Sarah Palin gave a scary answer to Charlie Gibson on Israel, saying she supported Israel’s prerogative to attack Iran, and under his questioning said in a rote way, three times, that the U.S. has no right to “second guess” Israel’s…
The interview that Mike Wallace did of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2 years ago was aired on C-Span recently, and a diligent blogger has reported on what “60 Minutes” cut out of the interview when it aired. When Wallace confronted…
Something else about “60 Minutes.” Tonight it did a segment on Bob Woodward’s new book on Iraq, which of course is being published by CBS’s sister company. Anyway, Woodward offered as a bombshell that the U.S. has techniques for targeted…
Israeli President Shimon Peres met with Cheney and came out saying that the U.S. should not strike Iranian nuke facilities, let diplomacy do its magic.
The only congressman who speaks Farsi is now out of the slammer. That’s a good reason to put anyone in the slammer, don’t you think? Former Ohio congressman Bob Ney, a Republican, says his corruption investigation in the Jack Abramoff…
Weird that Joe Lieberman is in the running to be McCain’s vp. Peter King, the Long Island congressman, says McCain should pick him. So does Bill Kristol. It’s weird that he’s even being considered. It shows that the old social…
Jack Ross recommends Iowa Republican Jim Leach’s speech at the Democratic convention. “He said a lot of things no Democrat will say, like how we’re occupying a part of the world that doesn’t take well to western occupation. Most significant…
Jerry Slater has a smart piece in the Buffalo News saying that we can deter a nuclear-armed Iran but that deterrence is not the answer, disarmament is. Slater has a supple grasp on history. Some excerpts: Suppose… that nothing can…
Michael Scheuer goes after the “Israel-firsters” again at antiwar.com, attacking the Israel lobby for pushing the war in Iran after getting us into the mess in Iraq. He’s expanded on Walt and Mearsheimer. As has Joe Klein, who went public…