Flynn and Ledeen’s Imaginary ‘Alliance’
Paul Pillar isn’t impressed with Trump’s national security appointments so far. Here he comments on Flynn’s views: Iran is another subject on which Flynn displays far more simplistically expressed...
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Flynn has it in for Iran. Jim Lobe reviews some of Michael Flynn’s testimony before Congress and lists the many quotes that reflect his intense hostility to Iran. Ideology is supplanting intelligence....
View ArticleIran Hawks Are Consistently Wrong About Iran
Jim Lobe comments on the bad arguments from Mark Dubowitz and Ray Takeyh I’ve addressed in recent posts. He notes that their assumption that the Iranian government is on the verge of collapse doesn’t...
View ArticleThe Week’s Most Interesting Reads
Why is Haley still Trump’s U.N. ambassador? Phil Giraldi warns against the dangers of Haley’s reflexive hawkishness. What “the Thucydides Trap” gets wrong. Michael Vlahos reviews Graham Allison’s book,...
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