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  The Missiles of April SCOTT RITTER An Iranian missile is launched. Scores of these missiles were used to attack Israel. Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel will go down in history as one of the greatest victories of this century. I’ve been writing about Iran for more than two decades. In 2005, I made a trip to Iran to ascertain the “ground truth” about that nation, a truth which I then incorporated into a book,  Target Iran , laying out the US-Israeli collaboration to craft a justification for a military attack on Iran designed to bring down its theocratic government. I followed this book up with another,  Dealbreaker , in 2018, which brought this US-Israeli effort up to date. Back in November 2006, in an address to Columbia University’s School of International Relations, I underscored that the United States would never abandon my “good friend” Israel until, of course, we did. What could precipitate such an action, I asked? I noted that Israel was a nation drunk of hubris and power,

 Go to the source to watch the videos... Yellen Dispatched to Beg China for Face-Saving Slowdown SIMPLICIUS The U.S.’ growing urgency in ‘containing’ China’s development was thrown in sharp relief this week as Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing for what turned out to be an execrable beggar’s tour. Just days prior to her arrival, she had buzzed the punditry with her historically memorable exclamation that China was now operating at  “overcapacity” (!!). What is overcapacity, you ask? It’s a new word for me, too—so let’s consult the dictionary together: overcapacity noun o·​ver·​ca·​pac·​i·​ty: ō′vər-kə-ˈpa-sə-tē  1:  When an insolent upstart nation’s surging economic activity totally humiliates the reigning hegemon’s own faltering economy, causing the many expensive dentures and porcelain veneers of the ruling class gerontocracy to rattle and grate with moral outrage and jealousy. 1b:  An undesirable situation causing Janet Yellen and Nancy Pelosi’s stock portfolio to droop like a pair of