Friday, April 14, 2006

More on Iran

I've always liked Joe Conanson's style. He just systematically breaks down the screaming wingnuts rhetoric in a cool and collected voice but without so much wonkiness that you want to drill a hole in your head to keep from falling asleep.
So go read his thing in Salon on Bush's Bluster (if you can't tell by now- I am a Salon junkie and have been for 6 or 7 years).
I should add him to my list of hot brains ( with Greg Palast still at the
top).


3 comments:

The Red Queen said...

Cause threats to bomb the fuck out of people have worked so well in the past. Didn't work to remove Saddam, didin't work to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, etc.

Besides- as far as Time magazine goes I don't consider it the be all of political theory.Its a bit like thinking USA today is a good newspaper.Its mildly entertaining stories for people who don't read.

The Red Queen said...

Diplomacy. I've said before that what Iran is trying to (and North Korea) is negotiate from a position of strength. Diplomacy goes a lot further in trying to figure out their ultimate end game than starting another war.

The Red Queen said...

Go read http://mondediplo.com/2005/11/02iran?var_recherche=Safdari+