This is a guest post by Edward P. Joseph. A leading commentator on international affairs, Joseph is the author of the essay The Open Society and Its Critics: Minorities and Political Lobbying in the United States, a critique of the “Israel Lobby” thesis, published on Z Word in February 2008.
Poor David Broder. He - and so many others - have missed the point of the whole Charles Freeman flap. The point is not Freeman’s character or his many capabilities or even whether or not Freeman got a “fair hearing.” The harsh truth is that nothing in our system guarantees potential appointees to high office a “fair hearing.”
Continue reading ‘Chas Freeman: Remember the US Constitution’
Asked at a major press conference earlier this week about the prospects for talks with Iran, President Obama highlighted two issues which could likely derail any meaningful exchange. First, Iran’s nuclear program, and specifically the fear that it could trigger a regional nuclear arms race. Second, Iran’s funding of terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah.
Continue reading ‘Iran’s Nuclear Program: Don’t Forget the Arabs’
In this interview with Haaretz, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner makes a point that often gets lost in the chatter about the Iranian nuclear programme. He
dismisses the idea that even one nuclear bomb makes the Iranians immune to attack […] “I honestly don’t believe that it will give any immunity to Iran.”
Continue reading ‘One Bomb’
