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Category Archives: Iran
WP: ‘Don’t be fooled. Iran is still not safe.’
Daniel Levinson writes in the Washington Post: American and European companies are drafting plans to begin doing business in Iran with the lifting of sanctions as part of this summer’s nuclear-weapons agreement, and Westerners are planning visits to the country. … Continue reading
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JJ: Wasserman Schultz: Iranian nuclear threat has been neutralized
I have some thoughts on this story. * Iran was never a threat to the United States so long as the United States did not commit troops to the Middle East and threaten Iran. The more America and other countries … Continue reading
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Prof. John Mearsheimer: “Turkish Foreign Policy: A Realist’s Assessment”
Published on Oct 9, 2012: Prof. John Mearsheimer from University of Chicago gave a lecture entitled “Turkish Foreign Policy: A Realist’s Assessment” on 4 October 2012 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. John Mearsheimer says: … Continue reading
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt – The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
I was impressed by this presentation by the two political scientists. At the end, John J. Mearsheimer says: “The United States would care about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons even if there was no state of Israel. There are two reasons … Continue reading
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Hey, What Ever Happened to the ‘Existential Threat’ of Iran?
JJ Goldberg writes: The recently retired chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, gave an important talk this morning at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, summing up the current state of Israeli security. … Continue reading
Most Of The World Has Low Social Capital
Link: * Steve Sailer quotes Iranians Firoozeh Dumas and Dayi Hamid on the Persian concept of ‘zerangi’: … When we first came to America in 1972, my father was amazed at the way Americans waited in line at Disneyland. No … Continue reading
NYT: Netanyahu Makes Quick Pivot From Loss on Iran Deal
Maybe his dramatic opposition to the deal was a deal-making ploy? Many Jewish organizations such as AIPAC have fundraised for millions by opposing the deal. NYTIMES.com: JERUSALEM — In the week since it became clear that Congress would not block … Continue reading
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Free Beacon: New York Times Launches Congress ‘Jew Tracker’
I take it for granted that being Jewish is likely to predispose a politician to certain positions (generally siding with the coalition of the fringe against the core). Also, having Jewish constituents and Jewish funding will undoubtedly influence politicians. For … Continue reading
There’s No Powerful Jewish Lobby
Ken Kurson, editor of the New York Observer, posts on FB: “I’m breaking some news here. I just don’t get this guy [Cory Booker] at all. I had such high hopes for him. I stand dazed and brokenhearted. And as … Continue reading
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Cries About Israel, Backs Iran Deal
REPORT: The head of the Democratic Party, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., choked up while discussing her “gut wrenching” decision to vote in favor of the Iran nuclear deal. “There’s nothing that’s more important to me, as a Jew, than … Continue reading