U.S. DIPLOMACY & IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH DIPLOMACY CAN UNDERMINE U.S. CREDIBILITY & ACCELERATE CONFLICT -- DIPLOMACY MINUS THE PRELIMINARY WORK NECESSARY FOR ITS SUCCESS -- LACK OF ATTENTION TO TIMING OF DIPLOMATIC MOVES -- UNILATERAL ABANDONMENT OF ESTABLISHED REDLINES & SET PRECONDITIONS FOR ENTERING INTO NEGOTIATIONS -- THE DAMAGE DONE BY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S JULY, 2008, DECISION TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO GENEVA TO JOIN A MEETING WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR NEGOTIATOR

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & U.S. DIPLOMACY:  CURRENT U.S. DIPLOMACY BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD'S FAILING REGIME -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S REVERSAL OF POSITION & CURRENT APPEASEMENT OF IRAN -- DIPLOMATIC MALPRACTICE ON A CARTER-ESQUE LEVEL -- THE SIGNIFICANCE & CONSEQUENCES OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S WEAK-KNEED, FLIP-FLOP FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD IRAN:  GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF U.S. WILLINGNESS TO YIELD TO THE ISLAMIST REGIME'S BLUNT DEFIANCE OF THE U.S.A., CONTINUATION OF THE REGIME'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM, & IRANIAN-BACKED TERRORISTS' MURDER OF AMERICAN TROOPS IN IRAQ -- FACILITATING AHMADINEJAD'S RE-ELECTION AS IRANIAN PRESIDENT IN 2009

ANTI-REGIME IRANIANS & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  WHY THE U.S.A. SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE MUJAHEDEEN-E KHALQ & ITS MEMBERS -- AMERICA'S NEED FOR ALLIES IN ITS CONFLICT WITH THE ISLAMIST REGIME IN IRAN -- THE OBLIGATION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO STICK BY & PROTECT SUCH ALLIES

INDUCING THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME TO TERMINATE ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  THE NEED FOR A BASIC SHIFT IN U.S. MILITARY & DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY

THE SINGLE GREATEST DANGER TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY:  IRAN'S ADVANCE TOWARD NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- THE LIMITS OF A U.S. FOREIGN POLICY OF RELIANCE ON INSPECTIONS & NEGOTIATIONS AS THE PRIMARY OR EXCLUSIVE MEANS TO DEAL WITH AN IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME BENT ON ACQUIRING A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- WHAT THE NEXT U.S. PRESIDENT MUST KNOW ABOUT IRAN, THE IRANIAN REGIME, ITS ANTI-WESTERN IDEOLOGY, & ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS -- THE IGNORANCE & INEXPERIENCE OF PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER BARAK OBAMA

OPTIMISM VERSUS REALISM IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY:  DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS' DISMISSAL OF REALISM & THEIR ADOPTION OF THE MOST OPTIMISTIC ASSESSMENTS OF AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- THE GREAT DANGER OF BIUILDING U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY ON THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY & GOOD WILL -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST & CONDUCT BOTH DIPLOMACY & MILITARY PLANNING SIMULTANEOUSLY -- HOW THE DEMOCRATS CONFLATE FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS WITH ADVOCACY & LIBERAL IDEOLOGY, SHORTCHANGE MILITARY PREPARATIONS, & UNDERMINE CONTAINMENT & DETERRENCE OF U.S. ENEMIES

THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON:  IRAN, SYRIA, & HEZBOLLAH VERSUS THE WEST -- LEBANON AS A KEY BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN THE WEST AS A WHOLE & THE FORCES THAT SEEK TO DRAG THE MIDDLE EAST DOWN INTO FANATICISM, TYRANNY, & BARBARISM -- LEBANON AS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE ANTI-WESTERN STRATEGY OF IRAN & ITS ALLIES, SYRIA & HEZBOLLAH -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF IRANIAN POLITICS THAT IS BEING PLAYED OUT IN LEBANON & GAZA -- IRAN'S PLAN TO CO-OPT ARAB NATIONALISM, HAVE AN ACTIVE WAR WITH ISRAEL, BE VICTORIOUS IN THAT WAR, & SEIZE LEADERSHIP OF THE MUSLIM WORLD FROM THE SUNNIS & ARABS

IRAN, AFRICA, & LATIN AMERICA:  THE IRANIAN REGIME'S PURSUIT OF A COORDINATED DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC, & MILITARY STRATEGY TO EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE IN AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA -- IRAN'S SUCCESS IN VENEZUELA, NICARAGUA, BOLIVIA, SENEGAL, ZIMBABWE, & SOUTH AFRICA -- CHALLENGING U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE AFRICAN & LATIN AMERICAN REGIONS -- CHALLENGING THE MONROE DOCTRINE IN LATIN AMERICA -- AFRICA AS IRAN'S NEXT FRONTIER -- THE DAMAGE THAT CAN BE DONE BY AHMADINEJAD'S OUTREACH STRATEGY -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO DESIGN & IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY TO REVERSE AHMADINEJAD'S RECENT GAINS IN PURSUIT OF HIS GLOBAL STRATEGY TO UNDERMINE AMERICA & THE WEST

THE ISLAMIST THREAT:  THE CLOSE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAMISM & FASCISM -- THE WILL OF THE ISLAMISTS TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWS -- ISLAMIST DETERMINATION TO CONQUER THE WEST, SUBJUGATE CHRISTIANS, & EXTINGUISH POLITICAL OPPONENTS -- ISLAMISM VERSUS MODERATE ISLAM -- IRAN, ISRAEL, & THE WEST -- THE NEED TO FIGHT THE ISLAMISTS POLITICALLY, IDEOLOGICALLY, & MILITARILY

