washingtonpost.com - 11/29/2008
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Absent some last-minute fireworks, President Bush will leave office with a kind of double failure on Iran: Administration hard-liners haven't checked Tehran's drive to acquire nuclear-weapons technology, and moderates haven't engaged Iran in negotiation and dialogue.
newyorker.com - 12/2/2008
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newyorker.com —
The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in
order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon,...
has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack. Current and former American ...
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Annals of National Security: The Iran Plans: The New Yorker
time.com - 11/24/2008
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time.com —
Israeli officials were shocked and disappointed by the
U.S. intelligence agencies' report downgrading the risk of Iran's...
building nuclear weapons. That's because not only do some of the key conclusions of the latest National Intelligence Estimate ...
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Iran Assessment Creates an Israeli Headache
atimes.com - 12/4/2008
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atimes.com —
Neo-cons still preparing for Iran attack By Robert
Dreyfuss What, exactly, does president-elect Barack Obama's mild-mannered choice...
to head the Department of Health and Human Services, former senator Tom Daschle, have to do with neo-conservatives who ...
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Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran ...
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D.C. Establishment Pressuring Obama on Iran?
Newshoggers.com —
... It would seem that prospects for an international consensus on negotiations, and prospects for Iran actually taking those negotiations seriously, are quite hopeful. Yet David Ignatius in today's WaPo leads the bellicose VSP charge to give Obama a very short timeline to make any diplomatic initiatives work, echoing the tack of more rightwing and neocon thinktanks. He begins by lamenting the fact that the Bush administration's hawks appear to have failed in their push to attack Iran and then recapitulates hawkish hype over Iran's nuclear program, conveniently ...
D.C. Establishment Pressuring Obama on Iran?
Crooks and Liars —
... It would seem that prospects for an international consensus on negotiations, and prospects for Iran actually taking those negotiations seriously, are quite hopeful. Yet David Ignatius in today's WaPo leads the bellicose VSP charge to give Obama a very short timeline to make any diplomatic initiatives work, echoing the tack of more rightwing and neocon thinktanks. ...
The 10 things Bush should regret most
The Latest on Air America —
... that "earlier presidential involvement could have speeded the response." 9. Ignoring Afghanistan However misdirected, the Bush administration put all of its eggs in the Iraq-war basket. But the worst part? Despite warnings from the military, Bush diverted key resources away from the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in order to invade Iraq. Iraq may be stabilizing, but we're now paying the price for the neglect of Afghanistan. 10. Strengthening Iran Today, David Ignatius gives the Bush administration an "F" for its handling of Iran. "The strategic balance between the ...
Romney Foreign to Foreign Policy
democracyarsenal.org —
... Well, sounds like Romney simply wants to continue the 8 years of Bush administration inaction that actually led to Iran coming close to developing and possessing nuclear weapons in the first place. As David Ignatius observed:
Absent some last-minute fireworks, President Bush will leave office
with a kind of double failure on Iran: Administration hard-liners
haven't checked Tehran's drive to acquire nuclear-weapons technology,
and moderates haven't engaged Iran in negotiation and dialogue.
The strategic balance between the two countries is the opposite ...
Fleischer Claims ‘Substantial Reform Movement In Iran’ Is ‘Because Of George W. Bush’s Tough Policies’
Think Progress —
... , “Washington’s decision to topple Saddam’s government has put in place a ruling elite that is far closer to Iran than it is to the United States.” But also, Iran’s nuclear program has progressed greatly during the Bush’s years. Despite his “tough” policies, Iran has inched ...
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