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juancole.com - 2/10/2009
Could Khatami be Iran's Obama?
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You have an economy in shambles, increasing international isolation, the danger of further wars, an unpopular millenarian president who thinks God put him in office to reshape the world, and an alarmed public across the board. And you have a liberal challenger to the woeful status quo who is ...
democracyarsenal.org - 2/11/2009
Don't Wait Until the Iranian Election
— democracyarsenal.org — Joe Klein makes the following argument about how we should approach Iran: the approach to Iran is... best made carefully, circuitously. We need to make a deal with Russians first--the obvious one is suspending any plans for an anti-missile system in ... (more) Don't Wait Until the Iranian Election

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Iran Offers ‘Dialogue With Respect’ With U.S.
nytimes.com - 2/10/2009
Iran Offers ‘Dialogue With Respect’ With U.S.
— nytimes.com — Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke at a rally on Tuesday in Tehran marking the 30th anniversary of the Islamic... revolution in 1979. (more) Iran Offers ‘Dialogue With Respect’ With U.S.

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 2/10/2009
Not So Fast
— swampland.blogs.time.com — The Soviets famously sent two messages to John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis--one bellicose, the... other offering a path toward peace. Kennedy ignored the bellicose one and prevented a nuclear war. Now we're getting mixed messages from ... (more) Not So Fast

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Hope For Iran

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Hope For Iran
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Juan Cole has the 411 on Khatami: Khatami has many flaws. He is at base a Khomeinist and so supports a regime that has a poor record on human rights. He may have high principles himself, but so far he has been relatively ineffectual in getting them implemented. His unwillingness to risk a crisis by pushing hard liners too far may contribute to social peace, but it also gives the hard liners a veto on reform. So he and Obama would get along, right? ...

Today in The Nation: Talking with Tehran
The Nation: Top Stories — ... of Iranian and global politics" whose "antics have made Iran a laughingstock on the world stage" -- said today that Iran is ready for talks with Barack Obama. And he ...

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Former Iranian President Attacked By Stick-Wielding Mob — Gateway Pundit
The Iranian regime celebrated its 30 Year Anniversary today. So much for hope and change... Obama got torched again. ( ISNA ) At the ceremony in Tehran an angry mob of hardliners attacked former President Khatami with sticks. Khatami announced this past week that he would run again for ...