Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, one of the top Global Thinkers of 2012, is being quoted all over the world today to the effect that his government knows where every one of Syria's 700 missiles is located, and who is in control of each one.
That should be making red flags with big question marks emblazoned on them pop up in the mind of every reader. Syria has 700 missiles?
For many years we have been hearing about how Syria is a conduit for the traffic in Iranian missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon. I don't believe there is any reason to doubt that, although it is well possible that Hezbollah has more missiles sourced elsewhere.
Estimates of the number of missiles held by Hezbollah number anywhere from 30,000 into the hundreds of thousands. What we know for sure is that in the last Lebanon war they fired off thousands and showed no signs of running low, and no one doubts they have vastly more today.
But Syria, the conduit for tens of thousands of missiles to Hezbollah, only kept back 700 for herself?
File that under "highly unlikely".
I have my doubts about Davutoglu's claim on "Global Thinker" status, but there is no question he is a world class bullshitter.
Showing posts with label Foreign Policy Global Thinkers 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign Policy Global Thinkers 2012. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Outrage as Falling Downs left off Global Thinkers list
Foreign Policy Magazine has published its 100 top "global thinkers" of 2012 list, and once again I'm not on it.
Damn!
I must say, putting the imbecile Paul Ryan at number eight would seem to strain the credibility of the selection committee. Aside from claiming to have read Atlas Shrugged, his contribution to the intellectual life of the year gone by has been what?
How does Netanyahu place ahead of Diskin and Dagan? Surely that is intended as an inside joke. Most Machiavellian political operator of the year, perhaps, but global thinker?
And how do they justify the inclusion of the foreign ministers of Turkey and Poland while leaving the intellectual titans Avigdor Lieberman and John Baird off the list?
Oh well... there's always next year!
Damn!
I must say, putting the imbecile Paul Ryan at number eight would seem to strain the credibility of the selection committee. Aside from claiming to have read Atlas Shrugged, his contribution to the intellectual life of the year gone by has been what?
How does Netanyahu place ahead of Diskin and Dagan? Surely that is intended as an inside joke. Most Machiavellian political operator of the year, perhaps, but global thinker?
And how do they justify the inclusion of the foreign ministers of Turkey and Poland while leaving the intellectual titans Avigdor Lieberman and John Baird off the list?
Oh well... there's always next year!
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