{"id":389,"date":"2009-06-18T11:49:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T11:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/06\/video-debate-on-iran-by-reza-a.html"},"modified":"2015-07-14T16:22:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T20:22:46","slug":"video-debate-on-iran-by-reza-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/06\/video-debate-on-iran-by-reza-a.html","title":{"rendered":"video debate on Iran by Reza Aslan and Eli Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bloggingheads has posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/bloggingheads.tv\/diavlogs\/20520\">debate between Reza Aslan and Eli Lake on the Green Revolution<\/a> that was quite informative. I am embedding the debate below, it&#8217;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&#8217;s own thoughts. Take a look:<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.bloggingheads.tv\/maulik\/offsite\/offsite_flvplayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"380\" height=\"288\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>Aslan just came out with a new book, too: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400066727\/ref=nosim\/zoundry0b-20\">How to Win a Cosmic War,<\/a> which has been getting a lot of buzz recently. It&#8217;s on my to-read list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;s own thoughts. Take a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[301,57,26],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nation-building","tag-green-revolution","tag-iran","tag-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>video debate on Iran by Reza Aslan and Eli Lake - City of Brass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"video debate on Iran by Reza Aslan and Eli Lake - City of Brass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bloggingheads has posted a debate between Reza Aslan and Eli Lake on the Green Revolution that was quite informative. 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