"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
(My friend John Wight, in his usual eloquent and well-reasoned way, takes a differing view from mine on Iran. – Bob. Update: 5:47pm John sent a revised version) The Iranian Revolution of 1979 dealt a severe setback to the strategic…
Days of protesting in Iran over allegations of fraud in the presidential election have made headlines around the world. Here in North Alabama, one man is making sure every Iranian citizen has the opportunity to be heard. That would be…
Iran’s Guardian Council said it had uncovered some irregularities in the polls, finding the number of votes in 50 districts exceeded the number of voters “Some irregularities”? Sounds like outright fraud to me. Or, more to the point, the government…
Steve Clemons One of DC’s best Iran experts Barbara Slavin wrote to me through Facebook and said: Steve, Iran ceased being an Islamic republic a week ago. now it’s just another military dictatorship. Clemons rightly thinks Khamenei has lost his…
Sue wonders why I’m so fascinated by the Iran protests, given that Mousavi is no shining beacon of democracy and that protesters will soon be dragged out of their homes at 2am to be tortured and killed. Could part of…