Jaw-Jaw In Order to War-War?

AEI’s Reuel Marc Gerecht now believes that Washington should offer to engage in unconditional, high-level talks and even normalize diplomatic relations with Iran…apparently in order to rally support for war. In a New York Times op-ed misleadingly entitled “Attack Iran,… Continue Reading  

What is Michael Rubin Talking About?

In the latest attack by the neo-conservatives on the U.S. intelligence community, the American Enterprise Institute’s (AEI) Michael Rubin claims in this week’s Weekly Standard that, in his recent testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence (DNI)… Continue Reading  

Neo-Con Sophistry at its Most Confusing

In an op-ed in this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal, erstwhile Giuliani foreign-policy adviser Peter Berkowitz can’t seem to make up his mind about whether invading Iraq was a good thing or a bad thing, but you have to admire… Continue Reading  

McCain: The New Churchill?

As Michael Lind pointed out in a brilliant essay published by The Nation almost exactly four years ago, Winston Churchill has been an icon of neo-conservatism for as long as it has existed. Thus, when the neo-conservatives had more confidence… Continue Reading  

The Launch of a New Campaign?

Unfortunately, I’m still persona non grata there. Please register for this event online at www.aei.org/event1670 Iranian Influence in the Middle East and Beyond: A New AEI Report Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 2:00–3:30 p.m. Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150… Continue Reading