"It's deja-vu all over again"
Did Yogi Berra really say that? I have no idea, but it's an apt description of the reports centering on Iran these days. Kevin Drum prefers "Groundhog Day," but either way it does feel like the neocon juggernaut is beginning to rumble and roll.
Kenneth Pollack is once again in the midst of all of this. But I don't think the Brookings scholar is going to be as influential as he was in 2002. With his track record, I would be amazed if he's able to convince quite as many liberals to take the hawkish view as he did prior to the invasion of Iraq (the Vega remorsefully includes itself among that group).
Even if the threat is far more a threatening storm than Iraq turned out to be.
Once again, of course, an exile group is making noise and being listened to. Fortunately, the Times hasn't put Judith Miller on that beat this time.
Judith, Judith, Judith. Where has she gone? Ah, she's playing stenographer to Henry Hyde and Norm Coleman.
Kenneth Pollack is once again in the midst of all of this. But I don't think the Brookings scholar is going to be as influential as he was in 2002. With his track record, I would be amazed if he's able to convince quite as many liberals to take the hawkish view as he did prior to the invasion of Iraq (the Vega remorsefully includes itself among that group).
Even if the threat is far more a threatening storm than Iraq turned out to be.
Once again, of course, an exile group is making noise and being listened to. Fortunately, the Times hasn't put Judith Miller on that beat this time.
Judith, Judith, Judith. Where has she gone? Ah, she's playing stenographer to Henry Hyde and Norm Coleman.
posted by John at 9:37 AM
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