENDENT MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS, & OTHER INDEPENDENT CENTERS OF POLITICAL POWER & INFLUENCE IN IRAN -- CREATE SPACE FOR REAL CIVIL SOCIETY TO EMERGE IN IRAN -- REJECT THE NAIVE & DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION THAT, WITH DIPLOMACY, THE U.S.A. & IRAN CAN RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES

ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM, & IRAN'S CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME:  THE ROOTS OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL -- IRAN AS THE NEW CENTER OF STRIDENT ANTI-SEMITISM & HOLOCAUST DENIAL -- THE 2006 "REVIEW OF THE HOLOCAUST: GLOBAL VISION" CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN -- ISLAMIC POLITICS, MILITANT ISLAM, & THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE IRANIAN REGIME'S HOLOCAUST DENIAL

IRAN, THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  THE GROWING DEBATE OVER WHETHER THE U.S.A. SHOULD PURSUE A POLICY OF FORCIBLE REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN -- THE RISKS & CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. MILITARY ACTION TO ACCOMPLISH IRANIAN REGIME CHANGE -- THE VIABILITY OF DETERRENCE & DIPLOMACY AS ALTERNATIVES TO MILITARY ACTION -- PROSPECTS FOR THE SUCCESS OF IRANIAN EFFORTS TO DEMOCRATIZE IRAN, ESTABLISH THE RULE OF LAW IN THAT COUNTRY, & FORCE CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRAINTS & DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY UPON THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP

AMERICA'S FIRST CLASH WITH MILITANT ISLAM:  THE IRANIAN ISLAMISTS' SEIZURE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN TEHRAN IN 1979 -- THE POLITICAL FORCES THAT ACTED UPON THE CARTER PRESIDENCY TO CAUSE IT TO FEEL THAT THERE REALLY WAS NOTHING THE U.S.A. COULD DO ABOUT THE SITUATION -- COULD & SHOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAVE PUNISHED THE IRANIANS MILITARILY?  DID THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION PLAY INTO THE IRANIANS' HANDS BY PLACING THE WELFARE OF THE HOSTAGES ABOVE ALL OTHER AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS?  IN THIS REGARD, WHAT LESSON SHOULD WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE MANY ISRAELI EXPERIENCES?

THE BARZANI FAMILY:  KURDISH POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL TREACHERY, & KURDISH NATIONALISM -- SWITCHING ALLIANCES AS PART OF THE BARZANI FAMILY POLITICAL CULTURE -- MASOUD BARZANI AS AN EXTREMELY UNREALIABLE ALLY OF THE U.S.A.

WHY DO IRANIAN LEADERS & OTHER ISLAMISTS BEHAVE LIKE UNCIVILIZED BARBARIANS?  THE ANSWER LIES IN THE HISTORY OF ISLAM:  HOW THE MUSLIM "RELIGION" CAME INTO BEING, HOW & WHY IT HAS SPREAD OVER A VAST AREA OF THE GLOBE, & HOW ITS HARDCORE ADHERENTS HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES BEFORE & SINCE THE DEATH OF MUHAMMAD -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY FAILURE OF THE U.S.A. & THE WEST TO RESPOND VIGOROUSLY TO IRAN & THE ISLAMIST THREAT -- ANNIHILATION OF OUR ENEMIES SHOULD BE AMERICA'S SOLE PURPOSE IN WAGING WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR ANY OTHER PLACE

SCHOLARSHIP ON CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN SOCIETY, POLITICS, & FOREIGN POLICY:  A REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT LITERATURE -- SEPARATING THE GOOD BOOKS FROM THE BAD BOOKS -- DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SOUND ANALYSIS & FLAWED ANALYSIS

ISLAMIST TYRANNY & OPPRESSION IN IRAN:  IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME CONTINUES ITS SUPPRESSION OF DISSIDENTS -- A CASE IN POINT:  THE REGIME'S REACTION TO MANSOUR OSANLOU & THE TEHRAN BUS DRIVERS' STRIKE

