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In Stunning Strategy Reversal, Pentagon Will No Longer Rule Out Use Of Nuclear Weapons Against Non-Nuclear Threat Well, we’re finally there: stocks are officially trading off nuclear war headlines. Moments ago, as part of his closely-watched speech, Vladimir Putin appeared to talk down the likelihood of a nuclear attack in Ukraine: Which, however, is more than can be said about the US. As Bloomberg just reported, the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy rejects limits on using nuclear weapons long championed by arms control advocates (and, in the not too distant past, by Joe Bide) citing burgeoning threats from Russia and...

Iranian officials say that the White House is misleading the public about the details of an interim nuclear agreement reached over the weekend in Geneva. Iran and Western nations including the United States came to an agreement on the framework for an interim deal late Saturday night in Geneva. The deal has yet to be implemented The White House released a multi-page fact sheet containing details of the draft agreement shortly after the deal was announced. However, Iranian foreign ministry official on Tuesday rejected the White House’s version of the deal as “invalid” and accused Washington of releasing a factually...

January 11, 2007 Report: Nuclear Explosion in Iran A major explosion is being reported in the Iranian desert. It said to be a nuclear explosion. In the general area of one of Iran's nuclear testing sitees. The alternative theory is that a UFO crashed. That is what one Iranian blogger is reporting, anyway. Anti-Mullah: Reports emanating from Iran on Wednesday indicate a huge explosion - reportedly NUCLEAR - from the Kerman area at the edge of the Kavir Lut (major desert). I waited to get confirmation of the event that was felt a 100 kilometers away but apart from on...

Nuclear Arms: The U.S. now says it will join Europe in nuclear talks with Iran and that it'll no longer threaten military action if Tehran stops enriching uranium. We wonder: Are we giving up too much?We greatly admire Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and are confident in her abilities as diplomat and security strategist. But we also believe that the essence of diplomacy lies in backing words with deeds -- letting potential foes know that America's threats aren't empty.It is the explicit threat of military action that makes meaningful diplomacy possible. If the other side doesn't think it faces consequences...