non-Iraq Middle East

23/6 Video: Ahmadinejad at the UN: In a Minute

September 26, 2008 - On Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered an "incendiary" speech that was incoherent, meandering, and endless. Enjoy...

What's inflaming the Muslim world today?

September 16, 2008 - Soap operas...

From The Room: A Detailed Analysis of the Chain of Command in Cartoon Form

August 21, 2008 - ...

John Bolton: "The bombing begins in five minutes."

August 7, 2008 - On Fox News yesterday (see video below), the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton was talking about his favorite topic: Iran. When asked by boy reporter Bill Hemmer about the possibility of NOT bombing Iran, the bushy xenopho...

From The Feed: New Yorker's Sy Hersh: How to start a war with Iran, Act I (video)

August 1, 2008 - Sy Hersh notes a rejected White House plots to start a war with Iran...

From The Feed: Joe Klein thinks McCain is scurrilous! (video)

July 23, 2008 - Time Magazine's Joe Klein on "Anderson Cooper 360...

From The Room: Dear Iran, Will You Hire Me?

July 11, 2008 - Dear Iranian Government, I know you've been having some fun with Photoshop recently. Just wanted to help out. Do you have any positions available? I can improve your...

From The Feed: NYC = Iran, on Fox

July 11, 2008 - "Fox and Friends" discusses the Iran's alleged long-range missiles by pretending that NYC = Iran. After all, New York is full of crazies and is hated by its neighbors too...

From The Feed: Fox's Graphics Dept. is totally high (video)

July 11, 2008 - Straites of Hormez? Strates of Whormooz? Straight whores? MSNBC's "Verdict with Dan Abrams" MSNBC makes fun of Rupert Murdoch's bongtastic drones...

Thought Process Flowchart: Iran

July 10, 2008 - Don't know if you heard, but Iran has missiles! They've been testing them, and, well, they are real excited about using them. "Our missiles are ready for shooting at any place and any time, quickly and with accuracy," Iranian Gen. Hossein Salami announced. "Hundreds and maybe thousands of...

From The Feed: Seymour Hersh confirms Bill Kristol's Iran comments

July 3, 2008 - The BBC interviews New Yorker writer Seymour Hersh...

From The Feed: Seymour Hersh tells us what we already know

June 30, 2008 - CNN interviews New Yorker writer Seymour Hersh...

If it's not McCain, someone's got to bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran

June 24, 2008 - On Fox News this past weekend, Bill Kristol suggested that if President Bush foresaw an Obama victory, he'd be more likely to move forward with military action against Iran than if McCain were set to take office. Yes, the drumbeat to war with Iran i...

From The Room: Crisis in the Middle East: Gone to the Dogs

June 19, 2008 - On the same day that a tentative Gaza truce was agreed upon by Israel and Hamas, I saw a pug taking a crap on the lawn in front of the Mag...

From The Feed: Obama speech at AIPAC conference (video)

June 4, 2008 - At the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference, Obama all but volunteers to spend the summer working on a Kibbutz...