…to parse Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s latest remarks in a way that doesn’t make President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry look like fools, dupes, appeasers, or traitors. It’s a difficult task, and I can’t say that the Times succeeds. … Continue reading →
Or rather, mouths. As if things were not bad enough, we now have the appointment of one of our very favorite spokespeople to the Iran negotiations team: Acting State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf is being promoted to Senior Advisor for … Continue reading →
If you were looking for a monument to supreme egotism, you would have to go far to beat Obama’s statement in this interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg: “Look, 20 years from now, I’m still going to be around, God … Continue reading →
It isn’t often you see a majority of this magnitude: The vote on cloture on the Corker-Menendez bill was 93-6; the final vote on the merits, 98-1. With that, the Senate rebuked the White House’s plan to avoid Congress entirely … Continue reading →
I’m not sure whether the question is rhetorical or not: The Obama administration apparently believes that only after a nuclear agreement is signed can the free world expect Iran to stop its attempts at regional domination, improve its human rights … Continue reading →
This is a good interview with Tom Cotton on the Iran “deal.” In it, he suggests better alternatives, and speculates on the possible consequences of the deal as it’s currently being described by the administration. I suggest you read the … Continue reading →
Time to kiss and make up: Russia paved the way on Monday for missile system deliveries to Iran and started an oil-for-goods swap, signaling that Moscow may have a head-start in the race to benefit from an eventual lifting of … Continue reading →
Word is that a deal is in the making: Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee said they had a deal Tuesday that could lead to a bipartisan vote in favor of giving Congress a vote to approve or disapprove a … Continue reading →
The true head of Iran speaks. And what a great negotiating partner he is: Khamenei accused the Obama administration of “lying” about the proposed terms, being “deceptive,” and having “devilish” intentions, according to multiple published accounts of his speech, as … Continue reading →
Is it possible that Obama thinks that agreements have some worth in and of themselves, irrespective of what’s in them? I think so. Obama has spent nearly his entire life as a Potemkin (cargo cult) achiever and leader. Even when … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The word “deal” is in scare quotes because it’s not actually a deal, it’s an announcement of a tentative deal to make a deal. But for the rest of this post I’ll leave out the quote marks for the … Continue reading →
The more I think about the Iran deal announced yesterday, the stranger it gets. One strange thing about it is that it’s not a deal at all; it’s certainly not a contract, a treaty, or an agreement. It’s an announcement … Continue reading →