Assassination of Binny Netanyahu would be a step forward in Middle Eastern peace prospects.

what a surprise that Randy Andy has recanted his Iraq War support. that guy will take any position that will make him seem extreme or provocative until it's no longer extreme or popular, and then he'll renounce it. I always wonder what it would be like to be adrift, without a moral compass. Randy Andy knows though, I'll bet. I guess when your aim is fame, that's the formula to apply -- don't be genuine or authentic, just be whatever gets you attention.

Yes, this is why I disagreed in part with Raimondo. His take on the matter is pro-meddler even if this site and Raimondo's general perspective are Anti-War. How is that explained, how is it consistent? Economic or political meddling OKAY, military meddling BAD? Then what is the justification for such a perspective? Corporal violence abhorrence, but psychological-economic-political violence permission? It's very inconsistent to me.

The troubles in Iran are long-standing. Part of the problem is a result of American meddling in the politics of the region. By indirectly supporting such meddling, Raimondo is basically saying he likes unrest and friction in Iran. I don't see why he'd make that point if he's anti-war.

I noticed the same. It's abnormal, it reeks of PhotoShop, or of private Mercs if not a digitally altered image.

Amen.

Juan Cole is a "gatekeeper" whose criticisms are pale and weak, and will only be used to serve the agenda of Obama's Administration. It's telling -- Cole criticized Bush stridently, but when Obama does exactly as Bush did, Cole offers support. With Cole, the only thing he needs to feel things are acceptable is to have a Democrat in the White House. It doesn't matter to Cole that the Democrat behaves as his Republican predecessor behaved. When that happens, Cole turns a blind eye to the Democrat's policies and acts. It's baffling if you think Cole is a detached scholar. But it's not confusing once you realize Cole is a mealymouthed partisan robot.

Cole believes in some myth of the noble Democrat. This point alone renders Cole's views useless at best. Nothing in America is as simple as to be fixed merely by swapping a Democrat for a Republican. Why? Because most Democrats are no different -- especially at the Federal level.

I agree with Hinkus, above. And with promise4, above.

I'm afraid that Mr Raimondo's criticisms of Ahmadinejad's "economic" perspective might be assuming that Ahmadinejad sees "economic" issues the same way Raimondo does. Not everyone wants unbridled pirate capitalism, Mr Raimondo. Your economic views are the one place where I regularly disagree with you, because your views on pirate capitalism are the type the reward greed and sociopathic pursuit of money and profit at all costs. Ahmadinejad doesn't see the world that way. Why would he pursue an "economic" plan that suits you, then?

I agree with the take on the neocons, however.

one of your best Mr Raimondo.