With Iran, Obama Needs More Carrot, Less Stick
Barack Obama, the candidate, said many things about Iran, some of which were inherently contradictory. In this he is not unique, since the reality of the rough-and-tumble world of American presidential politics requires any given candidate to show extreme flexibility in defining solutions to complex problems, oftentimes based not on the facts as they exist, but rather the fiction of domestic political imperative. Sometimes initial positions are staked out ... Full Story »
Posted by Pam Rasmussen
I share Scahill's belief that the U.S. has been hypocritical in bullishly pressing Iran to give up what Israel, India and Pakistan (not to mention America) have been allowed to have -- all while we are next door, in Iraq, and threatening regime change.