WESTERN EFFORTS TO INDUCE IRAN'S POLITICAL REGIME TO END ITS ACCELERATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & THE USE & SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM:  THE FUTILITY & OUTRIGHT DANGER OF THE WEST'S SEEKING ENGAGEMENT & DIALOGUE WITH THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP -- THE IRANIAN REGIME'S EXPLOITATION OF ENGAGEMENT & DIALOGUE TO ADVANCE ITS AGENDA & CONTINUE THREATENING WORLD PEACE --THE WEST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF POLITICS IN IRAN -- FAILURE OF WESTERN ANALYSTS TO COMPREHEND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IRANIAN REGIME'S IDEOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY, ISLAMISM & THE ISLAMIC WORLD, & THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  WHAT THE U.S.A. MUST DO IN ORDER TO MORE EFFECTIVELY HELP PROTECT WESTERN CIVILIZATION FROM THE FORCES OF ISLAMIC BARBARISM -- ALAN CARUBA ARGUES THAT AMERICA NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM WAGING WAR & STEP BACK TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEXT CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD BE

IRAN:  STAGE-MANAGED DEMONSTRATIONS, POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, & THE WEAKNESSES OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME -- HOW THE U.S.A. & THE WEST CAN CAPITALIZE ON THE REGIME'S WEAKNESSES & THEREBY EFFECT THE OVERTHROW & DESTRUCTION OF A DANGEROUS ENEMY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- THE ROLE OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA IN EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING SUCH A STRATEGY -- WHY AMERICA & THE WEST SHOULD NOT BE DETERRED BY THEIR DESIRE FOR DIPLOMACY, DIALOGUE, & ENGAGEMENT

THE WEST VERSUS IRAN:  DEVISING STRATEGIES TO COUNTER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WESTERN COUNTERACTION STRATEGIES & IRANIAN MOTIVES FOR SEEKING TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- THE PRINCIPAL MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR BEHIND THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- WHAT THE U/S.A. & THE WEST MUST DO IN ORDER TO CONVINCE THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE ITS COURSE & ABANDON THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- WHAT ROLE CAN ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS PLAY IN PERSUADING IRAN?  WHAT ADDITIONAL MEASURES ARE NEEDED?

THE MIDDLE EAST, MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICAL REGIMES, & UNITED STATES AID TO MIDDLE EASTERN DISSIDENTS:   TO WHAT ENTENT & IN WHAT WAYS SHOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGE & SUPPORT POLITICAL DISSIDENTS & PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES GOVERNED BY OPPRESSIVE, TYRANNICAL REGIMES?   SHOULD PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW BE A FOREIGN POLICY GOAL OF THE U.S.A. IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

THE ISLAMIC "REPUBLIC' OF IRAN, ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, & THE WAR ON TERRORISM:  SUICIDE TERRORISM AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S MILITARY DOCTRINE -- IRAN'S MARTYRDOM BRIGADES AS STRATEGIC ASSETS IN DETERRING OR STRIKING AT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST & AS INSTRUMENTS FOR DERAILMENT OF DOMESTIC ATTEMPTS TO MODERATE THE REVOLUTIONARY, EXTREMIST, & TOTALITARIAN NATURE OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM & ITS UNDERLYING IDEOLOGY -- SUICIDE BOMBING AS A "NOBLE" EXPRESSION OF ISLAM

CONFRONTING IRAN, AS REGARDS ITS DETERMINATION TO BECOME A NUCLEAR MILITARY POWER:  TO ELIMINATE THE IMPENDING THREAT, THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE RESOLVE & FOLLOW THE OLD LATIN MAXIM, "SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM" ("IF YOU WANT PEACE, PREPARE FOR WAR")

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & THE PROBLEM OF IRAN:  THE ABSOLUTE IMPOSSIBILITY OF EMPLOYING DIPLOMACY AS AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN DEALING WITH THE THREAT TO THE U.S.A. & THE WEST POSED BY THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN -- OVERT & COVERT WARFARE AS THE ONLY POSSIBLE MEANS OF SOLVING THE IRANIAN PROBLEM -- MASSIVE PREEMPTIVE & RETALIATORY MILITARY ACTION, THOROUGHGOING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE & FORCIBLE ELIMINATION OF THE PROBLEM, RATHER THAN FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO NEGOTIATE & COMPROMISE WITH THE IRANIAN REGIME

