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Diplomats in Iran?

If true, this is very, very encouraging:
The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush.
The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section – [...]

Cubbyhole Foreign Policy

Ezra Klein on Barack Obama’s foreign policy vision:
The Egyptian Brotherhood isn’t a terrorist group. al Qaeda, a Sunni terrorist group, hates Iran and is rivals with Hezbollah, a Shi’ite extremist sect. This statement, in other words, made no sense. It was a war against Arabs, and maybe some Persians. not a limited conflict against al Qaeda. [...]

The Ramifications of Mahmoud

Generally, I don’t consider there to be a great deal of difference between the Iranian hardliners and “pragmatic” technocrats.  I find the latter to be more adept at compromise and diplomatic relations, while still dangerously aligned with the revolutionary ideology of the regime.  There are, however, substantive differences in style, and Uskowi nails it on what [...]

Bobby Murcer (1946-2008)

Sad news.

Lilypads

 

We’ll all be living on them someday.

Traffic in Tehran

Hilarious:

(h/t Justin)
 

Israeli Settlements and the Law

You should read Gershom Gorenberg’s latest column in the American Prospect.
Read it.

The Distance

New Digs

Welcome to KevinSullivan.info!
While I won’t be blogging with the same intensity here as I did at Independent Liberal, I hope that you check in with this blog regularly to read out my latest rants, musings and tirades.
Enjoy!

If John McCain Wins, This Baby Will Die

Chuck Todd rightfully pans the latest ransom video from MoveOn.org:

Of course, Matt Stoller is outraged.  Baseless, emotional appeals such as this one make perfect sense to folks like him (appeals to America’s national security populism are pretty common from both sides).  Let’s ignore the fact that the kid appears to be no older than 12 months; placing his service [...]