As I reported last month, speakers at AIPAC described Ahmadinejad as the "gift that keeps on giving." Now AIPAC is pushing a bill in the House for Iran sanctions that the Obama administration doesn't want, as it seeks to turn down the heat in the Middle East, and that will only play into Ahmadinejad's hands for Friday's election. Trita Parsi on Huffpo says the bill could tip the election in Ahmadinejad's favor:
This Congressional act will likely be seen as a provocation in Iran
– coming in the last crucial days before the elections. And if the Bush
administration's policies taught us anything, it's that confrontational
measures do not strengthen the moderates in the Middle East. It
strengthens the radicals. The timing couldn't be better for Ahmadinejad.