THE BARBARISM, TERROR, & TYRANNY OF POLITICAL ISLAM:  THE CONDITIONS OF HUMAN MISERY, DEGRADATION, OPPRESSION, & BACKWARDNESS THAT EXIST WHEN ISLAM HOLDS POLITICAL POWER & CONTROLS & DIRECTS THE OPERATIONS OF A SOVEREIGN STATE OR OTHER POLITICAL COMMUNITY -- EPISODES OF ISLAMIC CARNAGE -- WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN IRAN EVER SINCE THE ISLAMISTS SEIZED POWER IN THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF 1979 -- THE URGENCY OF ACHIEVING THE VICTORY OF HUMANITY OVER ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIMES & MOVEMENTS -- THE PRACTICAL STEPS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ACHIEVE VICTORY OVER POLITICAL ISLAM

CONCERNS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM:  THE EFFICACY OF DIPLOMACY TO DEAL WITH THE IRANIAN THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & INTERNATIONAL PEACE -- WHAT WOULD BE THE COSTS OF U.S. MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN?  WILL DIPLOMACY BE ENOUGH TO STOP THE ISLAMIST REGIME FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS?  CAN IRAN BE TRUSTED TO HONOR ITS INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS?

IRAQ, THE U.S.A., & IRAN:  WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE SUCCESS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN IRAQ -- DON'T TRUST IRAN, CUT THE SUPPLY LINES TO THE IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS, DESTROY THE IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE NETWORK, REPLACE THE IRANIAN CHARITIES WITH OUR OWN PATRONAGE, & TREAT THE COMMANDERS OF IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS AS THE COMBATANTS THEY ARE -- PROJECT STRENGTH, RATHER THAN WEAKNESS, IN THE MIDDLE EAST

THE LATEST ISRAELI "CEASE FIRE" IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT:  THE "CEASE FIRE" CONSIDERED IN THE BROADER CONTEXTS OF ISLAMIC HISTORY, THE MODERN RESURGENCE OF MILITANT ISLAM, & THE LONGTERM STRATEGY OF THE ISLAMISTS IN THE GLOBAL JIHAD THEY ARE WAGING AGAINST ISRAEL, THE U.S.A., & THE WEST -- WESTERN LEADERS' MISPERCEPTIONS & DELUSIONS THAT ARE VERY LIKELY TO CAUSE THE EVENTUAL DEFEAT & DESTRUCTION OF THE WEST IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR -- THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR THOSE NATIONS THAT COMPRISE WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  UNITE, CONFRONT, DEFEAT, & TOTALLY DESTROY THE FORCES OF ISLAMISM, OR FACE THE DECLINE, FALL, & EVENTUAL ERADICATION OF THE WEST & ITS CULTURE, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE & BASIC JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES & BELIEFS

LEBANON, ISRAEL, ISLAMIST TERRORISM, & WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT & MIDDLE EASTERN TERRORISM IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST ISRAEL, AMERICA, & THE WEST -- THE ROLE OF IRAN'S ISLAMIST REGIME IN THE GLOBAL CONFLICT -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES, THROUGH COVERT COUNTERTERRORIST POLITICAL ACTION AS WELL AS OVERT MILITARY ACTION, TO BRING ABOUT THE DEFEAT & TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THEIR DEADLY ENEMIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

PUBLIC STATEMENTS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, IRANIAN WAR PLANS, & WHAT THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES SHOULD DO ABOUT IT:  THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES ITS PLANS TO ACQUIRE FULLY OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS & USE THEM AGAINST ISRAEL, BRITAIN, & AMERICA -- MUST WE WAIT FOR MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD TO DO WHAT HE SAYS HE INTENDS TO DO?  MUST WE WAIT AROUND FOR IRAN TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY & LAUNCH NUCLEAR ATTACKS AGAINST US?

ISRAEL, AZERBAIJAN, & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL & AZERBAIJAN -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTNERSHIP & ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA -- HOW FAR ARE AZERBAIJANI ELITES WILLING TO PURSUE TIES WITH ISRAEL? WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF THE BAKU-JERUSALEM RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS?

WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE LONG & TROUBLED HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST & THE IDEA OF DISPATCHING AN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO THE REGION -- THE IMPORTANT LESSON THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL LEARNED, AS REGARDS TRUSTING INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS -- THE SAME LESSON THAT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST SHOULD HAVE LEARNED BY NOW -- THE FOLLY OF RELYING ON INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS TO END A WAR IN PROGRESS

IRAN, ARABS, & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT:  THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WIDER MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN & THE ARABS -- CRACKS IN THE SOLIDARITY OF POLITICAL ISLAM -- SHIITES VERSUS SUNNIS -- IRAN'S IDEOLOGICAL COMMITMENT TO EXPORTING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION & SPREADING IT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST -- ARAB LEADERS' PERCEPTION OF HEZBOLLAH AS AN ARM OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE WAGING A SECTARIAN WAR IN THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST

THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ISLAMIST TERROR WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL:  WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN ENDURING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?  IS THERE A ROLE FOR DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS?  TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF SUCH TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AS HEZBOLLAH & HAMAS & SEVERE PUNISHMENT OF THEIR STATE SPONSORS MUST PRECEDE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO ARRANGE A MIDDLE EAST PEACE

STATECRAFT & THE USE OF DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE IN THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  WHY EFFECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY REQUIRES THAT DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE WITH ADVERSARIES BE CARRIED ON WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERARCHING STRATEGY -- HOW POORLY TIMED NEGOTIATIONS & MISPLACED CONFIDENCE IN AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY CAN HAMPER, RATHER THAN HASTEN, SOLUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS -- THE NEED FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO COME TO GRIPS WITH REALITY IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

A HISTORY OF THE THIRD WORLD WAR:  THE COLD WAR & THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST -- THE ROLE OF THE KGB IN THE SOVIET UNION'S ENDEAVOR TO GAIN INFLUENCE IN & CONTROL OF THE MIDDLE EAST & USE IT TO UNDERMINE & CONQUER THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- HOW & WHY THE KGB'S EFFORTS ENDED LARGELY IN FAILURE -- IN WHAT WAY DID THE EFFORTS SUCCEED?

UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY & NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION:  U.S. & WESTERN DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA & IRAN -- HOW & WHY THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS HAS FAILED & CONTINUES TO FAIL TO PREVENT ROGUE POLITICAL REGIMES FROM ACQUIRIMNG NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITIES

ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-WESTERNISM, ISLAMISM, & IRAN'S DETERMINATION TO DEVELOP & EMPLOY A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY:  THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME OF IRAN & ITS PLAN TO PERPETRATE A NEW & GREATER HOLOCAUST -- THE ROLE INTENDED FOR A NUCLEAR IRAN IN THE ISLAMIST JIHAD AGAINST ISRAEL, EUROPE, THE WEST, & JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION -- THE ONLY RATIONAL CONCLUSION TO BE DRAWN FROM THE HISTORY OF IRAN, ISLAM, & ANTI-SEMITISM:  THE NECESSITY OF DECISIVE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE BARBARIANS WHO THREATEN US

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & THE BUSH II PRESIDENCY:  REVERSING THE COURSE OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, WHILE STILL SPEAKING ABOUT OPPOSING NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION, SPREADING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & PROSECUTING THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRFORISM, INCREASINGLY CHARTS THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE & PAPER COMPROMISE SO DOMINANT DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -- SEEKING TO PLEASE DIPLOMATS & OTHER INTERNATIONALIST-MINDED BUREAUCRATS, WHILE JEOPARDIZING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE WEST & IRAN:  THE INADEQUACY OF DIPLOMACY AS THE MEANS TO INDUCE IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME TO END ITS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- IF IRAN CONTINUES TO DEFY THE WEST, THE LATTER SHOULD CONSIDER MILITARY STRIKES & TARGETED SANCTIONS, AS WELL AS INCREASE ITS SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT CIVIL SOCIETY & DISSIDENT GROUPS IN IRAN -- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC SHOULD BE MADE ACCPONTABLE TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE

THE COLLAPSE OF EUROPE'S IRAN POLICY:  THE FAILURE OF EUROPE'S POLICY OF RELYING ON TRADE, RATHER THAN CONFRONTATION OR SANCTIONS, TO REVERSE THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S SPONSORSHIP OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM, ITS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, & ITS ENDEAVOR TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- THE E3 FOREIGN MINISTERS & THE EUROPEAN UNION HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ADMIT THAT EUROPE'S POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN HAS FAILED

IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, & UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY:  THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & ITS DIPLOMATIC BLUNDER IN THE DISPUTE WITH IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME -- OFFERING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP & PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR IRAN TO REFRAIN FROM DEVELOPING A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- PROVIDING GRIST FOR MAHMUD AHMADINEJAD'S DOMESTIC PROPAGANDA MILL & UNDERMINING U.S. CREDIBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

IRAN'S INTERNAL POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, & SOCIAL PROBLEMS & THE GROWING THREAT THEY POSE TO THE REPRESSIVE REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS -- RE-EMERGING PATTERNS OF TURBULENCE WHICH MIRROR EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN IRAN UNDER THE RULE OF THE SHAH & CONTRIBUTED TO HIS OVERTHROW IN THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF 1979: POLITICAL DISILLUSIONMENT, DOMESTIC PROTEST, GOVERNMENT FAILUE TO MATCH PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS, & LABOR UNREST

THE ROLE OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS IN FURTHERING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN IRAQ: IRAN'S SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM IN IRAQ -- TRAINING & ARMING THE BADR CORPS -- USE OF PATRONAGE, BRIBERY, & PROPAGANDA TO WIN IRAQI SUPPORTERS & UNDERMINE U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ -- WHAT THE U.S.A. SHOULD DO ABOUT THE SITUATION

A NUCLEAR IRAN:  THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & INTERNATIONAL SECURITY -- WHY DIPLOMACY & INTERNATIONAL TRADE WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM -- THE NATURE OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IDEOLOGY & ITS ROLE IN CREATING & SUSTAINING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S DETERMINATION TO BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER & THREATEN THE WORLD -- WHAT MUST BE DONE TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT

IRAN'S MUJAHEDIN AL-KHALQ:  A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT COMBINES MARXISM & ISLAMISM, SEEKS TO OVERTHROW THE POLITICAL REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS, & IS JUST AS BAD AS THE REGIME THE MKO WANTS TO REPLACE -- THE MKO AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT ESCHEWS CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & EMBRACES TERRORISM, DICTATORSHIP, MARXISM, & ISLAMO-FASCISM -- A GROUP THAT IS AS ANTI-AMERICAN & ANTI-WESTERN AS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

IRAN:  STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM, PURSUIT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, & THE THREATENING RHETORIC OF ITS LEADERS -- INVITING A MILITARY ATTACK -- THE VERY HIGH PROBABILITY THAT IRAN WILL BE SUBJECT TO A PREEMPTIVE MILITARY STRIKE BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL WITH THE BLESSING & ASSISTANCE OF THE U.S.A.

THE CURRENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBYA & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  HAS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S SUCCESS IN RESOLVING ITS MOST VITAL DIFFERENCES WITH THE MU'AMMAR QADHAFI POLITICAL REGIME IN LIBYA BEEN THE RESULT OF A ROBUST U.S. POLICY OF FORCE PROJECTION IN IRAQ?  WOULD SIMILAR FORCE PROJECTION BY THE U.S.A. CREATE COMPARABLE COMPLIANCE FROM OTHER HOSTILE REGIMES, SUCH AS THOSE IN SYRIA, IRAN, & NORTH KOREA?

IRAN:  RULED ABSOLUTELY BY A POLITICAL REGIME CONSISTING OF A FANATICAL ANTI-WESTERN RADICAL ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS ELITE WITH WEAPONS PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO TURN IRAN INTO A NUCLEAR POWER & WITH A DETERMINATION TO WAGE WAR AGAINST & DESTROY ISRAEL & THE WEST -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME: A TYRANNICAL, HOSTILE, & AGGRESSIVE REGIME THAT IS AS DANGEROUS AS ITS EXPANDING ARSENAL OF MILITARY WEAPONS

ARASH SIGARCHI:  IRANIAN DISSIDENT, WEBLOGGER, CRITIC OF THE SOCALLED "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC," & ADVOCATE OF FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S CONTINUING EFFORT TO SUPPRESS & SILENCE SIGARCHI & OTHER DISSIDENTS USING THE INTERNET TO VOICE CRITICISM OF & OPPOSITION TO THE OPPRESSIVE & TYRANNICAL RULE OF THE AYATOLLAHS

