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AP Reporter to State Dept: If Iran ‘Routinely Screws’ Other Western Countries, Why is Nuke Deal Any Different

ALGEMEINER by David Daoud May 3, 2015 In a testy exchange on Friday between Associated Press reporter Matt Lee and the State Department’s Acting Deputy Spokesman, Jeff Rathke, Lee questioned whether the Iranian regime can be trusted to adhere to … Continue reading

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The Marshall Islands’ cautionary tale

CAROLINEGLICK.COM May 1, 2015 On Tuesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps forcibly commandeered the Maersk Tigris as navigated its way through the Straits of Hormuz. Iran controls the strategic waterway through which 40 percent of seaborne oil and a quarter … Continue reading

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Clever new Rubio amendment to Corker’s Iran bill: The final deal must match this month’s WH “fact sheet”

HOT AIR by AllahPundit April 30, 2015 You remember the “fact sheet,” don’t you? That’s the document the White House released on April 2nd, the day it reached a “framework” deal with Iran, describing the terms that Iran had allegedly … Continue reading

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Marshall Islands ship seizure shows perils of an unrestrained Iran

WASHINGTON POST by Jennifer Rubin April 29, 2015 The New York Sun editorial board tells us: “The Gods of Irony certainly were on their game when they had the Iranians interrupt their plot to acquire an atomic bomb so they … Continue reading

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‘Party’ to showcase 1000 Hangings in Iran Held at NYU by Human Rights Group

OBSERVER by Paul Miller April 29, 2015 The scene outside New York University this morning is of a celebratory and sarcastic nature. A “massive party” is taking place to bring awareness to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s recent milestone of … Continue reading

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Boehner: Congress Doesn’t Have Votes to Stop Iran Deal

BLOOMBERG by Eli Lake April 27, 2015 The top ranking Republican in Congress privately acknowledged this weekend that his party doesn’t have enough votes to overcome a veto of any resolution disapproving the nuclear-weapons deal President Barack Obama hopes to reach with Iran. Speaking … Continue reading

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Argentina’s president resorts to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

WASHINGTON POST The Editorial Board April 23, 2015 WHAT DO lobbyists at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the director of a Washington think tank have to do with hedge-fund manager Paul Singer and the Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, … Continue reading

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The President Daydreams on Iran

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Mortimer Zuckerman April 25, 2015 Anyone who looks at the nuclear deal and sees success is living in a world of rainbows and unicorns. I’m always chasing rainbows, watching clouds drifting by / My schemes are … Continue reading

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The Tectonic Shift in Obama’s Iran Policy

MOSAIC by Michael Doran April 22, 2015 A nuclear deal is only the beginning. The president’s goal, at the expense of America’s allies [i.e. Israel], is full-fledged détente with Iran ….If the gap between the two sides was this big, what … Continue reading

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Israel Alone

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Bret Stephens April 20, 2015 Previous quarrels between Washington and Jerusalem were about differing Mideast perceptions. Now the issue is how the U.S. perceives itself. Recent conversations with senior Israeli officials are shot through with a … Continue reading

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