Time
by
Massimo Calabresi
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Jun. 6, 2009
(Special Report)
The U.S. has never been good at making sense of Tehran's knotty power structure, and the distrust is mutual: many in Iran suspect that the U.S. is looking for an excuse to attack their nation, as it did Iraq.
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Posted by Derek Hawkins
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With no supporting evidence, Calabresi adopts the hawkish Israeli claim that Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons. The author seems to salivate at the notion that Ross will start using sticks and attack Iran. His quoted history of Iran-US relations conveniently starts after the US overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran and installed the Shaw, and never mentions this enduring sore point.
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The U.S. deserves deeper and more balanced reporting on this topic.