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video debate on Iran by Reza Aslan and Eli Lake
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Aziz Poonawalla
Bloggingheads has posted a debate between Reza Aslan and Eli Lake on the Green Revolution that was quite informative. I am embedding the debate below, it’s amazing how much more informative a video debate can be sometimes than just reading op-eds, the dynamic of the back-and-forth tends to mirror the viewer’s own thoughts. Take a…
Iran doesn’t need Obama to speak
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Aziz Poonawalla
John McCain, who at one time joked about bombing Iran in song, now has joined the Republican chatterwagon calling for President Obama to Do Something to help the Green Revolution in Iran along. It seems that the Republicans, who were critical of Obama’s soaring rhetoric during the campaign, now want Obama to say the magic…
New America prefers the Old Iran
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Aziz Poonawalla
Earlier I mentioned how neoconservatives are rallying to push the narrative that Ahmadinejad may have legitimately won the Iranian election, with the assumption that Ahmadinejad is preferable as a foil for their agenda and Israeli interests. Now, it seems that they are being joined by the New America Foundation, a relatively new and nonpartisan US-based…
Would an Ahmadinejad victory be good for Israel?
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Aziz Poonawalla
There are always those who prefer to see world events through the narrow lens of their own political interest rather than universal principles of freedom and justice. Case in point: the extremists running Israel, whose entire narrative about Iran is predicated on it being a “mad mullah” state intent on Israel’s destruction, rather than a…
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