In my latest for Souciant, I look at the ratcheting up of joint Israeli-AIPAC efforts to press the US into attacking Iran on Israel’s behalf. The pressure is intense, coming from multiple directions, and we US citizens are just letting it happen.
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Updating Anti-Semitism
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Iran, tagged Adolf Hitler, Anti-Semitism, Chemi Shalev, Eric Alterman, Genocide, Ha'aretz, Inglourious Basterds, Iran, Israel, Mahmoud Ahamdinejad, Nazis, Quentin Tarantino, Racism, Sheldon Adelson on February 15, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In my latest piece for Souciant, I take on the growing use of Holocaust rhetoric to support an Israeli attack on Iran. In particular, the idea that Jews are more justified in drastic acts of self-defense because of the traumatic effect of the Holocaust that still lingers. Also, Souciant has weathered another attack. Please help support this [...]
Criticism of ‘False Flag’ piece is misguided and simply wrong
Posted in Iran, US-Israel Lobby, tagged 972mag.com, AIPAC, False Flag, Foreign Affairs, Israel Lobby, John Mearsheimer, Jundallah, Mark Perry, Mossad, Rafael Frankel, Stephen Walt on January 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Many of my readers probably saw the recent article in the journal Foreign Policy by Mark Perry entitled “False Flag,” which details an Israeli covert operation to engage a Pakistani terrorist group (Jundallah, a group officially termed “terrorist” by both the US and Iran, a rare point of agreement between the two countries) for attacks on Iran. The Mossad did [...]
Another Empty Neocon Case For War
Posted in Iran, tagged Iran, John Bolton, Middle east, Netanyahu, Obama on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Another piece up today, this time on LobeLog, in which i respond to the always hawkish, never thinking John Bolton as he bangs his war drum loudly. The case he makes for attacking Iran is quite hollow and I explain why.
Bibi Wants War
Posted in Bibi Netanyahu, Iran, US-Israel Lobby, tagged Afghanistan, AIPAC, Ariel Sharon, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel Lobby, Middle east, Neoconservatives, Netanyahu, nuclear, Obama, Olmert, Saudi Arabia, Strait of Hormuz on January 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In my latest piece for Souciant, I explore the ways in which the Netanyahu government, along with their allies in Washington, are working to push for war with Iran, preferably with the United States doing the shooting. A host of recent events point in this direction. I’ve preached for a long time that a war with [...]
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