Iran War

Lieberman Must Go Once and for All

ZP Heller | Posted 11.07.2008 | Home

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ZP Heller

It is dangerous for Lieberman to remain chair of the Homeland Security Committee, particularly when that position gives him subpoena power to investigate the Obama administration.

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Anti-War Protesters Have Every Reason to Yell "Fuck FOX News!"

ZP Heller | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Fox News, First Amendment, Corporate Media, Iran War, Griff Jenkins, Free Speech, Democratic Convention Protest, Home News
ZP Heller

FOX is guilty of war- and fearmongering, spreading the administration's lies at every turn, and smearing those who try to set the record straight. I'd say these anti-war protesters get the message just right.

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"Partisan" Does Not Mean What Joe Lieberman Thinks It Means

ZP Heller | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Iran War, Lieberman Must Go, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, Home News
ZP Heller

Lieberman has publicly endorsed McCain and traveled the world on his behalf. And yet he is lecturing us about partisan politics?

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Hezbollah Is in Iran, Michael Gordon Says American Officials Say

David Bromwich | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Lebanon, Bush, Surge, Iran War, New York Times, Hezbollah, Michael Gordon New York Times, Iran, General Petraeus, Obliterate Iran, Michael Gordon, Home News
David Bromwich

This was perhaps the most opaque, elaborately qualified, antiseptically cleansed and institutionally begged-off story ever published by a major newspaper anywhere.

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U.S.-Contracted Ships Fire Towards Boats In Gulf

Associated Press | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Iran Ships, Warwire, Private Contractors, Gulf Ships, War in Iran, Iran War, Home News

A civilian ship contracted by the U.S. military fired warning shots at two small boats approaching it in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Friday, ...

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Joint Chiefs Chairman: US Preparing Military Options Against Iran

Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

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The nation's top military officer said today that the Pentagon is planning for "potential military courses of action" against Iran, criticizing what h...

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Petraeus: Iran "Behind Green Zone Attack"

BBC | Posted 03.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Green Zone Attacks, David Petraeus Green Zone, Iraq War, Green Zone Iran, Warwire, Petraeus Green Zone, War With Iran, Petraeus Iran, Iran War, War in Iraq, David Petraeus Iran, Home News

The most senior US general in Iraq has said he has evidence that Iran was behind Sunday's bombardment of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone. Gen ...

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Admiral Fallon: A Resignation in Protest

Jon Soltz | Posted 03.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Admiral Fallon, David Petraeus, Afghanistan War, Central Command, Fallon Iran War, Centcom Chief Fallon, Fallon Resigns, Fallon Iran, Iran War, William Fallon, Fallon Bush, Centcom, Home News
Jon Soltz

Fallon will try to put a good face on it, as a loyal Admiral, and the Pentagon will insist that he was stepping aside to help the team. But that's not the case.

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Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief

Posted 03.11.2008 | Home

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"The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran," the AP reports. Defens...

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Hillary Heeds Hawks: How Obama's and Clinton's Advisors Mirror Their War Stands

Paul Loeb | Posted 02.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Clinton Advisors, Joseph Cirincione, Advisors, Obama Advisors, Sandy Berger, Richard Holbrooke, Iraq War, Madelaine Albright, Iran War, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Home News
Paul Loeb

A major difference stands out among those the candidates are likely to appoint to key posts in defense, intelligence, and foreign affairs: Almost everyone in Obama's foreign policy team opposed the Iraq War.

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How Can We Have 'High Confidence' About Anything in Iran?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 12.06.2007 | Home

Read More: Iran Revolutionary Guard, National Intelligence Estimate, War With Iran, Quds Force, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Iran War, Hillary Clinton, John Negroponte, Nie Iran Report, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Home News
Lionel Beehner

As Rumsfeld might have put it, we have to approach states like Iran with the intelligence we have, not the intelligence we want.

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US Wants UK's Brown To Be More Like France's Sarkozy

Sunday Telegraph | Tim Shipman | Posted 11.12.2007 | Home

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Allies of Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, have told The Sunday Telegraph that the Prime Minister should emulate France's President Nicola...

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Rice Says Iran Resolution Does Not OK War

AP | Posted 11.11.2007 | Home

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

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

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.19.2007 | Home

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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 ...

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Iran: Ahmedinijad Never Said "No Gays in Iran"

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.12.2007 | Home

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Robert Naiman

The fact that Ahmadinejad's media adviser would seek to "clarify" his remarks strongly suggests that there is at least some give-and-take within public Iranian political debate.

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Clinton Backs Legislation To Curb Bush On Iran

New York Sun | Posted 10.02.2007 | Home

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Senator Clinton is moving to tie President Bush's hands with respect to Iran by endorsing legislation that would prohibit military action against the ...

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

Think Progress | Posted 09.30.2007 | Home

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

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CBS: Sy Hersh To Report U.S. Planning Iran Military Action

Posted 09.28.2007 | Home

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On Friday, the CBS News editorial board interviewed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. During the questioning, one of the board members said to Rice...

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When Ahmadinejad Roamed the Earth

Dennis Perrin | Posted 09.28.2007 | Home

Read More: Iran War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad's Visit to New York, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Appearance at Columbia, Lee Bollinger's Introduction of Ahmadinejad, Home News
Dennis Perrin

Ahmadinejad serves a sick need in American political circles; and if he didn't exist, another Iranian figure would be tarted up for bipartisan hatred.

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Gen Abizaid: World Could Live With Nuclear Iran

AP | Posted 09.17.2007 | Home

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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,...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Drumbeat For Attack On Iran Grows Louder

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

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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...

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France: We Must Prepare For War With Iran

BBC | Posted 09.16.2007 | Home

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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 ...

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