Tag Archives: Iran

An Introduction To Iran’s Nuclear Program

By Page | Published: August 2, 2009
Originally published here. When President Barack Obama took office, and kept Robert Gates on as Secretary of Defense, he made it clear that the Pentagon’s policy on Iran would be less hawkish than the previous administration. Indeed, a recent Department of Defense press release laid out this “tough diplomacy” in a few terse words: The [...]
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‘Less than 33 minutes away, their whole city, their whole life, could be annihilated.’

By Page | Published: December 21, 2008
Originally published here. The image above is from a classic Cold War-era propaganda comic book, “The H-Bomb And You“, published in 1954. It’s all about civil defense, and how patriotic Americans could do their part to defend the homeland. A smartly dressed, avuncular civil defense corps representative answers some schoolkids’ questions, and concludes with: Even [...]
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