By Mark Sheffield
Published: December 26, 2011
Policy on Point.com
Iran just can’t help but make the ‘news’ these days. Whether it’s some used-car salesman trying to whack the Saudi ambassador for the IRGC (ridiculous), the constantly advancing nuclear weapons program (shenanigans), or the hacking and downing of an American RQ-170 (impressive), they just can’t stay out of trouble these Persians. How dare they take our drone, it’s just uncivilized. Don’t they understand we are the United States the Invincible? That the world is ours thanks to WW2/Cold War victory? That overwhelming military budgets dictate we rule? They don’t seem to be buying it, and we had better come to terms with it sooner than later.
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Mark Sheffield on AntiWar Radio on January 12, 2012:
"Mark Sheffield of the Policy on Point blog discusses his article “Skip the Turban, Check the Brain: It’s Called the Persian Gulf for a Reason;” why the Persian Gulf qualifies as US-occupied territory; the mainstream media’s spin on Iran’s naval war games and their bluff and bluster about closing the Strait of Hormuz; Iran’s asymmetrical options for counterattacking a US or Israeli airstrike; and the danger of Silkworm missiles to US naval vessels, especially aircraft carriers."
