Fodder for Iran Skeptics, Wherever They Are

Fodder for Iran Skeptics, Wherever They Are
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Yes, you have go way outside the American media bubble to find skepticism about the drumbeat of accusations regarding the Iranian nuclear threat. In this case, a piece in the Asia Times, which starts to look critically at some of the publicly available evidence for the threat. But, in criticizing the new (elected) government of Iran, the author includes this gem:

A growing consensus among Iranian foreign-policy experts both inside and outside Iran is that there has been avoidable damage to Iran's foreign policy aims and interests, caused by a lack of experience, dogmatism, overambitiousness, self-fed sloganism and miscalculation.

We sure know how that feels.

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