But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that some of my skepticism of Goldberg stems from his role in the run-up to the Iraq war.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
Last I checked, he was still busy defending his atrocious reporting tying Saddam to Al Qaeda. Did he ever write about the Saudis then?
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
What about any time in the past, oh, dozen years since, when by his own account Saudi's been stoking Sunni extremist until, like, yesterday.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
That's a glaring hole in the record, I'd say. So I'm bit perturbed by the sometime-drumbeating against THE IRANIAN THREAT.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
The upshot here is this: there is a huge US interest in getting a workable deal done with Iran that sidelines the threat of an Iranian nuke.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
It's also a Saudi and Israeli interest, but they seem less inclined to actually do much about it, short of resorting to force.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
I don't think our interests, in a grand sense, line up very well with Iran. But nor do I think they do with the Israelis and the Saudis.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
Is a re-organizing of alliances then in the cards? Emphatically no.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
Rather, what's going on is, rightly, less attention being paid to what opponents of diplomacy think about diplomacy as we try to cut a deal.
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Replying to @Ali_Gharib
That's entirely appropriate, gripes of our allies aside.
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@Ali_Gharib Not to be a tedious stickler, but perhaps "client states" is more accurate than "allies" here?
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@ChMadar I'll accept it but they're also our allies, for better or worse. Just the way it is.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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