WHITEWASHING IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  THE WORK OF MOHAMED ELBARADEI AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY -- ELBARADEI AS A STRONGLY BIASED POLITICAL FIGURE, ONE ANIMATED BY ANTIPATHY FOR ISRAEL & THE WEST & ON WHAT HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME A SINGLE-MINDED CRUSADE TO RESCUE IRANIAN & OTHER FAVORED REGIMES FROM CHARGES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION -- ELBARADEI'S SELF-IMPOSED MISSION TO HAMSTRUNG EFFORTS OF THE U.S.A. TO CONSTRAIN IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & ITS AGENDA POLITICS:  HOW & WHY THE CIA FREQUENTLY WORKS AT CROSS PURPOSES WITH THE PRESIDENCY -- HOW CIA BUREAUCRATS ENDEAVOR TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF A PRESIDENT WITH WHOM THE THEY DISAGREE OVER ISSUES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY -- THE CIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR POLICY INITIATIVES, WITHOUT COORDINATION WITH THE PRESIDENT, U.S. DIPLOMATS, MILITARY OFFICIALS, OR PENTAGON CIVILIANS -- THE LEAK AS THE RECOURSE OF THE DIGRUNTLED, BORED, OR POLITICIZED INTELLIGENCE ANALYST -- IRAN & IRAQ AS CASE STUDIES OF THE CIA'S AGENDA POLITICS -- THE CIA'S ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SEEKING THE DEFEAT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN HIS REELECTION BID

THE ABSENCE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN IRAN:  THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY & ORGANIZED DISSENT -- THE IRANIAN DICTATORSHIP'S CONTINUING SUPPRESSION OF LABOR UNION ACTIVITY -- THE REGIME'S CONTINUING ARREST, IMPRISONMENT, & MISTREATMENT OF LABOR UNION LEADERS -- THE CASE OF MAHMOUD SALEHI

BIASED & UNRELIABLE ACADEMICS, NEWS MEDIA POLITICAL BIAS, & POLITICALLY SLANTED ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE BALEFUL CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEDIA'S RELIANCE ON JUAN COLE & OTHER MIDDLE EAST STUDIES UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS OF HIS ILK TO EXPLAIN THE MIDDLE EAST TO AMERICANS:  ENABLING WIDE DISSEMINATION OF A DISTORTED & INACCURATE PICTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST & OF UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN THE HIGHLY VOLATILE REGION

THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:  ENSURING ISRAEL'S SURVIVAL AS A JEWISH SOCIETY & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC NATION-STATE IN A HOSTILE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT -- THE U.S.A. ASSISTING ISRAEL IN ITS MAINTENANCE OF QUALITATIVE MILITARY SUPERIORITY OVER ANY POSSIBLE COALITION OF ARAB & OTHER ISLAMIC STATES IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN & PERSIAN GULF REGION -- THE IRANIAN THREAT, THE EMERGING NEW STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, & THE NEED FOR A CLEARER DEFINITION OF "QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE" & MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. & ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS REGARDING HOW ISRAEL'S QUANTITATIVE MILITARY EDGE CAN & SHOULD BE MAINTAINED

AMERICA, INDIA, & IRAN:  INDIA CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN -- THE ESCALATING U.S.-IRANIAN DISPUTE, THE GROWING U.S.-INDIAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, & THE INDO-IRANIAN RAPPROCHEMENT -- INDIA'S DRIVE FOR ENERGY SECURITY & ITS PETROLEUM IMPORTS FROM IRAN -- THE IMPACT OF THE ENERGY SECURITY DRIVE ON INDIAN POLICY TOWARD A NUCLEAR IRAN -- THE IMPACT OF U.S. PRESSURE ON THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT

SYRIA, THE U.S.A., & THE MIDDLE EAST:  BASHAR AL-ASSAD, THE SYRIAN POLITICAL REGIME, & SYRIA'S FOREIGN POLICY GOALS -- THE MESSAGE THAT AL-ASSAD IS SENDING TO U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & HIS ADMINISTRATION:  SYRIA IS NOT PREPARED TO ENTER INTO AN AXIS WITH THE U.S.A. & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT INSIST THAT SYRIA DO SO. IN EXCHANGE FOR FRIENDLY DIALOGUE BETWEEN SYRIA & THE U.S.A., THE LATTER MUST ABANDON IRAQ, LEAVE LEBANON OPEN TO SYRIAN DOMINATION, & AGREE TO THE RETURN OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS TO SYRIA. IN SHORT, THE U.S.A. MUST CAPITULATE TO SYRIAN DEMANDS & LEAVE ISRAEL & THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST AT THE MERCY OF TYRANNICAL REGIMES & ISLAMIST TERRORISTS

IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, & DIPLOMACY:  THE ERRONEOUS CONCLUSIONS THAT CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS ARE DRAWING FROM THE MOST RECENT U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE -- WHAT THE LATEST NIE REALLY DEMONSTRATES:  HOW DANGEROUS & COSTLY DIPLOMACY CAN BE WHEN IT IS NOT REINFORCED BY STRONG SANCTIONS & THE CREDIBLE THREAT OF MILITARY FORCE -- THE ELABORATE DECEPTION PRACTICED BY THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS CONTINUED PURSUIT OF ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM

THE U.S.A., INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, & THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT:  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON THE NEED TO DENY IRAN THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO MAKE A NUCLEAR BOMB -- MISPLACED CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS BY LIBERALS, PARTISAN DEMOCRATS, & ULTRA-INTERNATIONALISTS -- UNDERSCORING THE SERIOUSNESS & RESOLVE OF THE U.S.A. & DAMPENING THE OVERCONFIDENCE OF IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME:  THE UTILITY & ADVANTAGE OF BUSH'S RHETORIC

THE CAUSE OF THE CURRENT BEHAVIOR OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME:  WHO IS AT FAULT, THE IRANIAN AYATOLLAHS OR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION?  MICHAEL RUBIN & BARBARA SLAVIN DEBATE THE ISSUE

