The right-wing pro-Israel lobby group the Emergency Committee for Israel launched an ad campaign attacking President Barack Obama for his record on Israel. The ads, featured on billboards, public transport and with a web ad on the New York Times… Continue Reading
My editors are a little tired of my write-ups of recent polls, so I’ve spared them yet another. Still, a new survey by the venerable Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) that was released last Thursday deserves some attention. While… Continue Reading
By Gareth Porter In the commentary on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the news and infotainment media have predictably framed the discussion by the question of how successful the CIA and the military have been in destroying al Qaeda. Absent… Continue Reading
News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations from Sept. 7-9 The week before the 10th anniversary of 9/11 saw several alarmist editorials about Iran in leading U.S. new outlets. Leon Panetta also did something he probably shouldn’t do: prophesize about… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Neoconservative Hudson Institute pundit Lee Smith seems very upset with the Obama administration. Reacting to retired Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ comments, reported by Jeffrey Goldberg, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an ungrateful… Continue Reading