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Netanyahu-Lieberman Union Won’t Change Iran Timetable

From On October 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled an “October surprise” out of his hat when he announced his Likud party would form a joint list in the upcoming election with Avigdor Lieberman’s fascist Yisrael Beiteinu party. This is more of a partnership than a merger, but it has profound implications.

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Consider the human costs of using the “military option” on Iran’s nuclear facilities

From On October 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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I’ve been meaning to write about this report on the multifold human costs of militarily striking Iran’s nuclear facilities and am happy to find that it’s already been noted by Golnaz Esfandiari as well as Gordon Lubold, among others. (Marsha Cohen’s well-read Lobe Log post on [...]

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Meanwhile in Iran

From On October 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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This lonely press briefing issued today by the United Nations about ongoing political imprisonment in Iran reminds us that the more the international community focuses on Iran’s nuclear program, the less attention is given to Iranian human rights. These rights are consistently endangered and violated not only by the Iranian [...]

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U.S. Public Satisfied With Less Militarised Global Role

From On September 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Disillusioned by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. public is becoming increasingly comfortable with a more modest and less militarised global role for the nation, according to the latest in a biennial series of major surveys.

That attitude is particularly pronounced in the so-called Millennial Generation, citizens between the [...]

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Meir Dagan says Iran nuclear threat is overhyped

From On October 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The former Mossad chief added that a military strike is not Israel’s best option and that Israeli actions have contributed to its own deteriorating strategic situation:

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said Monday that a military strike on Iran was “far from being Israel’s preferred option,” telling the Council for Peace and Security that [...]

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Is Jeffrey Goldberg Trying to Rationalize Another Preemptive War In the Middle East?

From On August 10, 2010 · 7 Comments

The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg appears to have come through on his long-awaited cover story outlining the “red lines” for an Israeli military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Judging by Goldberg’s extensive experience with pushing the U.S. into invading Iraq, it’s worth taking a very hard look at his arguments and predictions.

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Patrick Disney Describes The Day After the US Bombs Iran

From On August 4, 2010 · 44 Comments

Patrick Disney, the former Assistant Policy Director for the National Iranian American Council, has written a great piece responding to Ray Takeyh and Steven Simon’s Washington Post op-ed, which Tony Karon described as “a ‘how-to-bomb Iran’ manual.”

(Ali discussed the increasingly hawkish rhetoric coming out of the Council on Foreign Relations [...]

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