Israel Won’t Attack Iran Without US Nod Israel Won’t Attack Iran Without US Nod
Writing in the Washington Post, Yossi Melman, a military expert and commentator for the Israeli daily Haaretz, says that Israel won't attack Iran unless it has explicit American b...
Jul 3, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The Rise and McFaul of Obama’s Russia Policy The Rise and McFaul of Obama’s Russia Policy
Elsewhere in The Nation, Stephen F. Cohen makes the point that neither John McCain nor Barack Obama have properly addressed U.S. policy toward Russia. He provides a capsule histor...
Jul 3, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Attacking Iran? How Does $300 Oil Sound? Attacking Iran? How Does $300 Oil Sound?
Last week the Middle East Policy Council held an interesting and important discussion of what to do about Iran. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend it, but the MEPC has helpful...
Jul 3, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Next Time You’re at the Pump, Blame Bush Next Time You’re at the Pump, Blame Bush
Worried about gas prices? A new report from the National Security Network suggests where to put the blame: on President Bush's reckless Middle East policy. The invasion of Iraq, ...
Jul 2, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Evolving Foreign Policy Obama’s Evolving Foreign Policy
He's no George W. Bush, but will Obama's foreign policy bring us back to the days of the bipartisan, establishment consensus?
Jul 1, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Shaking Up Pandora’s Box in Iran Shaking Up Pandora’s Box in Iran
Did the United States, or did it not, approve a $400 million covert operation against Iran last year, backed by an official "presidential finding"? And did the Democrats in Congre...
Jun 30, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh
According to insiders, Barack Obama's campaign is debating how long it can leave ambiguous the notion of "residual forces" in Iraq after a presumed Obama-ordered withdrawal of com...
Jun 29, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Got A Plan for Zimbabwe? I Don’t Got A Plan for Zimbabwe? I Don’t
It's ugly in Zimbabwe. It was ugly in Iraq, too, in 2003. The world is full of ugly places. But let's hope the coolest of cool heads prevail before any sort of outside interventio...
Jun 27, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Neocons Blast Rice Over North Korea, Iran Neocons Blast Rice Over North Korea, Iran
Condoleezza Rice is under heavy attack from the neoconservatives for talking turkey with the remaining two members of the Axis of Evil. First, on North Korea, the 'cons are apopl...
Jun 26, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The Haditha Travesty, Take Two The Haditha Travesty, Take Two
Small tragedies can get lost in a big war, but it is sad and troubling that, so far at least, it looks like no one is going to have to pay for the November, 2005, massacre of 24 c...
Jun 22, 2008 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss