Posts Tagged ‘ WWIII ’

Is the U.S. Warming up for a Hot War With China?

Dec 8th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Just in time for the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the U.S. seems to be goading yet another Asian empire into hostile action.... We note the passage of the anniversary in our typical Whiskey way: pissing off everyone in the room. Depending on your take on the Japanese "sneak ...read more

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Juggling Act

Feb 17th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
The great Anniversary Iranian Celebration--at least thus far--has had all the excitement of watching Geraldo. Nope...nothing in the basement. It was as enthralling as Dr. Zawi Hawass opening the empty tomb, without the good doctor's charm. We already knew about the 20% enrichment capability, and 20% is a long way from what ...read more

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Make War Your Friend, Part II

Jan 25th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
Q.: What about Iran? A.: I'm desperately looking for the time to visit Iran while that's still possible. But my take, from reading and talking to overseas Iranians, of whom there are more than a million in North America alone, is that attacking it would be insane. One reason is that ...read more

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Make War Your Friend, Part I

Jan 24th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
With the advent of yet another year, we take a close look at the most powerful and least welcome driver of geo-politics-war. As in the misnamed yet overarching War on Terror and in the more specific War in Iraq and, maybe, coming to a theater near you, the expanding New ...read more

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