Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress By Ali Gharib and Zaid Jilani Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) told ThinkProgress he was paid $25,000 to speak at a rally to remove a controversial Iranian exiled opposition group from the U.S.… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Rubin took to the National Review today to posit that, if the Iranian regime was facing an imminent collapse, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps — the ideological force controlled… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) is spending his time back home with constituents to argue for an increased military budget — and exaggerating the threat from Iran’s nuclear program to do it. To be sure,… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Every problem in the Middle East must look like a nail to some neoconservatives because they always want to bring out the big hammer of the U.S. military. That was the case today on… Continue Reading
The neoconservative Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin came under fire recently (including from me) for jumping prematurely to blame Islamic extremists for the terror attacks in Norway. The Post’s ombudsperson wrote a less-than-compelling defense of Rubin which, in turn, provoked even… Continue Reading