Kevin Sullivan: Iran and the Imminent Threat Fallacy

                   
huffingtonpost.com     May 22, 2008            

Reflecting on his now infamous appearance before the UN Security Council in 2003, former Secretary of State Colin Powell has referred to his act of WMD drumbeating at the time as a "blot" on his long record of government service. Critics likely scoff today when Iraq's alleged "yellow cake" and... [read full story]                    

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Mythmaking for the Next War

realclearpolitics.com     May 22, 2008          

At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union had some 45,000 nuclear warheads. At the moment, Iran has none. But when Barack Obama said the obvious -- that Iran does not pose the sort of threat the Soviet Union did -- John McCain reacted as though his rival had offered to trade Fort Knox for a...                    

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Iraq and the Candidates

matthewyglesias.com     May 21, 2008          

Jon Chait has an interesting article arguing that we shouldn't take the candidates rhetoric about forward-looking Iraq policy all that seriously -- both have incentives to try to outline crystal clear positions but, in reality, both would need to respond to some extent to events on the ground....                    

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What, Me Mullah? Obama and Iran by Roger L Simon

politicomafioso.blogspot.com     May 21, 2008          

May 20, 2008 A skirmish over Iran broke out this week between Barack Obama and John McCain. It is a harbinger of the fall campaign and an early display of Obama’s confusion in the foreign policy area.On Sunday, Obama [1] told the throng at Pendleton, Oregon: “Iran, Cuba, Venezuela — these...                    

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Winds of War, Hope and Change We Can Believe In?

grizzlygroundswell.com     May 22, 2008          

Snooper~ As Barack Obama and John McCain “debate” over how each would negotiate with Iran, the dissidents within Iran are voicing to the world an unusual message: “If the United States strikes hard and fast, we will support you.” As this warrior can attest, war is a thing of duty and at the same...                    

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Obama: Making Jimmy Carter Look Tough [Digg]

mattersofmannerandtype.blogspot.com     May 20, 2008          

Has Obama read even one book on the mullahs and their record of terror and their ambitions for the region and their plans for Israel?Is he aware that Iran is killing American soldiers and Marines? Obama expects people to take his support for Israel's security seriously, and then declares that...                    

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McCain, Obama trade fire over Iran

hindustantimes.com     May 21, 2008          

Republican John McCain has accused his potential White House rival Barack Obama of a "reckless" misreading of Iran's threat, but the Democrat insisted it was time to turn the page on failed diplomacy. The two senators pursued the opening shots of what will be a major foreign policy battle if they...                    

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Obama then and now

powerlineblog.com     May 22, 2008          

As one listens to Barack Obama attempt to explain himself no foreign policy, one begins to wonder whether the man is not something of an overgrown college slinger. At NRO's Corner Andrew McCarthy looks at Obama then and now on Iran. Here is Obama last week: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela—these countries...                    

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The strawman comparisons of Iran and the USSR

prairiepundit.blogspot.com     May 22, 2008          

Steve Chapman takes up Obama's case of comparing "timy" Iran to the threat from the former Soviet Union. ...As military powers go, Iran is a pipsqueak. It has no nuclear weapons. It has a pitiful air force. Its navy is really just a coast guard. It spends less on defense than Singapore or Sweden....                    

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Barack Obama: Gaffe Machine (& YouTube - Obama: Iran Doesn't Pose A Threat... Iran Is A Grave Threat

freerepublic.com     May 22, 2008          

The guy's a perpetual gaffe machine. Let us count the ways, large and small that his tongue has betrayed him throughout the campaign: Last may, he claimed that tornadoes in Kansas killed a whopping 10,000 people. ... Earlier this month in Oregon, he redrew the map of the United States "Over the...                    

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In 2004 He Sounded Like McCain, Or George Bush

commentarymagazine.com     May 22, 2008          

The Best of the Web (h/t Andy McCarthy) points out that in 2004 Barack Obama sounded a far different note on Iran, declaring: “[H]aving a radical Muslim theocracy in possession of nuclear weapons is worse. So I guess my instinct would be to err on not having those weapons in the possession of the...                    

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