On Tuesday Paul Pillar urged us to consider the dangerous momentum hawks gain when liberals echo their war drums by scrutinizing the “thinking and non-thinking” exemplified by Richard Cohen in his recent column about Iran. Cohen’s line of reasoning echoes… Continue Reading
While well-known U.S. hawks and neoconservatives are pushing for military strikes against Iran in response to the alleged “Iranian plot”, the Obama administration has been attempting to rally support from other countries for further punitive measures against Iran, such as… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress In the wake of charges against two people in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudia Arabia’s Ambassador to Washington, several neoconservative think-tankers both implicitly and explicitly called for the U.S. to engage in… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), one of Washington’s most reliably hawkish politicos on Iran, made clear yesterday that he wants to go over the heads of the Iranian regime and appeal to the Iranian people’s… Continue Reading
Update: I was interviewed on FAIR’s Counterspin radio show about this on October 13. I come in around the 15 minute mark. Earlier today the FBI issued a press release stating that two Iranian men have been criminally charged in… Continue Reading