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  U.S. PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN IRAN -- U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF EFFORTS TO DEVELOP & STRENGTHEN AN INDEPENDENT CIVIL SOCIETY & DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM WITHIN THE BORDERS OF IRAN:  A VITAL TOOL TO ENCOURAGE IRANIAN MODERATION & AVERT MILITARY ESCALATION OR A NUCLEAR IRAN

DETERIORATING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & IRAN:  WHO IS TO BE BLAMED?  THE FRADULENT ROOTS OF CRITICISM OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN -- USE OF THE GULDIMANN MEMORANDUM BY POLITICAL OPPONENTS & OTHER CRITICS OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN AN EFFORT TO CAST BLAME FOR THE ROCKY U.S.-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S INTRANSIGENCE, RATHER THAN ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM & IT'S SPONSORSHIP & SUPPORT OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- SEEKING TO DISCREDIT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & BASE FOREIGN POLICY ON A FOUNDATION OF FALSEHOODS THAT WILL ONLY DISTRACT FROM EFFORTS TO RESOLVE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES BEFORE THEY ESCALATE INTO MILITARY ACTION -- THE NEED TO BASE FOREIGN POLICY ON REALITY

THE U.S.A., RUSSIA, CHINA, & IRAN:  IRAN'S EFFORTS TO BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER & THE INTEREST OF THE U.S.A. IN BLOCKING ACHIEVEMENT OF THAT OBJECTIVE -- HOW & WHY RUSSIA & CHINA ARE UNDERCUTTING THE U.S. ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT IRAN FROM ACQUIRING & ENRICHING URANIUM -- UNILATERALISM VERSUS MULTILATERALISM IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY REGARDING IRAN -- REALISM VERSUS MULTILATERALISM IN U.S. FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY -- THE NEED FOR U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY LEADERS TO BE REALISTIC & AVOID CONFUSING REALISM WITH IDEALISM

ALIREZA JAFARZADEH ON THE IRANIAN THREAT, IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, THE COMING NUCLEAR CRISIS, & HOW THE U.S.A. SHOULD DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF IRAN:  A REPORT ON JAFARZADEH'S BRIEFING REGARDING THE IRANIAN THREAT & HIS NEW BOOK -- IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, ITS GOAL OF IMPOSING GLOBAL ISLAMIC RULE, & THE PROXY WAR IT IS WAGING AGAINST U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ -- THE BEST POLICY OPTION FOR THE U.S.A. IN DEALING WITH THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME -- THE FUTILITY & OUTRIGHT DANGER OF TALKS HELD BETWEEN U.S. OFFICIALS & THEIR IRANIAN COUNTERPARTS -- WHAT THE U.S.A. SHOULD DO ABOUT THE IRANIAN REGIME'S INFLUENCE ON IRAQI POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYRIA & HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON: HEZBOLLAH'S TRANSITION FROM THE ROLE OF SUBSERVIENT JUNIOR PARTNER IN ITS AXIS WITH SYRIA TO THE ROLE OF DOMINANT PARTNER -- THE CONSEQUENT WEAKENING OF SYRIA'S ROLE IN LEBANON -- HEZBOLLAH'S ABANDONMENT OF COOPERATION WITH THE EXISTING LEBANESE GOVERNMENT, STAKING OUT A MORE MAXIMALIST POSITION TO DOMINATE LEBANON & TRANSFORM ITS POLITICAL CHARACTER INTO AN IRANIAN-STYLE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST STATE -- THE STRENGTHENING ROLE OF IRAN IN LEBANON, WHERE IRANIAN AGENTS, IN LEAGUE WITH HEZBOLLAH, HAVE CONSOLIDATED A STATE WITHIN A STATE -- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S ADOPTION OF SYRIA'S FORMER DOMINANT ROLE IN LEBANON

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD IRAN:  WHAT SHOULD THAT POLICY BE? CONTINUOUSLY APPLY PRESSURE ON THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME TO DEMOCRATIZE & RECOGNIZE HUMAN RIGHTS -- PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDEPENDENT LABOR UNIONS, INDEPENDENT MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS, & OTHER INDEPENDENT CENTERS OF POLITICAL POWER & INFLUENCE IN IRAN -- CREATE SPACE FOR REAL CIVIL SOCIETY TO EMERGE IN IRAN -- REJECT THE NAIVE & DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION THAT, WITH DIPLOMACY, THE U.S.A. & IRAN CAN RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES

ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM, & IRAN'S CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME:  THE ROOTS OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL -- IRAN AS THE NEW CENTER OF STRIDENT ANTI-SEMITISM & HOLOCAUST DENIAL -- THE 2006 "REVIEW OF THE HOLOCAUST: GLOBAL VISION" CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN -- ISLAMIC POLITICS, MILITANT ISLAM, & THE STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE IRANIAN REGIME'S HOLOCAUST DENIAL

IRAN, THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  THE GROWING DEBATE OVER WHETHER THE U.S.A. SHOULD PURSUE A POLICY OF FORCIBLE REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN -- THE RISKS & CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. MILITARY ACTION TO ACCOMPLISH IRANIAN REGIME CHANGE -- THE VIABILITY OF DETERRENCE & DIPLOMACY AS ALTERNATIVES TO MILITARY ACTION -- PROSPECTS FOR THE SUCCESS OF IRANIAN EFFORTS TO DEMOCRATIZE IRAN, ESTABLISH THE RULE OF LAW IN THAT COUNTRY, & FORCE CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRAINTS & DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY UPON THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP

AMERICA'S FIRST CLASH WITH MILITANT ISLAM:  THE IRANIAN ISLAMISTS' SEIZURE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN TEHRAN IN 1979 -- THE POLITICAL FORCES THAT ACTED UPON THE CARTER PRESIDENCY TO CAUSE IT TO FEEL THAT THERE REALLY WAS NOTHING THE U.S.A. COULD DO ABOUT THE SITUATION -- COULD & SHOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAVE PUNISHED THE IRANIANS MILITARILY?  DID THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION PLAY INTO THE IRANIANS' HANDS BY PLACING THE WELFARE OF THE HOSTAGES ABOVE ALL OTHER AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS?  IN THIS REGARD, WHAT LESSON SHOULD WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE MANY ISRAELI EXPERIENCES?