IRAN'S LACK OF UNITY & POLITICAL STABILITY:  ETHNIC DIVISION, CONFLICT, & SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE BORDERS OF IRAN -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN IRAN ARE AGAINST THE CONTINUING RULE OF THE ISLAMIST AYATOLLAHS & IN FAVOR OF THE EVENTUAL COLLAPSE OF THE "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC" -- THE TYRANNICAL POLITICAL REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS IS UNPOPULAR AMONG THE MAJORITY OF IRAN'S POPULATION

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY:  MIDDLE EASTERN SOCIETIES, THEIR POLITICAL HISTORY, THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS, & THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.A. -- AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN SOUTHWEST & CENTRAL ASIA & IN NORTH AFRICA -- IRAQ, IRAN, KURDISTAN, SYRIA, LIBYA, & SOUTH YEMEN

THE MIDDLE EAST & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ & PROSPECTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STABLE & ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EASTERN REGION -- ENHANCING DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  WHAT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST SHOULD & SHOULD NOT DO

THE ROLE OF IRAN IN THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA & WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  TRANSPARENCY OF THE BAD INTENTIONS OF THE AYATOLLAHS CURRENTLY RULING IRAN -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S ENDEAVOR TO ACQUIRE A NUCLEAR ARSENAL, WHICH, WITHOUT HESITATION, IT WOULD USE, ALONG WITH TERRORISTS & DIRTY RADIATION BOMBS -- THE REGIME'S UNDISGUISED DETERMINATION TO DESTROY THE U.S.A. -- THE COMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & IRAN & THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONFLICT

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & THE GROWING THREAT IT POSES TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  THE REGIME'S MOVING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARD ACQUIRING NUCLEAR CAPABILITY THAT COULD BE EASILY TRANSFORMED INTO AN OFFENSIVE NUCLEAR ARSENAL -- THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT AS A MAJOR SPONSOR OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE PERSIAN GULF SHIFTING TOWARD IRAN -- HOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD RESPOND TO THE GROWING IRANIAN THREAT

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE ISLAMIST & BAATHIST INSURGENCY IN IRAQ:  WHAT CAN CONTAIN THE IRANIAN CHALLENGE TO THE U.S.A. & GREAT BRITAIN IN IRAQ & ELSEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- SKILLFUL DIPLOMACY, BACKED UP BY A CREDIBLE THREAT TO USE MILITARY FORCE

WHAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF IMMEDISTE FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE U.S.A.:  REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN -- THE DIRE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE SERIOUS THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & INTERNATIONAL PEACE POSED BY THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF PSYCHOTIC AYATOLLAHS DETERMINED TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS & LONGRANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES, TO BUILD, MAINTAIN, CONTROL, & DIRECT AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES, & TO SPREAD THE DOMINATION OF ISLAM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD

A NUCLEAR ARMED IRAN DOMINATED BY HARDLINE ISLAMISTS BENT ON ATTACKING & DESTROYING THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES:  A FAST DEVELOPING SITUATION WHICH, UNLESS ABRUPTLY TERMINATED, WILL VERY SOON POSE A DIRECT & IMMEDIATE DEADLY THREAT TO AMERICA & THE WEST -- THE NEED FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO FORMULATE & IMPLEMENT A CONSISTENT & EFFECTIVE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD IRAN, INCLUDING A REALISTIC STRATEGY FOR UNDERCUTTING IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE & NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS & ACHIEVING REGIME CHANGE & DEMOCRATIZATION IN IRAN THROUGH DIPLOMACY & POLITICAL WARFARE, THROUGH PEACEFUL PENETRATION OF IRANIAN SOCIETY, &, IF DEEMED NECESSARY, THROUGH U.S. PINPOINT MILITARY STRIKES

IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE MOTIVATIONS DRIVING ITS QUEST FOR A NUCLEAR MILITARY CABILITY, THE HIGHLY PROBABLE POLITICAL & GEO-POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IRANIAN SUCCESS IN THIS ENDEAVOR, & THE IMPLICATIONS FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF HARD-LINE ISLAMISTS -- TYRANNICAL RULE, MISTREATMENT & ABUSE OF DISSIDENTS, & VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF THE INCREASINGLY POPULAR MOVEMENT FOR ESTABLISHING FREEDOM & THE RULE OF LAW IN IRAN:  IS THERE ANY REALISTIC HOPE FGR DEMOCRATIC & CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL REFORM IN IRAN?

