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Obama’s “dalliance with Iran mirrors Eisenhower’s courtship of Egypt”

WASHINGTON TIMES How Obama is like Ike by Clifford May December 14, 2016 …So last week, when Barack Obama visited MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to give his final presidential address on national security, what did he have to … Continue reading

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25 yrs of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan (a Muslim country) and Israel (a Jewish country)

JERUSALEM POST Iranian adversary reveals it bought $5 billion of weapons from Israel by Yossi Melman December 13, 2016 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said Tuesday that his country had signed $5 billion worth of long-term contracts over the years to … Continue reading

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Lieberman: “To date, the Iranian regime has made clear it has no intent to honor the spirit or letter of the JCPOA”

WASHINGTON POST How Trump should renegotiate the Iran deal by Joseph I. Lieberman and Mark D. Wallace December 6, 2016 ..But we hope that he and his administration will first try to aggressively enforce and then renegotiate the deal beyond … Continue reading

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#MadDog #Mattis: It has become rare for top military officers to stand up to their civilian leaders

GEOPOLITICAL FUTURES Trump’s Mad Dog by George Friedman December 7, 2016 “…The Mad Dog was fired by President Barack Obama, rumor has it, for asking inconvenient questions. The question of bombing Iran had come up and Mattis would not let … Continue reading

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“One of the first things #Obama did in office was declassify #Bush memos–#Republicans are about to return the favor”

BLOOMBERG Trump’s National Security Picks Want to Air Obama’s Iran Secrets by Eli Lake November 18, 2016 For years, many Republicans and conservatives have charged that President Barack Obama was shielding embarrassing intelligence and policy details about Iran in order … Continue reading

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More non-compliance on the non-treaty #IranDeal

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF RESISTANCE OF IRAN UN Agency Warns Iran Regime on Nuclear Deal November 18, 2016 The head of the United Nations agency that oversees the Iranian nuclear deal warned Tehran on Thursday to stick to the accord after … Continue reading

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“Fixing or killing the #IranDeal will be President #Trump’s first step toward restoring America’s global leadership”

NATIONAL REVIEW Yes, Trump’s Going to Dump the Iran Deal by Fred Fleitz November 14, 2016 …1. The Iran deal is a dangerous fraud. Donald Trump was exactly right when he called the Iran deal a “horrible” and “disastrous” agreement. … Continue reading

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#NeverTrumpers like Lindsay Graham join forces with Trump on Iran

WASHINGTON POST ‘Never Trump’ GOP preparing to work with Trump to squeeze Iran by Josh Rogin November 10, 2016 Republicans in Congress who vigorously opposed Donald Trump’s run for president are now preparing to work with the incoming Trump administration … Continue reading

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#IranDeal “The relief granted to Iran in January 2016 was largely done through executive action, so Trump could easily withdraw the U.S. with the stroke of a pen”

THE HILL Trump administration could imperil Iran deal by Katie Bo Williams November 11, 2016 President Obama’s signature nuclear deal with Iran could be put in peril when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, nuclear policy experts and lobbyists … Continue reading

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“Nicholas Kristof’s penchant for sob story moralizing has been on fine display in a series of columns lamenting the destruction of Syria”

TABLET MAG Nicholas Kristof Is No Jan Karski—in Spirit or Otherwise by James Kirchick October 31, 2016 …Filled with emotional details about the war’s victims, these [Kristof] pieces have little to say about its perpetrators—namely, the Iranian state sponsor of … Continue reading

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