THE BARZANI FAMILY:  KURDISH POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL TREACHERY, & KURDISH NATIONALISM -- SWITCHING ALLIANCES AS PART OF THE BARZANI FAMILY POLITICAL CULTURE -- MASOUD BARZANI AS AN EXTREMELY UNREALIABLE ALLY OF THE U.S.A.

WHY DO IRANIAN LEADERS & OTHER ISLAMISTS BEHAVE LIKE UNCIVILIZED BARBARIANS?  THE ANSWER LIES IN THE HISTORY OF ISLAM:  HOW THE MUSLIM "RELIGION" CAME INTO BEING, HOW & WHY IT HAS SPREAD OVER A VAST AREA OF THE GLOBE, & HOW ITS HARDCORE ADHERENTS HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES BEFORE & SINCE THE DEATH OF MUHAMMAD -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY FAILURE OF THE U.S.A. & THE WEST TO RESPOND VIGOROUSLY TO IRAN & THE ISLAMIST THREAT -- ANNIHILATION OF OUR ENEMIES SHOULD BE AMERICA'S SOLE PURPOSE IN WAGING WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR ANY OTHER PLACE

SCHOLARSHIP ON CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN SOCIETY, POLITICS, & FOREIGN POLICY:  A REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT LITERATURE -- SEPARATING THE GOOD BOOKS FROM THE BAD BOOKS -- DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SOUND ANALYSIS & FLAWED ANALYSIS

ISLAMIST TYRANNY & OPPRESSION IN IRAN:  IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME CONTINUES ITS SUPPRESSION OF DISSIDENTS -- A CASE IN POINT:  THE REGIME'S REACTION TO MANSOUR OSANLOU & THE TEHRAN BUS DRIVERS' STRIKE

WESTERN EFFORTS TO INDUCE IRAN'S POLITICAL REGIME TO END ITS ACCELERATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & THE USE & SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM:  THE FUTILITY & OUTRIGHT DANGER OF THE WEST'S SEEKING ENGAGEMENT & DIALOGUE WITH THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP -- THE IRANIAN REGIME'S EXPLOITATION OF ENGAGEMENT & DIALOGUE TO ADVANCE ITS AGENDA & CONTINUE THREATENING WORLD PEACE --THE WEST'S MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF POLITICS IN IRAN -- FAILURE OF WESTERN ANALYSTS TO COMPREHEND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IRANIAN REGIME'S IDEOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY, ISLAMISM & THE ISLAMIC WORLD, & THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  WHAT THE U.S.A. MUST DO IN ORDER TO MORE EFFECTIVELY HELP PROTECT WESTERN CIVILIZATION FROM THE FORCES OF ISLAMIC BARBARISM -- ALAN CARUBA ARGUES THAT AMERICA NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM WAGING WAR & STEP BACK TO DETERMINE WHAT THE NEXT CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD BE

IRAN:  STAGE-MANAGED DEMONSTRATIONS, POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, & THE WEAKNESSES OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME -- HOW THE U.S.A. & THE WEST CAN CAPITALIZE ON THE REGIME'S WEAKNESSES & THEREBY EFFECT THE OVERTHROW & DESTRUCTION OF A DANGEROUS ENEMY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- THE ROLE OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA IN EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING SUCH A STRATEGY -- WHY AMERICA & THE WEST SHOULD NOT BE DETERRED BY THEIR DESIRE FOR DIPLOMACY, DIALOGUE, & ENGAGEMENT

THE WEST VERSUS IRAN:  DEVISING STRATEGIES TO COUNTER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WESTERN COUNTERACTION STRATEGIES & IRANIAN MOTIVES FOR SEEKING TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- THE PRINCIPAL MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR BEHIND THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- WHAT THE U/S.A. & THE WEST MUST DO IN ORDER TO CONVINCE THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE ITS COURSE & ABANDON THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- WHAT ROLE CAN ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS PLAY IN PERSUADING IRAN?  WHAT ADDITIONAL MEASURES ARE NEEDED?

THE MIDDLE EAST, MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICAL REGIMES, & UNITED STATES AID TO MIDDLE EASTERN DISSIDENTS:   TO WHAT ENTENT & IN WHAT WAYS SHOULD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGE & SUPPORT POLITICAL DISSIDENTS & PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES GOVERNED BY OPPRESSIVE, TYRANNICAL REGIMES?   SHOULD PROMOTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW BE A FOREIGN POLICY GOAL OF THE U.S.A. IN THE MIDDLE EAST?

