Iran Attack

Benny Morris Justifies Israel's Coming Attack on Iran

David Bromwich | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home


David Bromwich

A nuclear attack on a nation of seventy million people (a great many of them innocent of the desire to wipe Israel off the map) is morally indefensible. How can Morris defend it?

Americans Say No to War with Iran: Will Washington Listen?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.13.2008 | Home


Sarah van Gelder

Congressional Democrats are sponsoring Resolution 362, which amounts to an act of war against Iran. The good news is that growing outcry from Americans is causing some to have second thoughts.

Seymour Hersh Exposes New US Covert Operations In Iran (VIDEO)

New Yorker | Seymour M. Hersh | Posted 06.29.2008 | Home


The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh reports on how the Bush Administration has stepped up covert operations against Iran: Late last year, Congress agreed ...

McCain's Pastor Problem

Sarah Posner | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home


Sarah Posner

Bush, Cheney, and their band of neoconservative outlaws who led us into one catastrophic war and might lead us into another are pleased to have these faith-based cheerleaders on the sidelines.

Can Anyone Here Play This Game? The Nightmare of New Hampshire

James Mulvaney | Posted 01.09.2008 | Home


James Mulvaney

I'm trying to keep an eye on Iranian attack boats and our presumed future leaders are concentrating on swift boating. Let's put aside Hillary's tears, Romney's religion, Edward's haircut, Obama's youth and Giuliani's wives.

Rice Says Iran Resolution Does Not OK War

AP | Posted 11.11.2007 | Home


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she does not believe a Senate resolution authorizes President Bush to take military action against Ira...

UK's Gordon Brown Calls On Europe To Take Hardline On Iran

UK Times | Posted 11.10.2007 | Home


Gordon Brown last night moved to repair the alliance with President Bush by calling on European leaders to back America's tough stance on Iran. Echoi...

UN's Top Nuke Expert: Iran Strike "Would Lead Absolutely To Disaster"

Think Progress | Posted 10.29.2007 | Home


Prior to the Iraq war, International Atomic Energy Agency chairman Mohammed ElBaradei warned there was "no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or n...

Now You Know: Bush's Goal is to Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Knowledge

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.19.2007 | Home


Robert Naiman

President Bush has done us the service of clarifying U.S. policy towards Iran's nuclear program. The New York Times reported yesterday: Bush said he ...

Obama, Clinton Battle Over Iran

TPM Election Central | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home


Barack Obama has now joined John Edwards in slamming Hillary for her vote for the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, which says Iran is responsible for problem...

Hersh: Bush's Case For Hitting Iran Has "Shifted," Now Focused On "Surgical Strikes" To "Sell" It

Think Progress | Posted 09.30.2007 | Home


Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker's Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist, writes in a new article entitled "Shifting Targets" that there has be...

Whoopee, We're All Gonna Die

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.19.2007 | Home

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Eric Alterman

I say this over and over, but the genius of this administration is the impossibility of keeping up with both their evil actions and their evil intenti...

Gen Abizaid: World Could Live With Nuclear Iran

AP | Posted 09.17.2007 | Home


Every effort should be made to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but failing that, the world could live with a nuclear-armed regime in Tehran,...

Thomas B. Edsall

Drumbeat For Attack On Iran Grows Louder

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.17.2007 | Home


The drumbeat for a military assault on Iran is getting louder at some conservative think tanks, in the offices of hawks on the Bush and Chen...

France: We Must Prepare For War With Iran

BBC | Posted 09.16.2007 | Home


French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner says the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear programme. "We have to prepare for the worst, and ...

NYT: Hawks Gaining Influence On Iran Policy

New York Times | Posted 09.16.2007 | Home


While scrutiny this week focused on the debate over troop strength, President Bush also used the occasion to turn up the pressure on Iran, using his s...

Lieberman Asks Petraeus: Do You Want Authority To Send Troops To Iran?

TPM Muckraker | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home


Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) doesn't think Gen. Petraeus has enough war on his hands. The senator (changing the subject from Iraq with "I want to go to I...