The "lobby’s" crusade against Iran continues. Here, Jonathan Schanzer, "a former terrorism intelligence analyst at the U.S. Treasury Department, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies," a potent neoconservative thinktank that emerged after 9-11, wants to give the job to fellow Israel-supporter, Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey. As we pointed out earlier on this site, Levey is a carryover at Treasury from the Bush years. Here he is, crafting a hard line for George Bush! He’s got some political staying power.
Writes Schanzer: "Doggedly determined to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Levey has traveled the world in recent years to convince foreign financial institutions to cut ties with Iran. More than 80 financial institutions have done so. And though Levey alone cannot halt the Iranian nuclear drive, his example makes clear how useful the Treasury Department’s work can be."
These folks are shameless.