THE ISLAMIC "REPUBLIC' OF IRAN, ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, & THE WAR ON TERRORISM:  SUICIDE TERRORISM AS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S MILITARY DOCTRINE -- IRAN'S MARTYRDOM BRIGADES AS STRATEGIC ASSETS IN DETERRING OR STRIKING AT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST & AS INSTRUMENTS FOR DERAILMENT OF DOMESTIC ATTEMPTS TO MODERATE THE REVOLUTIONARY, EXTREMIST, & TOTALITARIAN NATURE OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM & ITS UNDERLYING IDEOLOGY -- SUICIDE BOMBING AS A "NOBLE" EXPRESSION OF ISLAM

CONFRONTING IRAN, AS REGARDS ITS DETERMINATION TO BECOME A NUCLEAR MILITARY POWER:  TO ELIMINATE THE IMPENDING THREAT, THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE RESOLVE & FOLLOW THE OLD LATIN MAXIM, "SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM" ("IF YOU WANT PEACE, PREPARE FOR WAR")

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & THE PROBLEM OF IRAN:  THE ABSOLUTE IMPOSSIBILITY OF EMPLOYING DIPLOMACY AS AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN DEALING WITH THE THREAT TO THE U.S.A. & THE WEST POSED BY THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN -- OVERT & COVERT WARFARE AS THE ONLY POSSIBLE MEANS OF SOLVING THE IRANIAN PROBLEM -- MASSIVE PREEMPTIVE & RETALIATORY MILITARY ACTION, THOROUGHGOING PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE & FORCIBLE ELIMINATION OF THE PROBLEM, RATHER THAN FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO NEGOTIATE & COMPROMISE WITH THE IRANIAN REGIME

THE BARBARISM, TERROR, & TYRANNY OF POLITICAL ISLAM:  THE CONDITIONS OF HUMAN MISERY, DEGRADATION, OPPRESSION, & BACKWARDNESS THAT EXIST WHEN ISLAM HOLDS POLITICAL POWER & CONTROLS & DIRECTS THE OPERATIONS OF A SOVEREIGN STATE OR OTHER POLITICAL COMMUNITY -- EPISODES OF ISLAMIC CARNAGE -- WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN IRAN EVER SINCE THE ISLAMISTS SEIZED POWER IN THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF 1979 -- THE URGENCY OF ACHIEVING THE VICTORY OF HUMANITY OVER ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIMES & MOVEMENTS -- THE PRACTICAL STEPS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ACHIEVE VICTORY OVER POLITICAL ISLAM

CONCERNS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM:  THE EFFICACY OF DIPLOMACY TO DEAL WITH THE IRANIAN THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & INTERNATIONAL PEACE -- WHAT WOULD BE THE COSTS OF U.S. MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN?  WILL DIPLOMACY BE ENOUGH TO STOP THE ISLAMIST REGIME FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR WEAPONS?  CAN IRAN BE TRUSTED TO HONOR ITS INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS?

IRAQ, THE U.S.A., & IRAN:  WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE SUCCESS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN IRAQ -- DON'T TRUST IRAN, CUT THE SUPPLY LINES TO THE IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS, DESTROY THE IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE NETWORK, REPLACE THE IRANIAN CHARITIES WITH OUR OWN PATRONAGE, & TREAT THE COMMANDERS OF IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS AS THE COMBATANTS THEY ARE -- PROJECT STRENGTH, RATHER THAN WEAKNESS, IN THE MIDDLE EAST

THE LATEST ISRAELI "CEASE FIRE" IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT:  THE "CEASE FIRE" CONSIDERED IN THE BROADER CONTEXTS OF ISLAMIC HISTORY, THE MODERN RESURGENCE OF MILITANT ISLAM, & THE LONGTERM STRATEGY OF THE ISLAMISTS IN THE GLOBAL JIHAD THEY ARE WAGING AGAINST ISRAEL, THE U.S.A., & THE WEST -- WESTERN LEADERS' MISPERCEPTIONS & DELUSIONS THAT ARE VERY LIKELY TO CAUSE THE EVENTUAL DEFEAT & DESTRUCTION OF THE WEST IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR -- THE ONLY OPTIONS FOR THOSE NATIONS THAT COMPRISE WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  UNITE, CONFRONT, DEFEAT, & TOTALLY DESTROY THE FORCES OF ISLAMISM, OR FACE THE DECLINE, FALL, & EVENTUAL ERADICATION OF THE WEST & ITS CULTURE, INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE & BASIC JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES & BELIEFS

LEBANON, ISRAEL, ISLAMIST TERRORISM, & WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT & MIDDLE EASTERN TERRORISM IN THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST ISRAEL, AMERICA, & THE WEST -- THE ROLE OF IRAN'S ISLAMIST REGIME IN THE GLOBAL CONFLICT -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES, THROUGH COVERT COUNTERTERRORIST POLITICAL ACTION AS WELL AS OVERT MILITARY ACTION, TO BRING ABOUT THE DEFEAT & TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THEIR DEADLY ENEMIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

PUBLIC STATEMENTS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, IRANIAN WAR PLANS, & WHAT THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES SHOULD DO ABOUT IT:  THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES ITS PLANS TO ACQUIRE FULLY OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS & USE THEM AGAINST ISRAEL, BRITAIN, & AMERICA -- MUST WE WAIT FOR MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD TO DO WHAT HE SAYS HE INTENDS TO DO?  MUST WE WAIT AROUND FOR IRAN TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY & LAUNCH NUCLEAR ATTACKS AGAINST US?

ISRAEL, AZERBAIJAN, & INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL & AZERBAIJAN -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTNERSHIP & ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA -- HOW FAR ARE AZERBAIJANI ELITES WILLING TO PURSUE TIES WITH ISRAEL? WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF THE BAKU-JERUSALEM RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS?

WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE LONG & TROUBLED HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST & THE IDEA OF DISPATCHING AN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO THE REGION -- THE IMPORTANT LESSON THAT THE STATE OF ISRAEL LEARNED, AS REGARDS TRUSTING INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS -- THE SAME LESSON THAT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST SHOULD HAVE LEARNED BY NOW -- THE FOLLY OF RELYING ON INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS TO END A WAR IN PROGRESS

IRAN, ARABS, & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT:  THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WIDER MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN & THE ARABS -- CRACKS IN THE SOLIDARITY OF POLITICAL ISLAM -- SHIITES VERSUS SUNNIS -- IRAN'S IDEOLOGICAL COMMITMENT TO EXPORTING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION & SPREADING IT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST -- ARAB LEADERS' PERCEPTION OF HEZBOLLAH AS AN ARM OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE WAGING A SECTARIAN WAR IN THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST

THE MIDDLE EAST & THE ISLAMIST TERROR WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST THE STATE OF ISRAEL:  WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN ENDURING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST?  IS THERE A ROLE FOR DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS?  TOTAL ANNIHILATION OF SUCH TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AS HEZBOLLAH & HAMAS & SEVERE PUNISHMENT OF THEIR STATE SPONSORS MUST PRECEDE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO ARRANGE A MIDDLE EAST PEACE

STATECRAFT & THE USE OF DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE IN THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN POLICY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  WHY EFFECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY REQUIRES THAT DIPLOMACY & DIALOGUE WITH ADVERSARIES BE CARRIED ON WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERARCHING STRATEGY -- HOW POORLY TIMED NEGOTIATIONS & MISPLACED CONFIDENCE IN AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY CAN HAMPER, RATHER THAN HASTEN, SOLUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS -- THE NEED FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO COME TO GRIPS WITH REALITY IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

A HISTORY OF THE THIRD WORLD WAR:  THE COLD WAR & THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST -- THE ROLE OF THE KGB IN THE SOVIET UNION'S ENDEAVOR TO GAIN INFLUENCE IN & CONTROL OF THE MIDDLE EAST & USE IT TO UNDERMINE & CONQUER THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- HOW & WHY THE KGB'S EFFORTS ENDED LARGELY IN FAILURE -- IN WHAT WAY DID THE EFFORTS SUCCEED?

UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY & NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION:  U.S. & WESTERN DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA & IRAN -- HOW & WHY THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS HAS FAILED & CONTINUES TO FAIL TO PREVENT ROGUE POLITICAL REGIMES FROM ACQUIRIMNG NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITIES

ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-WESTERNISM, ISLAMISM, & IRAN'S DETERMINATION TO DEVELOP & EMPLOY A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY:  THE ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME OF IRAN & ITS PLAN TO PERPETRATE A NEW & GREATER HOLOCAUST -- THE ROLE INTENDED FOR A NUCLEAR IRAN IN THE ISLAMIST JIHAD AGAINST ISRAEL, EUROPE, THE WEST, & JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION -- THE ONLY RATIONAL CONCLUSION TO BE DRAWN FROM THE HISTORY OF IRAN, ISLAM, & ANTI-SEMITISM:  THE NECESSITY OF DECISIVE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST THE BARBARIANS WHO THREATEN US

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY & THE BUSH II PRESIDENCY:  REVERSING THE COURSE OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY -- THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, WHILE STILL SPEAKING ABOUT OPPOSING NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION, SPREADING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & PROSECUTING THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRFORISM, INCREASINGLY CHARTS THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE & PAPER COMPROMISE SO DOMINANT DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -- SEEKING TO PLEASE DIPLOMATS & OTHER INTERNATIONALIST-MINDED BUREAUCRATS, WHILE JEOPARDIZING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE WEST & IRAN:  THE INADEQUACY OF DIPLOMACY AS THE MEANS TO INDUCE IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME TO END ITS EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- IF IRAN CONTINUES TO DEFY THE WEST, THE LATTER SHOULD CONSIDER MILITARY STRIKES & TARGETED SANCTIONS, AS WELL AS INCREASE ITS SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENT CIVIL SOCIETY & DISSIDENT GROUPS IN IRAN -- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC SHOULD BE MADE ACCPONTABLE TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE

THE COLLAPSE OF EUROPE'S IRAN POLICY:  THE FAILURE OF EUROPE'S POLICY OF RELYING ON TRADE, RATHER THAN CONFRONTATION OR SANCTIONS, TO REVERSE THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S SPONSORSHIP OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM, ITS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, & ITS ENDEAVOR TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- THE E3 FOREIGN MINISTERS & THE EUROPEAN UNION HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ADMIT THAT EUROPE'S POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN HAS FAILED

IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, & UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY:  THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION & ITS DIPLOMATIC BLUNDER IN THE DISPUTE WITH IRAN'S ISLAMIST POLITICAL REGIME -- OFFERING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE IRANIAN LEADERSHIP & PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR IRAN TO REFRAIN FROM DEVELOPING A NUCLEAR MILITARY CAPABILITY -- PROVIDING GRIST FOR MAHMUD AHMADINEJAD'S DOMESTIC PROPAGANDA MILL & UNDERMINING U.S. CREDIBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

IRAN'S INTERNAL POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, & SOCIAL PROBLEMS & THE GROWING THREAT THEY POSE TO THE REPRESSIVE REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS -- RE-EMERGING PATTERNS OF TURBULENCE WHICH MIRROR EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN IRAN UNDER THE RULE OF THE SHAH & CONTRIBUTED TO HIS OVERTHROW IN THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION OF 1979: POLITICAL DISILLUSIONMENT, DOMESTIC PROTEST, GOVERNMENT FAILUE TO MATCH PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS, & LABOR UNREST

THE ROLE OF THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS IN FURTHERING THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN IRAQ: IRAN'S SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM IN IRAQ -- TRAINING & ARMING THE BADR CORPS -- USE OF PATRONAGE, BRIBERY, & PROPAGANDA TO WIN IRAQI SUPPORTERS & UNDERMINE U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ -- WHAT THE U.S.A. SHOULD DO ABOUT THE SITUATION

A NUCLEAR IRAN:  THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & INTERNATIONAL SECURITY -- WHY DIPLOMACY & INTERNATIONAL TRADE WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM -- THE NATURE OF ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IDEOLOGY & ITS ROLE IN CREATING & SUSTAINING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S DETERMINATION TO BECOME A NUCLEAR POWER & THREATEN THE WORLD -- WHAT MUST BE DONE TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT

