Klein and Chesnoff: Obama Admin. ‘Gets’ Linkage

Edward Klein and Richard Z. Chesnoff’s lengthy Huffington Post piece on the Jewish establishment’s difficulty with Obama is well worth a full read.  But what jumps out are the sections which describe what appears to be the Obama administration’s wholehearted… Continue Reading

Lee Smith: “Automated Meaning-Extraction” System Confirms Iranian Control Over Hezbollah

Despite the growing list of voices supporting the concept of linkage—the notion, accepted at the highest levels of the U.S. military, that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will help promote U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East—neoconservatives continue to push the… Continue Reading

The Daily Talking Points

News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for October 6, 2010. Wall Street Journal:  John Hopkins professor Fouad Ajami defends the whole of the Iraq War and addresses concerns that the country is subject to undue Iranian influence. He acknowledges… Continue Reading

The Daily Talking Points

News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for October 2 – 4, 2010. New York Times: Though details are not available, William Yong writes that Iranian authorities have arrested an unspecified number of “nuclear spies” in connection with the Stuxnet… Continue Reading