Red Phone

"From the 18th century to the present day, threats to American ships and maritime commerce have been the way most U.S. wars start," wrote historian Walter Russell Mead in Thursday’s The Wall Street Journal.

Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of U. S. naval operations, told the Boston Globe that he worried about misinterpretation resulting in military confrontation. "I do not have a direct link with my counterpart in the Iranian Navy," Roughead said. "I don't have a way to communicate directly with the Iranian Navy or Guard."

Didn’t we have ‘the red phone’ during the days of the Cold War?

Which GOP Presidential candidates support talking with Iran?

Only him? Oh, my.