Who Were the Sea Peoples?

This is really unbelievable : "The bomb is an AIPAC-sponsored bill that commits the United States to stop Iran from enriching any uranium at all, and also requires the United States to 'stand with Israel' in the event Netanyahu decides, for reasons of 'self-defense,' to start a war with Iran." Of course, if Netanyahu begins a war with Iran, he will naturally say it was a matter of 'self-defense.' So these three senators basically aim to put the Israeli prime minister in direct charge of a portion of our foreign policy: he will determine whether we go to war with Iran or not, not our elected representatives.

It is always amusing to see someone put forward two totally contradictory positions at the very same time, simply because each supports the course of action the person wants to see done. (In the post title, it is "Acquit my client.") We see that today with the Iran hawks, who put forward two narratives about Iran that run directly counter to each other: 1) Iran has been a covert sponsor of terrorism, being careful to work secretly behind the scenes so they won't face retaliation; and 2) Iran is totally nuts, and will cheerfully nuke Israel because they don't give a hoot about retaliation.

With this piece of nonsense . Not letting the Israeli Prime Minister dictate US policy is "breaking with Israel" only if you think Israel should be our master. And the News repeats the lie about Iran "trumpeting" their wish to destroy Israel.

Is there a more duplicitous columnist out there than Charles Krauhammer, one more inclined to say whatever makes his case with no regard for the truth? Take a look at this column ., where he explains why deterrence will fail with Iran while it worked with the U.S.S.R. First we find that Iran "routinely" employs suicide bombers, including the recent bomber in Bulgaria. Well, here is what the White House said about the Bulgarian bombing : 'White House Press Secretary Jay Carney stated, "It is certainly the case that Hezbollah and Iran have been bad actors, as a general matter, but we're not, at this point, in a position to make a statement about responsibility."' But just because the White House doesn't know who was behind this yet, that doesn't mean Krauhammer doesn't know: he has super-secret insider information the White House doesn't. And in any case, how is this relevant: if Iran is using suicide bombers through proxy agents, that...