But it’s not over…yet. Although I’m not sure what recourse the challenger will have given the wide margins. The “irregularities” argument only works if you’re somewhat close, and this margin is nearly 2 to 1. From Reuters: State media declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of Iran’s election but challenger Mirhossein Mousavi alleged irregularities and [...]

And this guy (Mirhossein Mousavi) won hands down. Why? Well, the buzz has been tremendous about this election, especially after Lebanon was taken back by the moderates. Iranians are more excited about this election than any in recent memory. They’re out in the streets actively campaigning, and, oddly enough, I see some pretty interesting parallels [...]

Link to a NY Times article…

The Obama administration has undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief after the pro-western coalition won yesterday’s parliamentary vote in Lebanon. After the president’s big speech about improving relationships between America and the Mid-East, a Hezbollah win in Lebanon would have been seen by many as a strong rebuke to Obama. Of course, calling the election [...]

Before anyone jumps up and declares this cartoon tasteless, I do not condone genocide.  I just want to imply in a satirical way that these two regimes are shooting each other in the foot with their nuclear tests.  For now it may seem that they both have a long while to go before developing a [...]

Looks like Iran decided to remind us why we don’t want that nation getting nuclear weaponry: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran test-fired a new advanced missile Wednesday with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel, southeastern Europe and U.S. bases in the Middle East. Experts believe Iran is still six to [...]

I have little doubt that they would have given a thumbs up to this plan had the political will been there, but this is an interesting juxtaposition to reports that Bush has been wanting to bomb Iran. From Wash Post: President Bush last year rejected an Israeli request to provide sophisticated, deep-penetration bombs to attack [...]

Looks like Iran engaged in a little saber rattling of its own today… From the WaPo: Iran said today it had test-fired a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel and U.S. troops in the region, a step promptly condemned by the Bush administration as heightening tensions over the country’s suspected nuclear weapons program. The roughly [...]

Hello! I am Glenn Church and I blog on Foolocracy.com. I was pleasantly surprised and pleased when Justin recently asked if I would cross-post some of our stories. At Foolocracy, we select a “Fool of the Day”-someone in politics who has done something absolutely absurd. Then, just to re-emphasize the fool, we place a jester [...]

Between his “Bomb, bomb, Iran” comments and now a recent joke about hoping that cigarettes kill them, McCain is something a sophomoric side that isn’t befitting of a Commander in Chief. From Wash Post: Responding to a question about a survey that shows increased exports to Iran, mainly from cigarettes, McCain said, “Maybe that’s a [...]

The “laws” are explained as such at LiveLeak: The law is when you cause an accident, you just have to pay for the person you caused it too, and your insurance does not go up so there is no penalties, points etc. When I was there, I asked my family members if they ever checked [...]

Folks, $4 gas isn’t going away any time soon. From the AP: NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday—clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July. The meteoric [...]

What are Americans thinking when it comes to our foreign policy strategy for the future? Pubilc Agenda, a non-partisan research company, has the numbers [pdf] and they’re consistent with what we’ve been seeing for the past couple years as we’ve seen more terrorists pop up and no discernible political progress being made in Iraq. Why [...]

John McCain’s speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) gave him the opportunity to concisely explain what he envisions is the appropriate course of action in regards to America’s relationship with Iran. After speaking about the need to preserve Israel and listing the Iranian threats to the Jewish state (both the verbal hate [...]

Looks like we’re ready for a new approach, and what’s even more telling is how evenly divided Republicans are on this issue. Again, I point to the parity in the Republican numbers as a sign that McCain could have a lot of problems in the fall against an Obama foreign policy doctrine of enemy engagement. [...]

He apparently thinks diplomacy with Iran is the best option, and as the following suggests, he’s right in line with Defense Secretary Robert Gates. From Wash Post: Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, President Bush’s nominee to lead U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, supports continued U.S. engagement with international and regional partners [...]

That’s the report from the Jerusalem media, but the administration is saying it’s false. Who’s telling the truth? The White House on Tuesday flatly denied an Army Radio report that claimed US President George W. Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term. It said that while the military option had not [...]