Gotta love a man with this sort of honesty and integrity. Robert Bernstein writes:
AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for 20 years and now founding chairman emeritus, I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics. Human Rights Watch had as its original mission to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
Human Rights Watch’s Founder Castigates His Own Organization
Posted in Foreign Affairs, tagged Gaza, Hamas, hezbollah, Human Rights Watch, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Mideast on 20 October 2009 | Comments Off
Obama’s Worldwide Disarmament Tour—How Many Countries Will Sign On?
Posted in Foreign Affairs, General Politics, Obama Administration, World Issues, tagged appease, britain, china, defense, despot, disarm, dmitry medvedev, enemies, enemy, evil, extremist, France, gang member, India, Iran, islamic, islamist, Israel, medvedev, military, national defense, national security, negotiate, negotiation, north korea, nuclear, nuclear weapon, Obama, pakistan, president medvedev, President Obama, prime minister putin, putin, radical, russia, safe, security, summit, tyrant, united states, vladimir putin, weapon, wicked, wickedness on 8 July 2009 | Comments Off
The Obama Disarmament Tour
Iranian Election Controversy Isn’t Over Yet
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Religion, World Issues, tagged Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 5 July 2009 | Comments Off
Looks like the next round has just begun:
The most important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.
A statement by the group, [...]
President Of Honduras Removed From Office By The Military—Illegal Coup Or Lawful Removal?
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Media, Media Bias, Obama Administration, World Issues, tagged castro, central america, constitution, constitutional law, coup, cuba, despot, dictatorial, honduran, honduras, hugo chavez, idealogue, Iran, leftist, manual zalaya, Media, media spin, Obama, president, President Obama, thug, tyrannical, tyranny, United Nations, united states, united states of america, venezuela, world community on 30 June 2009 | Comments Off
Honduran President Outsed—World Condemnation Follows
Senior Cleric In Iran Calls For Execution Of “Rioters”
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Religion, Society, World Issues, tagged allah, cleric, execution, government, Iran, iranian, power, protest, rioters, world opinion on 26 June 2009 | Comments Off
Iran Senior Cleric Calls For Executions
Protests In Iran Still Going On In The Face Of Extreme Measures To Stop Them—Freedom-Loving Americans Should Support Protesters
Posted in Credit Where Credit Is Due, Foreign Affairs, General Politics, Media, Media Bias, Obama Administration, Society, World Issues, tagged anti-government, democracy, despot, devotion, dictator, election, elitist, extremist, freedom, God, government, Iran, iranian, iranian protesters, Islam, Muslim, oppress, presidential election, protest, subhuman, supreme ruler, thugocracy, tyrannical, tyranny, zeal on 24 June 2009 | Comments Off
Iran Protests Still Going On In Face Of Government Tyranny
Iran Presidential Election—Guardian Council Rules Out Fraud
Posted in Corruption, Foreign Affairs, World Issues, tagged election, electoral body, fraud, guardian council, Iran, protest, regime, republican guard, tyrannical, voter, voter fraud, voting, world opinion on 23 June 2009 | Comments Off
Iran’s Guardian Council Says No Fraud
Continued Unrest In Iran—Protesters Defy Supreme Leader
Posted in Foreign Affairs, World Issues, tagged Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, presidential election, protest, murder, voter fraud, mir hossein mousavi, islamic republic, iranian government, supreme leader, rigged election, neda soltan, martyr, memorial service, basij, militia on 22 June 2009 | Comments Off
More Protests In Iran—Defiance Continues
Tension And Violence In Iran-Winds Of Change Blowing Or Oppressive Government Crackdown?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bloodshed, chaos, clash, election, facebook, flickr, Iran, iranian government, mir hossein mousavi, myspace, oppress, outrage, police, protest, riot, suppress, tehran, twitter, violence on 20 June 2009 | 1 Comment »
Increasing Tension And Violence In Iran
Ahmadinejad Opponent Mousavi Under House Arrest—Say It Isn’t So Again!
Posted in Corruption, Foreign Affairs, General Politics, World Issues, tagged election, Iran, islamic republic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, mir hossein mousavi, rigged, voter fraud on 14 June 2009 | Comments Off
Ahmadinejad Silencing The Opposition
Problems With “Democratic” Election In Iran—Say It Isn’t So!
Posted in Foreign Affairs, World Issues, tagged Iran, Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, voter fraud on 13 June 2009 | Comments Off
Ahmadinejad Will Continue As President Of Iran
A Tiny Country That Poses No Serious Threat
Posted in Foreign Affairs, History, Obama Administration, tagged Hillary Clinton, Iran, Israel, japan, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, missile, nazi germany, nuclear, Obama, russia, soviet union, u.s. on 20 May 2009 | Comments Off
No Serious Threat
Israeli Air Force Practicing Iran Strikes
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Obama Administration, tagged Bush Administration, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Mideast, Obama Administration on 3 May 2009 | 2 Comments »
This could get very ugly very quickly.
The French magazine L’Express today reports that Israeli jets practiced a long-distance strike against Iranian nuclear targets over Gibraltar. If accurate, the report means the Israelis rehearsed a strike some 2,600 miles from home — a distance sufficient to simulate a strike on Iranian territory.
And…
Also today, the Jerusalem Post [...]
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