According to everything I am seeing in the newspapers, on Cable news, and the updates at Sullivan, tomorrow seems like it will be a really pivotal day in Iran. The last posts at Sullivan have a foreboding tone.
Foreign Affairs
The Most Useless People On the Planet
Your United States Congress: The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday in support of Iranian dissidents as that country’s top cleric warned protesters to end demonstrations. The resolution was approved in a 405-1 vote, with two members voting present. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) was the only lawmaker opposed to the resolution. Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) …
How So?
In yet another one of these tedious discussions about whether or not Obama is selling out the Iranians (amazing how well the neocons and the Republicans are at getting their message out), Jacob Heilbrunn attempts to refute the latest bunch of nonsense from Wolfowitz, but then offers up the following: Clearly Obama was caught flatfooted …
Looking to Cuba
What has happened with the efforts to normalize relations with Cuba? This story reminded me of that effort: Some U.S. port cities are putting plans in place to increase travel and trade with Cuba — just in case relations with the communist island begin to thaw. U.S. lawmakers are still far from lifting the 47-year-old …
Ignore the Words Coming Out of My Mouth
This revolution fervor is intoxicating stuff. It makes people not even remember stuff they said five minutes ago. Case in point, this Wolf Blitzer interview with Mike Pence: PENCE: Look, I appreciate the fact that the president said that the protesters have a right to be heard and respected and I appreciate the fact that …
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Just Shut Up About Reagan Already
One of the most irritating things about the current Iranian uprising is that I’ve seen a spate of WWRD (What Would Ronnie Do?) posts all over the place. I’m not on my normal computer, so I don’t have my browser history to help me, but I know there was one or two at Hot Air, …
Getting It
Obama, today: The second thing that I think’s important to recognize is that the easiest way for reactionary forces inside Iran to crush reformers is to say it’s the US that is encouraging those reformers. So what I’ve said is, `Look, it’s up to the Iranian people to make a decision. We are not meddling.’ …