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President Obama has time to deal with Iran, if only he knew it

From On November 9, 2012 · 1 Comment

via Lobe Log

By Mark Jansson

Although President Obama has another four years, he will surely continue to hear from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu and a chorus of critics at home, that he has far less time to convince Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA). But the administration [...]

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Russia: No New Iran Sanctions, No Attack

From On February 16, 2011 · 3 Comments

U.S. hawks insist at every turn on more and harsher sanctions against Iran. But the only means of pressure available to them may be either ineffective unilateral moves or aggressive extraterritorial sanctions that are likely to upset allies.

According to the Associated Press, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday in Europe that his country wouldn’t take part [...]

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Wolfowitz: Tunisia/Egypt DO NOT Vindicate Iraq War

From On January 31, 2011 · 1 Comment

Well, not quite. But the former Pentagon under-secretary and current AEI scholar has something to say on the subject.

A recent neoconservative meme has been to assert that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt that are imperiling dictatorial regimes owe a debt of gratitude to President George W. Bush’s efforts to bring democracy [...]

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Iran Blames U.S. For suicide attack in southeast

From On December 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

(Late-breaking updates below, including reactions and Jundullah’s claim of responsibility.)

Iran blamed the United States for a suicide attack in the Islamic Republic’s restive Southeast. While Iran is mostly a Shia country, the Southeast is home to a Sunni ethnic Baluchi population that straddles the border with Pakistan.

The New York Times reports:

Iran [...]

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CFR/IISS Book: War With Iran Would be "A Mistake"

From On November 23, 2010 · 3 Comments

Steven Simon, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Dana Allin, Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Affairs at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, just came out with a new book called The Sixth Crisis: Iran, Israel, America and the Rumors of War.

I haven’t read the book yet, [...]

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Liberals on "This Week" say Iran War is Politically Unpopular

From On September 8, 2010 · 1 Comment

When host Christiane Amanpour brought up Mid East peace talks on ABC’s Sunday talk show “This Week,” the topic of conversation went quickly from the talks themselves to the West’s standoff with Iran over its nuclear program.

But there was a noticeable difference in the tone of this conversation versus those in the run-up [...]

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