Tag: iran

Ivan Eland says the US should butt out even more

Pat Buchanan on historic parallels with Iran

Justin Raimondo wonders why Obama is dissing Mousavi

PARIS — An important change is evident in what since Samuel Huntington‘s time has been mistakenly identified and manipulated as a war between Muslim and Western civilizations. I say mistakenly for several reasons, one of them being that Professor Huntington himself actually foresaw a war in which an alliance of Muslim and Chinese civilizations attacked … Continue reading “The War Between Civilizations That Never Was”

As uncertainty persists about the results of the Iranian election last Friday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama remains quiet on just exactly what the next tack will be on engaging the Islamic Republic, which experts say is entering a new and unknown period in its history. Because incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who won … Continue reading “Will ‘Changed’ Iran Complicate US Engagement?”

As U.S. President Barack Obama attempts to navigate the treacherous currents of the ongoing political crisis in Iran, he faces a heated attack on his right flank from neoconservatives and other right-wing hawks, who are urging him both to offer unequivocal support to the protesters supporting moderate presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and to scuttle … Continue reading “Iran Electoral Chaos Energizes Neoconservative Hawks”