IRAN'S MUJAHEDIN AL-KHALQ:  A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION THAT COMBINES MARXISM & ISLAMISM, SEEKS TO OVERTHROW THE POLITICAL REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS, & IS JUST AS BAD AS THE REGIME THE MKO WANTS TO REPLACE -- THE MKO AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT ESCHEWS CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY & EMBRACES TERRORISM, DICTATORSHIP, MARXISM, & ISLAMO-FASCISM -- A GROUP THAT IS AS ANTI-AMERICAN & ANTI-WESTERN AS THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

IRAN:  STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM, PURSUIT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, & THE THREATENING RHETORIC OF ITS LEADERS -- INVITING A MILITARY ATTACK -- THE VERY HIGH PROBABILITY THAT IRAN WILL BE SUBJECT TO A PREEMPTIVE MILITARY STRIKE BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR BY THE STATE OF ISRAEL WITH THE BLESSING & ASSISTANCE OF THE U.S.A.

THE CURRENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBYA & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  HAS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S SUCCESS IN RESOLVING ITS MOST VITAL DIFFERENCES WITH THE MU'AMMAR QADHAFI POLITICAL REGIME IN LIBYA BEEN THE RESULT OF A ROBUST U.S. POLICY OF FORCE PROJECTION IN IRAQ?  WOULD SIMILAR FORCE PROJECTION BY THE U.S.A. CREATE COMPARABLE COMPLIANCE FROM OTHER HOSTILE REGIMES, SUCH AS THOSE IN SYRIA, IRAN, & NORTH KOREA?

IRAN:  RULED ABSOLUTELY BY A POLITICAL REGIME CONSISTING OF A FANATICAL ANTI-WESTERN RADICAL ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS ELITE WITH WEAPONS PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO TURN IRAN INTO A NUCLEAR POWER & WITH A DETERMINATION TO WAGE WAR AGAINST & DESTROY ISRAEL & THE WEST -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME: A TYRANNICAL, HOSTILE, & AGGRESSIVE REGIME THAT IS AS DANGEROUS AS ITS EXPANDING ARSENAL OF MILITARY WEAPONS

ARASH SIGARCHI:  IRANIAN DISSIDENT, WEBLOGGER, CRITIC OF THE SOCALLED "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC," & ADVOCATE OF FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S CONTINUING EFFORT TO SUPPRESS & SILENCE SIGARCHI & OTHER DISSIDENTS USING THE INTERNET TO VOICE CRITICISM OF & OPPOSITION TO THE OPPRESSIVE & TYRANNICAL RULE OF THE AYATOLLAHS

IRAN'S LACK OF UNITY & POLITICAL STABILITY:  ETHNIC DIVISION, CONFLICT, & SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE BORDERS OF IRAN -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN IRAN ARE AGAINST THE CONTINUING RULE OF THE ISLAMIST AYATOLLAHS & IN FAVOR OF THE EVENTUAL COLLAPSE OF THE "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC" -- THE TYRANNICAL POLITICAL REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS IS UNPOPULAR AMONG THE MAJORITY OF IRAN'S POPULATION

MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY:  MIDDLE EASTERN SOCIETIES, THEIR POLITICAL HISTORY, THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS, & THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.A. -- AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN SOUTHWEST & CENTRAL ASIA & IN NORTH AFRICA -- IRAQ, IRAN, KURDISTAN, SYRIA, LIBYA, & SOUTH YEMEN

THE MIDDLE EAST & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ & PROSPECTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STABLE & ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EASTERN REGION -- ENHANCING DEMOCRATIZATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  WHAT THE U.S.A. & THE WEST SHOULD & SHOULD NOT DO

THE ROLE OF IRAN IN THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA & WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  TRANSPARENCY OF THE BAD INTENTIONS OF THE AYATOLLAHS CURRENTLY RULING IRAN -- THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S ENDEAVOR TO ACQUIRE A NUCLEAR ARSENAL, WHICH, WITHOUT HESITATION, IT WOULD USE, ALONG WITH TERRORISTS & DIRTY RADIATION BOMBS -- THE REGIME'S UNDISGUISED DETERMINATION TO DESTROY THE U.S.A. -- THE COMING SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & IRAN & THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF THE CONFLICT

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & THE GROWING THREAT IT POSES TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA:  THE REGIME'S MOVING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARD ACQUIRING NUCLEAR CAPABILITY THAT COULD BE EASILY TRANSFORMED INTO AN OFFENSIVE NUCLEAR ARSENAL -- THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT AS A MAJOR SPONSOR OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE PERSIAN GULF SHIFTING TOWARD IRAN -- HOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SHOULD RESPOND TO THE GROWING IRANIAN THREAT

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE ISLAMIST & BAATHIST INSURGENCY IN IRAQ:  WHAT CAN CONTAIN THE IRANIAN CHALLENGE TO THE U.S.A. & GREAT BRITAIN IN IRAQ & ELSEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- SKILLFUL DIPLOMACY, BACKED UP BY A CREDIBLE THREAT TO USE MILITARY FORCE

WHAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF IMMEDISTE FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE U.S.A.:  REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN -- THE DIRE NEED TO ELIMINATE THE SERIOUS THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & INTERNATIONAL PEACE POSED BY THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF PSYCHOTIC AYATOLLAHS DETERMINED TO ACQUIRE NUCLEAR WEAPONS & LONGRANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES, TO BUILD, MAINTAIN, CONTROL, & DIRECT AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, TO UNDERMINE & DESTROY THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES, & TO SPREAD THE DOMINATION OF ISLAM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD

A NUCLEAR ARMED IRAN DOMINATED BY HARDLINE ISLAMISTS BENT ON ATTACKING & DESTROYING THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES:  A FAST DEVELOPING SITUATION WHICH, UNLESS ABRUPTLY TERMINATED, WILL VERY SOON POSE A DIRECT & IMMEDIATE DEADLY THREAT TO AMERICA & THE WEST -- THE NEED FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO FORMULATE & IMPLEMENT A CONSISTENT & EFFECTIVE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD IRAN, INCLUDING A REALISTIC STRATEGY FOR UNDERCUTTING IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE & NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS & ACHIEVING REGIME CHANGE & DEMOCRATIZATION IN IRAN THROUGH DIPLOMACY & POLITICAL WARFARE, THROUGH PEACEFUL PENETRATION OF IRANIAN SOCIETY, &, IF DEEMED NECESSARY, THROUGH U.S. PINPOINT MILITARY STRIKES

IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE MOTIVATIONS DRIVING ITS QUEST FOR A NUCLEAR MILITARY CABILITY, THE HIGHLY PROBABLE POLITICAL & GEO-POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IRANIAN SUCCESS IN THIS ENDEAVOR, & THE IMPLICATIONS FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY

THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF HARD-LINE ISLAMISTS -- TYRANNICAL RULE, MISTREATMENT & ABUSE OF DISSIDENTS, & VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF THE INCREASINGLY POPULAR MOVEMENT FOR ESTABLISHING FREEDOM & THE RULE OF LAW IN IRAN:  IS THERE ANY REALISTIC HOPE FGR DEMOCRATIC & CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL REFORM IN IRAN?

KING ADDULLAH II BIN AL HUSSEIN OF JORDAN DESCRIBES HIS CONCERNS ABOUT IRAQ & IRAN, EXPLAINS HIS STRATEGY TO COUNTER RADICAL ISLAM, & OUTLINES HIS HOPES FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAEL & THE ARABS

THE SECOND TERM OF U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & THE COMING OF A NEW U.S. POLICY REGARDING IRAN:  A COORDINATED POLICY TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN -- A POLICY MOTIVATED BY THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & DETERMATION DEVELOP SATELLITE LAUNCHING CAPABILITY, BY THE IRANIAN REGIME'S CONTINUING SPONSORSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS, & BY REALIZATION IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THAT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S POTENTIAL THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY GROWS PRIMARILY OUT OF THE NATURE OF THE POLITICAL REGIME IN IRAN, RATHER THAN THE IRANIAN PEOPLE, MOST OF WHOM FAVOR REGIME CHANGE, CHANGE FROM AN ISLAMIST THEOCRACY & DICTATORSHIP TO A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY

THE SECOND TERM OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH:  A TERM DURING WHICH THE PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE FREEDOM, LIBERTY & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE RANK-&-FILE BUREAUCRATS IN THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT & EVEN MANY IN THE U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WILL PERSIST IN THEIR HOSTILITY TO THE PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST POLICIES, & THE ACTIONS OF ADVERSARIES, RATHER THAN U.S. GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES, WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT FACTOR IN SHAPING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

ARMS CONTROL & THE GROWING PROBLEM OF PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS & OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION -- IRAN & PROLIFERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  IS THE "COUNTER-PROLIFERATION" POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REALLY EFFECTIVE?

STRONG EVIDENCE THAT, PRIOR TO AL-QA'IDA'S TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, HEZBOLLAH & THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN ASSISTED & FACILITATED THE ACTIVITIES OF AL-QA'IDA MEMBERS, INCLUDING THEIR MOVEMENT ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS TO UNDERGO TERRORIST TRAINING -- THE POST-9/11 EFFORTS OF IRAN & HEZBOLLAH TO CONCEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF THEIR COOPERATION WITH THE TERRORISTS & JIHADISTS ASSOCIATED WITH AL-QA'IDA:  THE NEED FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER THE POSSIBILITY THAT HEZBOLLAH & THE IRANIANS WERE INVOLVED IN THE 9/11 ATTACK

CONFUSION & DIVISION WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OVER WHAT FOREIGN POLICY IT SHOULD PURSUE IN DEALING WITH THE GROWING THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY POSED BY AN IRAN RULED BY A TYRANNICAL ANTI-WESTERN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST POLITICAL REGIME & ON THE VERGE OF DEVELOPING A NUCLEAR & INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITY

IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM & THE THREAT IT POSES TO THE U.S.A. & TO AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD -- THE FAILURE OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY & THE THREAT OF UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS TO DETER THE IRANIAN LUNATICS WHO TAKE THEIR ORDERS FROM ALLAH:  THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY OF U.S. MILITARY ACTION TO DESTROY IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES

IRAN:  A GRAVE & GROWING THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & GOALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- WHAT THE U.S.A. MUST DO IN ORDER TO THWART IRAN'S DRIVE TOWARD HEGEMONY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

IRAN -- THE OTHER THREAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST:  THE DESPOTIC REGIME OF THE AYATOLLAHS IN IRAN AS A LEADING SUPPORTER OF WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC TERRORISM -- THE NEED FOR REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN

THE ARABS' BLEAK FUTURE--THE DECADENCE & DECLINE OF THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST: FOCUS ON THE COMPENSATIONS OF THE NEXT WORLD WILL DO NOTHING TO ALTER THE ARABS' PREDICAMENT IN THIS WORLD

THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE AYATOLLAHS IN IRAN -- THEOCRATIC TYRANNY, OPPRESSION, & REPRESSION:  WOMEN'S RESISTANCE AS AN EMERGING POLITICAL FORCE FOR REFORM, LIBERALIZATION, & REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN

THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume V, Issue # 199, August 4, 2003

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN

By Dr. Azar Nafisi

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