KING ADDULLAH II BIN AL HUSSEIN OF JORDAN DESCRIBES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT IRAQ & IRAN, EXPLAINS HIS STRATEGY TO COUNTER RADICAL ISLAM, & OUTLINES HIS HOPES FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL & THE ARABS

THE SECOND TERM OF U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & THE COMING OF A NEW U.S. POLICY REGARDING IRAN:  A COORDINATED POLICY TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN -- A POLICY MOTIVATED BY THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & DETERMATION DEVELOP SATELLITE LAUNCHING CAPABILITY, BY THE IRANIAN REGIME'S CONTINUING SPONSORSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS, & BY REALIZATION IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THAT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S POTENTIAL THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY GROWS PRIMARILY OUT OF THE NATURE OF THE POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN, RATHER THAN THE IRANIAN PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM FAVOR REGIME CHANGE, CHANGE FROM AN ISLAMIST THEOCRACY & DICTATORSHIP TO A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

THE SECOND TERM OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH:  A TERM DURING WHICH THE PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE FREEDOM, LIBERTY & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE RANK-&-FILE BUREAUCRATS IN THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT & EVEN MANY IN THE U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WILL PERSIST IN THEIR HOSTILITY TO THE PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES, & THE ACTIONS OF ADVERSARIES, RATHER THAN U.S. GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES, WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT FACTOR IN SHAPING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

ARMS CONTROL & THE GROWING PROBLEM OF PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS & OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION -- IRAN & PROLIFERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  IS THE "COUNTER-PROLIFERATION" POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REALLY EFFECTIVE?

STRONG EVIDENCE THAT, PRIOR TO AL-QA'IDA'S TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, HEZBOLLAH & THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN ASSISTED & FACILITATED THE ACTIVITIES OF AL-QA'IDA MEMBERS, INCLUDING THEIR MOVEMENT ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS TO UNDERGO TERRORIST TRAINING -- THE POST-9/11 EFFORTS OF IRAN & HEZBOLLAH TO CONCEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF THEIR COOPERATION WITH THE TERRORISTS & JIHADISTS ASSOCIATED WITH AL-QA'IDA:  THE NEED FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER THE POSSIBILITY THAT HEZBOLLAH & THE IRANIANS WERE INVOLVED IN THE 9/11 ATTACK

CONFUSION & DIVISION WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OVER WHAT FOREIGN POLICY IT SHOULD PURSUE IN DEALING WITH THE GROWING THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY POSED BY AN IRAN RULED BY A TYRANNICAL ANTI-WESTERN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST POLITICAL REGIME & ON THE VERGE OF DEVELOPING A NUCLEAR & INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITY

IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & THE THREAT IT POSES TO THE U.S.A. & TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD -- THE FAILURE OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY & THE THREAT OF UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS TO DETER THE IRANIAN LUNATICS WHO TAKE THEIR ORDERS FROM ALLAH:  THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF U.S. MILITARY ACTION TO DESTROY IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES

IRAN:  A GRAVE & GROWING THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & GOALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- WHAT THE U.S.A. MUST DO IN ORDER TO THWART IRAN'S DRIVE TOWARD HEGEMONY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

IRAN -- THE OTHER THREAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE DESPOTIC REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS IN IRAN AS A LEADING SUPPORTER OF WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- THE NEED FOR REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN

THE ARABS' BLEAK FUTURE--THE DECADENCE & DECLINE OF THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST: FOCUS ON THE COMPENSATIONS OF THE NEXT WORLD WILL DO NOTHING TO ALTER THE ARABS' PREDICAMENT IN THIS WORLD

THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE AYATOLLAHS IN IRAN -- THEOCRATIC TYRANNY, OPPRESSION, & REPRESSION:  WOMEN'S RESISTANCE AS AN EMERGING POLITICAL FORCE FOR REFORM, LIBERALIZATION, & REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN

THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 199, August 4, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN

By Dr. Azar Nafisi

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