Tag Archives: Nuclear Weapons

Seymour Hersh: Obama’s Iran policy is a ‘political game’ to ‘look tough’

As the Obama administration announces new sanctions on Iran, Seymour Hersh provides context on developments from Israel, the U.S. and Iran.

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Mike Pence takes part in a venerable Washington tradition

The above video is from Sam Husseini’s indispensable blog The Washington Stakeout. After noting that Mike Pence is eying a 2012 presidential run (and that he’s on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia) Husseini … Continue reading

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Mosadegh and the Iranian standoff

As usual, mainstream media coverage of the U.S./Israel/Iran fracas ignores one of the most important facts at the heart of it all… the U.S./U.K./British Petroleum 1953 overthrow of Iran’s great democratically-elected leader, Mohammed Mosadegh, which led to decades of a … Continue reading

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