Advertisements The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has been built on lies. Here is the truth about Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the claim that Iran was an imminent threat, and the lie that Trump has a plan for what happens next. Read more at MondoweissContinue Reading
Advertisements Rubio and White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt both tried to deny it, but Marco clearly said that Israel forced the United States’ hand in the attack on Iran. That got both sides of the debate over Israel’s role in US policymaking roiling. I try to inject some reason intoContinue Reading
Advertisements This post originally appeared at LobeLog. Outside of Iran, there is no doubt that the biggest losers in Iran’s election this past weekend were the Likud government in Israel and its supporters, especially neoconservatives, in the United States. The response of Israel’s Prime Minister to the election of centrist candidate HassanContinue Reading
Advertisements US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel may have insisted that the latest sale of US arms to Israel sent a strong message to Iran, but the actual message was a bit more restrained. Hagel made a point of emphasizing that the arms sale reaffirmed the close ties between theContinue Reading
Advertisements This article originally appeared at LobeLog, a blog well worth following if you want up to date and incisive analysis of US foreign policy on the Mideast. With the annual policy convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) coming up in just a few days, many observers are expectingContinue Reading
