If Rick Perry and conservatives would were to get their wish and shut down the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration would go with it.
Is Rick Perry Trying to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons?
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A Brief History of the Number Two
A poem for the mother of a young man killed by a bomb at Hebrew University in 2002.
Israel’s Pickle: Iran (Part 2)
If Iran builds nuclear weapons, Israel might have to project a new image of itself as a careful and composed actor as opposed to the “crazy when furious” reputation that the Israel Defense Forces have cultivated.
Israel Attacking Iran Is Like Kettle Bombing the Pot Black
Israel’s refusal to come clean about its nuclear-weapons program is exponentially more duplicitous than whatever Iran has hidden about its nuclear-weapons work.
The Iranian Dilemma: Israel (Part 1)
The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi consul and the recent IAEA report on its nuclear program are the first two acts in the latest campaign to soften the West up for an attack on Iran.
U.S. to Bomb Iran to Keep Israel From Attacking It?
If Iran developed and built nuclear weapons, both it and Israel would have incentives to use them to strike first in the event of a crisis
U.S. Sends a Message to Iran With Arms Sales to Gulf States
In 2010, the U.S. made its largest single arms sale ever: $60 billion worth to Saudi Arabia.
Nuclear Turkeys
By the time you sit down for Thanksgiving dinner, the 12-member congressional supercommittee will have succeeded in meeting its November 23 deadline to approve a plan to shrink the budget deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade. Or it will have failed – and produced a turkey instead.
Do Iran’s Objections to the IAEA Report Deserve Consideration?
The mainstream media fails to provide the public with the evidence used to support the IAEA’s latest report about Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War
The march to war with Iran appears to have the support of more than 40 members of the Progressive Caucus who are co-sponsoring the bill.