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Wednesday SNB

How to get around 1701: Say you’re supporting the Lebanese army. Iran is offering to shore up Hezbollah by selling arms to the Lebanese army. Since there is no UN resolution against arming the Lebanese army, I can see this … Continue reading

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Thursday SNB

He will fart in your general direction: Nicholas Sarkozy is threatening “severe” new sanctions on Iran if it doesn’t stop enriching uranium and trying to get the bomb. Yeah, like we haven’t heard that before. No! Not the dreaded letter … Continue reading

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Tuesday Snark News Briefs

Britain’s FM: Hey, terrorism can be useful sometimes! He was talking about South Africa, not the U.K., so it must be okay, right? (And of course, he probably doesn’t shed a tear for any Jews killed in terrorist attacks. What … Continue reading

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Monday SNB

Funny how the AP keeps on missing these tidbits: Fatah has approved adding “the right to resist occupation in all its forms” to its new platform. (This is on top of insising that all of Jerusalem is theirs.) They further … Continue reading

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Uzi Mahnaimi lying about Israel again

If it’s a Sunday Times of London piece that declares Israel is about to attack Iran, and the byline contains Uzi Mahnaimi, it must be a bunch of garbage. Filled yet again with anonymous sources—because of course, our old pal … Continue reading

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If everyone else jumped off a bridge…

One of the things I keep seeing on lefty blogs—particularly Nico’s, the one I’m following at HuffPo for Iran news—is statements like this: Obama’s Iran policy. Americans approve of it 52 percent vs. 36 percent who disapprove, according to a … Continue reading

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Mad Mahmoud to us: MYOB

Do these people ever speak in conversational English? Or is Farsi really as fuddy-duddy a language as this quote makes it seem? “Definitely by hasty remarks you will not be placed in the circle of friendship with the Iranian nation. … Continue reading

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On Iran

Here’s what I think is going to happen: The same thing that happened several years ago, when young people across Iran protested, well, the exact same leader of their nation. The students are going to lose. Of course, I would … Continue reading

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It’s Mad Mahmoud by a whisker

Or so the Iranian state news agency says. Iran’s state news agency reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election Friday, but his main reformist challenger also confidently claimed victory at a news conference moments earlier. The rival claims came even … Continue reading

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Vote for Ahmadinejad—please.

I want Ahmadinejad to win today. Yes, really. Because his replacement will be worse. Why worse? Because he pretends that he doesn’t have the same goals as Ahmadinejad. Because the world media will call him a “moderate.” Because he will … Continue reading

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Note to AP: Debate is not dialogue

A dialogue is a conversation between two people. A debate is an exercise in rhetoric between opposing viewpoints. But the AP apparently does not have writers or editors knowledgeable enough to tell the difference between the two, nor between a … Continue reading

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The four suggestions

Barry Rubin writes at the end of Helping Hillary while keeping Israel safe: Of course, the two governments must begin to reach understandings about Iran. The new administration is determined to try engaging Teheran. Israel must convey the point that … Continue reading

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Iranian ship turned back by Israel and Egypt

The Israelis turned back an enemy nation’s ship from entering Gaza. Watch this get spun as an anti-humanitarian move by Israel. An Iranian aid ship tried to break the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for the second time Wednesday. … Continue reading

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Iranians pulling Hamas strings

The news you read about Israel always seems to be missing a vital component: The major force behind Hamas is Iran, and Hamas takes its orders from Iran. When the media does mention Iran, it always downplays the Iranian role … Continue reading

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70,000 Iranian suicide bombers: Duck, Israel!

You know those 70,000 Iranians who signed up to become suicide bombers in Israel? First it’s on. Then it’s off. Then it’s on again. You know what I say? Every time Iran does this—and they do it every time there’s … Continue reading

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