China Confidential
Foreign News and Analysis Since April 2005
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Iraqi TV Station Incites Iraqis to Attack Americans
An Iraqi TV station promotes "resistance." Click here to watch the clip.
Obama's Dream and 'The Illogic of Zero'
Since the Obama administration's astounding assurance to non-nuclear weapons states that they will never be the targets of U.S. nuclear weapons--even if they attack the U.S. with chemical and biological weapons--has been hailed by the Obama-adoring media as a good thing, Bruno Tertrais' excellent essay, "The Illogic of Zero," is truly a must-read, as shown by the following excerpt:
Nuclear weapons have also limited the risk of chemical and biological weapons use: no nuclear-capable country has ever been the victim of such an attack. The history of the Middle East provides a good case study. Egypt used chemical weapons against Yemen between 1962 and 1967, but not against Israel in the 1973 war. Iraq used them against Iran from 1983 to 1988, but did not fire its Scud missiles loaded with chemical and biological weapons against Israel or the U.S.-led coalition in 1991. Could conventional weapons deter such risks as efficiently? The answer is likely to be no.
For a China's view of "Global Zero" click here.
And click here for an Israeli view.
China Opens Missile Plant in Iran
China has given Iran formidable anti-ship missile capabilities, as reported here.
Friday, April 23, 2010
An Indonesian Considers Obama's Muslim Identity
Ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Indonesia, an Indonesian university lecturer writes:
Obama was born to a line of Muslim males. Obama’s full name, Barack Hussein Obama, using the name of the grandson of the prophet Muhammad in the middle of his name, proclaims, or at least assumes, he was born Muslim.Obama’s father was Muslim. Obama’s grandfather was Muslim. Obama’s stepfather was Muslim. Sarah, who Obama calls his grandmother is Muslim. Obama’s stepbrothers and stepsisters are Muslims. Obama’s sister Maya was quoted by The New York Times as saying, “My whole family was Muslim”. For a time, he was educated and lived as a Muslim in Indonesia. He was registered as Muslim when he studied in elementary school. [EDITOR'S NOTE: His Indonesian stepfather also registered him as an Indonesian citizen. The question of Obama's possible dual- or triple-citizenship--i.e. Indonesian and Kenyan--has never been adequately addressed. Dual citizens are Constitutionally ineligible to serve as President of the United States.]With nearly 7 million American Muslims who enjoy income and education that are higher than the world’s average and more than 1,200 mosques within America’s borders, Obama defends Muslims by saying: “Islam is part of America, holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share common aspirations — to live in peace and security; to get education and to work with dignity; to love our families, our communities and our God.” In his inaugural speech in Washington, DC, Obama even said, “… we are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.” [EDITOR'S NOTE: 7 million Muslims is a grossly inaccurate estimate, inflated for political purposes, which Obama cited in his historic address to "the Muslim world." Just minutes after he gave the speech, an aide told a television interviewer there were 8 million Muslims in the U.S. In fact, there probably are fewer than 2 million.]Since Islam can be defined by narrow or broader meanings, although of course he can’t be named Muslim in a narrow meaning, he still can be called Muslim if we use a wider meaning of Islam as the religion of the followers of all prophets recognized in the Koran since Adam.So it is not totally wrong if Indonesian Muslims greet him, when he visits Indonesia next June, as a Muslim brother. Indonesian Christians also can do the same. What is in his website that he has never been Muslim is correct in the sense that he never voluntarily and officially registered himself, when he was adult, as Muslim.Likewise, many Muslims believe that Michael Jackson was Muslim, although he never stated this publicly. In commemorating 40 days of his death, a mosque in my hometown in Tegal held a ritual (tahlilan) to pray for him, attended by Adam Jackson, the Indonesian “cloned version” of Michael Jackson.
In 2008, a battered, bewildered, beat-down American electorate chose an incredibly inexperienced, Muslim-born (according to Islamic law) mystery man over a trusted and proven patriot.
EXTRA: RETIRED US ARMY GENERAL SAYS OBAMA SHOULD PRODUCE LONG-FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE ... WHITE HOUSE BRANDS 'BIRTHER' MOVEMENT 'CRAZY' CONSPIRACY
Appeaser-in-Chief Silent as Muslim Extremists Threaten American TV Producers with Death
Where is the outrage?
Obama's Opportunity to Deter Iran and N. Korea
U.S. President Barack Obama is missing an opportunity to deter Iran and North Korea and prove that his administration is capable of protecting the United States against nuclear terrorism.
As the President was convening his nuclear summit in Washington, Iran's regime-run newspaper, Kayhan, stated: "If the US strikes Iran with nuclear weapons, there are elements which will respond with nuclear blasts in the centers of America's main cities."
Last month, Iran's partner in nuclear/missile crime, North Korea, threatened to "blow up the U.S."
North Korea has made similar threats in the past. But the Kayhan threat is the first known warning by Iran that it may have passed nuclear materials or weapons onto terrorists.
GIven these developments, President Obama should assure Iran and North Korea that they will both be obliterated if a nuclear device of any kind is ever detonated on U.S. soil.
When North Korea tests its third nuclear weapon (most likely on or before May 31), Iranian scientists, technicians, and military and intelligence officers will again be on hand to observe and assist in the undertaking.
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