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Republished by arrangement with Gary’s Choices
By Gary Sick
The real answer is no, they will not. But you would never figure that out by reading the New York Times.
The sensationalist article in the Sunday New York Times Magazine (Jan. 29) adds to the hysteria surrounding U.S. and Israeli relations with Iran. Ronen Bergman, a columnist [...]
Tags: Gary Sick, hawks, IAEA, iran, Iran nuclear, Iran threat, Iran War, israel, Israel attack Iran, Jeffrey Goldberg, New York Tiems, Ronen Bergman, sanctions, Yedioth Ahronoth
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Reprinted by arrangement with Gary Choices
By Gary Sick
Politicians and pundits are curiously schizophrenic when discussing Iran. On one hand, they are prepared to declare, as Mitt Romney did, that the “greatest threat that Israel faces, and frankly the greatest threat the world faces, is a nuclear Iran.” To deal with [...]
Tags: Gary Sick, Gary Sick Iran, hormuz closing, iran, Iran diplomacy, Iran nuclear, Iran sanctions, Iran threat, Iran War, israel, Strait of Hormuz
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By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
Iran’s Zahedan airport is located on a road named for Allama Iqbal (also known as Sir Muhammad Iqbal), the great Indian philosopher whom Pakistan adopted after partition as its national poet. The shaheen, or eagle, features prominently in Iqbal’s poetry, as a symbol of vigour, dignity and daring. It is [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Allama Iqbal, badaber, China, CIA, CIA drones, Cold War, cold war drones, iran, Lockheed Martin, Pakistan, RQ-170, Russia, UAV, zahedan airport
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By Gary Sick
In recent months, we have had some strong views expressed, by people who have real knowledge of the situation, about the potential consequences of a military strike by Israel and/or the United States against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Former Mossad head Meir Dagan says it is “The stupidest idea I’ve ever [...]
Tags: Gary Sick, iran, Iran Israel war, Iran nuclear, Iran Panetta, Iran threat, Iran War, israel, Leon Panetta, panetta war on iran, war with iran
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By Gary Sick
Roger Cohen, my favorite columnist at the New York Times, combines the uncommon qualities of courage and analytical astuteness. He sees beyond the horizon and does not flinch from describing what he sees — even when that is disturbing or contrary to the conventional wisdom.
A classic example is his [...]
Tags: "doctrine of silence", Gary Sick, likudization, Roger Cohen
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Nir Rosen, unembedded journalist and author of Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America’s Wars in the Muslim World, graciously permits Lobe Log to publish some of his preliminary thoughts on the fears being raised about Iran ahead of the U.S.’s impending withdrawal from Iraq.
By Nir Rosen
With the U.S. withdrawal coming up we are going to [...]
Tags: badr, iran, iraq, mahdi, Maliki, Nir Rosen, US fears, US withdrawal
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By Gary Sick
First posted at Gary’s Choices
At the link is the text of an affidavit accusing Iran of organizing a hit on the Saudi Ambassador in Washington. I find this very hard to believe. In fact, this plot, if true, departs from all known Iranian policies and procedures.
To be sure, Iran has [...]
Tags: affidavit, complaint, FBI, iran, Iran terror plot, Manssor Arbabsiar, Qods Force, terrorism, War on Terror
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By Reza Sanati
While it is thoroughly in the realm of the possible that in facing a mundane Republican establishment Barak Obama would retain the US presidency, equally probable is a scenario that his administration would face a sluggish, uneventful demise. Considering the state of a downgraded economy, inconclusive foreign wars, a failing internal governance model, [...]
Tags: 2012 Election, change campaign, Obama, US Presidency
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First published at Gary’s Choices
By Gary Sick
There is something about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance in NY that seems to foster really shoddy journalism.
Several days ago, the Columbia Spectator (student paper) reported that an international relations group at Columbia had received an invitation over the summer to meet with president AN at his midtown hotel [...]
Tags: Ahmadinejad, Columbia, iran, Iran nuclear, UN
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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 from the torrent of opinion and analysis was any mention of how the U.S. military [...]
Tags: 9/11, Al-Qaeda, Bush, CIA, Gareth Porter, JSOC, Night raids, Obama, Taliban, terrorism
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