But let’s have a war anyway

America’s top spy: We don’t know whether Iran is even trying to build a bomb

What a war with Iran would mean

From Irgun veteran turned Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery.

Such a war would go far beyond the dimensions of the American invasions of Iraq or Afghanistan, perhaps even of Vietnam.

Is the bankrupt US up to it? Economically, politically and in terms of morale? The closing of the strait is the ultimate weapon. I don’t [...]

Are we about to have another war?

American, British, Israeli and Iranian warships sailing towards confrontation

What could possible go wrong with with hordes of heavily armed military spewing testosterone at each other?

Polizeros podcast tonight. Occupy, Eurozone, Paterno, Iran

Join David Buccola, reporting on Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Sothebys (he’s active in both) as well as Keith Boyea, maybe Josh Mull, and myself. We’ll discuss OWS, the worsening financial crisis in Europe, Joe Paterno, and bombing Iran.

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Iran could produce nuclear weapons in two months says UN, Rand

Their conclusion is based on estimates of centrifuge processing in Iran not on any actual missile building. It also is much more precise than previous estimates which estimated the possibility of Iran nukes years in the future.

So why the sudden revision in estimates? Iran centrifuges were hit and presumably disabled by the Stuxnet virus [...]

Polizeros Radio tonight. Republican meltdown, tornadoes, more

Topics will include:

Republican meltdown continues (Medicare repeal edition), Climate change and tornadoes, Europe protests, Iran nukes, Patriot Act vote. Join us!

The podcast is on BlogTalkRadio. Call in to listen live at 626-414-3492 tonight at 8:30 PM PT (9:30 PM MT, 10:30 PM CT, 11:30 PM ET.) You can also download it or [...]

Sarah Shroud sings song to her still-jailed friends in Iran

One of the captives is her fiancée.

“In prison, it became a lifeline for me. Singing got me out of my cell. It was a way to connect with my past, present and future,” she said. “My greatest hope is that Shane and Josh can be in my next video.”

David Broder. War with Iran would boost the economy

In a WaPo op-ed, Broder says a jolly little war with Iran would be just the thing to boost Obama’s popularity and the economy as well. Our ruling elite apparently wants another war, even if we are currently losing two (Iraq and Afghanistan), about to start another (Yemen), but heck, it won’t be their kids [...]

Was Stuxnet worm designed by US govt to destroy Iran nuke facility?

A top expert in protecting industry and infrastructure from cyber-attacks has told the Financial Times that a computer worm which surfaced more than a year ago may well have been a deliberate attempt by the U.S. government to destroy Iran’s primary nuclear facility.

The highly sophisticated Stuxnet worm attacks specific Siemens software used [...]

I really hope this is just saber-rattling

Ahmadinejad: Israel ‘too weak face up to Iran’

Israel Knesset member: “We are preparing for war”

If not, then the lunatics have taken over their respective asylums