by Jim Lobe Now that he and presumably his friends at the Foreign Policy Initiative got a lot of what they wanted from Obama on Afghanistan, Bill Kristol is once again pivoting westward — this time to Iran, rather than… Continue Reading
By Daniel Luban From everyone’s favorite, Andy McCarthy: Michael [Ledeen] has been saying for years that the [Iranian] regime can be toppled without a military invasion. I haven’t been as confident about that — but he has been right about… Continue Reading
By Daniel Luban It now appears that the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (IRPSA), Howard Berman’s sanctions bill targeting Iran’s refined petroleum sector, is likely to come up for a vote in the near future. AIPAC and other hawkish “Israel… Continue Reading
By Eli Clifton One day out from Obama’s long-awaited announcement on troop deployments to Afghanistan the White House is getting plenty of criticism from both sides of the aisle. Democrats, including Rep. David Obey (D-WI), the influential chair of the… Continue Reading