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Red Line Syria

Spoke to Larry Kudlow on CNBC "Kudlow Report" in re the declarations by POTUS Obama and StateSec Clinton that Syria's use of WMD is a "red line" that can trigger intervention. My information is that much of Syria's WMD was transferred into the arsenals in the early days of the Iraq War. On April...
December 4, 2012 0

Strangelove in Tehran

Spoke Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re the developing theme in strategic weapons called the Second Nuclear Age, and it is time to apply this thinking to the gathering storm of war in the Middle East. In the First Nuclear Age, two superpowers, Uncle Sam and the Soviets, faced off with tens...
December 1, 2012 0

Entitlement Gloom

Spoke Larry Kudlow of CNBC, Sudeep Reddy of WSJ, and John Cochrane of Hoover, to learn there there is no deal to be had in Washington over the threat of a recession that will follow the tax increases and spending cuts that start at midnight on December 31, the infamous fiscal cliff. Senator ...
November 27, 2012 0

Wreckers of the Arab Spring

The reversal of fortune in the Arab Spring appears to be a surprise to the Obama administration as Cairo now reveals the wolf in wolf's togs of the Moslem Brotherhood. Spoke Eric Trager, Malcolm Hoenlein, Sebastian Gorka in re the Morsi declaration that the judiciary in Egypt is illegitimate...
November 26, 2012 0

Hamas Boasting

Spoke Larry Kudlow of CNBC's "Kudlow Report," along with Ambassador Marc Ginsburg, in re the Gaza crisis. My information is that Hamas is boasting of its success the last five days, because delegations of state dignitaries from Egypt, Turkey and today Iraq have traveled to Gaza City in sympathy. ...
November 21, 2012 0

Iranian Convoy Enroute

Spoke Malcolm Hoenlein, Reza Kahlili, Eric Trager, Aaron Klein, in re the Gaza crisis Day 5 and learned that there is a chance for a ceasefire without ground action. Khaled Mashal, the Hamas boss in Cairo, refuses to accept terms for a settlement unless Israel lifts the sea and land blockade of...
November 20, 2012 0

Jaw-Jaw Is the War-War.

My information is that the triad of Morsi of Cairo, Erdogan of Ankara, and the Emir Hamad of Qatar conferred and agreed upon a peace plan for Gaza that they then sent to POTUS Obama enroute to Southeast Asia. POTUS passed the peace proposal onto PM Netanyahu without comment or direction. That...
November 18, 2012 0

The War Between Iran and Israel

Spoke to Larry Kudlow, on CNBC's "Kudlow Reports," (above) in re the missiles fired from the Gaza Strip that landed in Tel Aviv. The Knesset has voted permission to the Netanyahu Cabinet to call up 30,000 reservists as the IDF expectations is that this will not be a short or tidy episode. My...
November 15, 2012 0

Access Agent Kelley

The Petraeus resignation took a peculiar turn when the unusual Tampa social entertainer Jill Kelley entered the story. Kelley is said to have raised the first complaint of threatening e-mails that brought the FBI into the case sometime last summer. Spoke to Larry Johnson, No Quarter, who makes...
November 13, 2012 0

Beauty Didn't Kill the Beast

Spoke to colleague Larry Kudlow of CNBC's "Kudlow Report" late in the day (above) with regard the sudden announcement of DCI David Petraeus's resignation. My information is that Petraeus did not resign because of the affair he mentions in his resignation latter. My information is that...
November 10, 2012 0