Petraeus on Iran & al Qaeda
In written testimony presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday, General David Petraeus offered a succinct and sophisticated take on how the Iranian regime operates. Petraeus explained (emphasis added):
The Iranian regime is the primary state-level threat to stability in the region. Throughout much of the region, the regime pursues a dual-track foreign policy. Overtly, the Iranian government [...]
Petraeus on Iran and Afghanistan
A couple of notable excerpts from General Petraeus's testimony yesterday.
On Iran:
The Iranian regime is the primary state-level threat to stability in the region. Throughout much of the region, the regime pursues a dual-track foreign policy. Overtly, the Iranian government cooperates with regional states through bilateral arrangements to promote Iran as an economic, political, and military [...]
Did the bleat of the lamb excite the lion? Part Two
Michael Rubin, posting at the Corner, adds another level of sophistication to the discussion of Hillary Clinton’s claim that President Obama’s policy of engagement with Iran failed, not because it was inherently a bad idea, but rather because of the rise of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iranian society. He writes:
The [...]
Diplomacy: American and Iranian, part 2
Last week the Obama administration released five Iranian Quds Force commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (occasionally described in press reports as “diplomats”) who were coordinating terrorist attacks in Iraq. Commening on the release of the terrorists, Andrew McCarthy cited Michael Ledeen’s report that the Obama administration had negotiated the release of Roxana [...]
Diplmacy: American and Iranian, part 2
Last week the Obama administration released five Iranian Quds Force commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (occasionally described in press reports as “diplomats”) who were coordinating terrorist attacks in Iraq. Commening on the release of the terrorists, Andrew McCarthy cited Michael Ledeen’s report that the Obama administration had negotiated the release of Roxana [...]
The Radicalization of an Already Radical Iranian Regime?
Abbas Djavadi, with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, has been on the phone all night with people in Iran. He e-mails:
An Electoral Coup in Iran
It was a night of fundamental change of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was, however, not [...]
