Iran Does Not Have The Arsenal To Back Up Its Many Threats -- Ahmed Al Attar, The National
The recent statements coming out of Iran, including by Vice President Mohamed Reza Rahimi, have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if the West imposes sanctions on Iranian oil exports. But the reality of the regime's limited military capacity makes this seem like more of a bluff than an actual plausible course of action.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Strait talk with Iran -- Frederick W. Kagan, L.A. Times
Iran is trying to save face, not wage war -- Geneive Abdo, CNN
Will Iran make good on its threat against US? -- Sevil Omer, MSNBC
Iran is baiting, but America won’t bite -- Ian Bremmer and Cliff Kupchan, Financial Times
Iran’s threats over Strait of Hormuz a symptom of ‘weakness,’ U.S. says -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
Iran Won't Close the Strait of Hormuz -- Bradley S. Russell and Max Bott, Wall Street Journal
Crisis in the Gulf -- Daily Star editorial
Commentary: Media should be exposing Iraq War’s years of ineptitude -- Edward Wasserman, McClatchy News
In Post-Gaddafi Libya, Freedom is Messy—and Getting Messier -- Tony Karon, Time
Will 2012 Bring Tribal War To Libya? – OpEd -- Franklin Lamb, Eurasia Review
Syrian Uprising Raises The Specter Of Sectarian War -- Deborah Amos, NPR
The Arab League mission to Syria isn’t just a failure, it’s an accomplice to Assad’s crimes -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph
The Koreas: Unification without fear -- Moon Chang-keuk, JoongAng Daily
Unnerving year for Northeast Asia -- Japan Times editorial
Taliban leaders held at Gitmo to be released -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
Will Iran make good on its threat against US? -- Sevil Omer, MSNBC
Iran is baiting, but America won’t bite -- Ian Bremmer and Cliff Kupchan, Financial Times
Iran’s threats over Strait of Hormuz a symptom of ‘weakness,’ U.S. says -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post
Iran Won't Close the Strait of Hormuz -- Bradley S. Russell and Max Bott, Wall Street Journal
Crisis in the Gulf -- Daily Star editorial
Commentary: Media should be exposing Iraq War’s years of ineptitude -- Edward Wasserman, McClatchy News
In Post-Gaddafi Libya, Freedom is Messy—and Getting Messier -- Tony Karon, Time
Will 2012 Bring Tribal War To Libya? – OpEd -- Franklin Lamb, Eurasia Review
Syrian Uprising Raises The Specter Of Sectarian War -- Deborah Amos, NPR
The Arab League mission to Syria isn’t just a failure, it’s an accomplice to Assad’s crimes -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph
The Koreas: Unification without fear -- Moon Chang-keuk, JoongAng Daily
Unnerving year for Northeast Asia -- Japan Times editorial
Taliban leaders held at Gitmo to be released -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
Commentary: Media should be exposing Iraq War’s years of ineptitude -- Edward Wasserman, McClatchy News
In Post-Gaddafi Libya, Freedom is Messy—and Getting Messier -- Tony Karon, Time
Will 2012 Bring Tribal War To Libya? – OpEd -- Franklin Lamb, Eurasia Review
Syrian Uprising Raises The Specter Of Sectarian War -- Deborah Amos, NPR
The Arab League mission to Syria isn’t just a failure, it’s an accomplice to Assad’s crimes -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph
The Koreas: Unification without fear -- Moon Chang-keuk, JoongAng Daily
Unnerving year for Northeast Asia -- Japan Times editorial
Taliban leaders held at Gitmo to be released -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
2012 Will Be a Decisive Year in Mexico’s Deadly Drug War -- Larry Kaplow, Daily Beast
Raul Castro’s absurd hope: a socio-capitalistic system -- Carlos Alberto Montaner, McClatchy News
The euro is nothing more than a sacred cow. It is time to take it to the abattoir -- Norman Tebbit, The Telegraph