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March 28, 2011

Another Sign of the Apocalypse: No Number One Seeds Left in the NCAA Tournament

Signs of the Apocalypse? Well my friends there are wars, rumors of wars, natural and unnatural disasters Iranian Ayatollahs proclaiming that the Mahdi is coming so Iran can beat the snot out of all the infidels and all the number … Continue reading →

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March 25, 2011

Padre Steve’s Primer on the Muddle East

“When you are up to your arse in alligators it is hard to remember that your mission is to drain the swamp.” Old British Colonial Saying During the dark days of World War Two when Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was … Continue reading →

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February 20, 2011

The Iranian Navy in the Mediterranean: Looking for War in all the Right Places

Iranian Frigate Alvand For the first time since the Iranian Revolution Iranian warships have permission to transit the Suez Canal, an international waterway. The Frigate Alvand and the supply ship Kharq passed inspection to ensure that no contraband or illegal … Continue reading →

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Tagged as battle of baltim, battle of latakia, c-802 ssm, dolphin class submarine, egypt, frigate alvand, hamas, hezbollah, iran, iranian naval capabilities, iranian navy, iranian ship kharq, israeli navy, komar class missile boats, osa class missile boats, press tv, suez canal, syria, uss liberty, vosper mk v frigate, yom kippur war

February 19, 2011

Damned if you do…Damned if you Don’t: The Middle East Protests and U.S. Foreign Policy

Stark Choices for U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East I have always loved the “Far Side” cartoon that serves as the theme for today’s short essay. I have been thinking about this ever since the fall of Ben Ali in … Continue reading →

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Tagged as afghanistan, damned if you do damned if you don't, egyptian revolution, iran, middle east, middle east protests, persian gulf, radical islam, the far side, tunisia, war on terror

February 18, 2011

Danger in the Arabian Gulf: The Fires of Protest Spread to Bahrain

Protesters attacked in Bahrain (AP Photo) It is weird when you see a place that you have been many times explode into massive protests, violence and potential revolution. That I have been to Bahrain many times and it is strange … Continue reading →

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Tagged as arabian gulf, bahrain, bahrain economy, bahrain military, bahrain protests, bahrain shia moslems, egyptian revolution, iran, jordan, jordan protests, khalifah family, libya, libya protests, marcent, marine forces central command, marine security forces, middle east, navcent, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah, tunisia, us navy central command, uss hue city, yemen, yemen protests

January 31, 2011

Walk Like an Egyptian: The Egyptian Revolution and the Radicalization of the Middle East

Egyptian Protesters with Army Soldiers (AFP Photo) As Egypt goes so goes the Arab World. Egypt is the leader of the Arab World, the largest country and the country with the most powerful military, a developing educated class and one … Continue reading →

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December 28, 2010

Our Bottom Line is our Honor: Padre Steve Talks About Wall Street

“It was the mystical dogma of Bentham and Adam Smith and the rest, that some of the worst of human passions would turn out to be all for the best. It was the mysterious doctrine that selfishness would do the … Continue reading →

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December 14, 2010

Why don’t we just call it the Gulf of Whatever we want to call it? Padre Steve Says the Iranians Whine too Much

Warning: Denny Crane over the top alert. Readers with no sense of humor, irony or wit should either turn back now or get a life because I don’t want to hear the whining in the comments section like those infernally … Continue reading →

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October 6, 2010

“Victory” and Reality: Never think that War will be Easy

“No one starts a war-or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so-without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.” – Karl von Clausewitz … Continue reading →

Goodbyes and Prayers: Sending Friends off to War

My little war within the war, Christmas with the Bedouin Yesterday I was honored to be at a pre-deployment ceremony for a number of my shipmates from Portsmouth Naval Medical Center about half of I know fairly well. There were … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: iran

Another Sign of the Apocalypse: No Number One Seeds Left in the NCAA Tournament

Padre Steve’s Primer on the Muddle East

The Iranian Navy in the Mediterranean: Looking for War in all the Right Places

Damned if you do…Damned if you Don’t: The Middle East Protests and U.S. Foreign Policy

Danger in the Arabian Gulf: The Fires of Protest Spread to Bahrain

Walk Like an Egyptian: The Egyptian Revolution and the Radicalization of the Middle East

Our Bottom Line is our Honor: Padre Steve Talks About Wall Street

Why don’t we just call it the Gulf of Whatever we want to call it? Padre Steve Says the Iranians Whine too Much

“Victory” and Reality: Never think that War will be Easy

Goodbyes and Prayers: Sending Friends off to War

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