Video: Gates on Iranian politics
[vodpod id=Video.3597223&w=425&h=350&fv=] Secretary of Defense Gates spoke with CNN’s John King yesterday about the internal situation in Iran and whether the resentment and popular unrest following last year’s election is still continuing. I think Secretary Gates is correct in saying that, despite things being calm on the surface, there is a reservoir of popular dissatisfaction […]
Changing Course on Iran Sanctions
This post appeared in today’s The Hill newspaper. New sanctions on Iran are about the surest bet in Washington these days. Both the House and the Senate have passed a “crippling” gasoline embargo, and the administration has all but given up talk of negotiations in favor of pressing for UN Security Council sanctions “that bite.” In […]