Stephen Kinzer discusses The Folly of Attacking Iran.
When last November's National Intelligence Estimate report concluded that Iran had halted its nuclear-weapon program back in 2003, the Bush Administration's push for a sequel to the Iraq War seemed dashed. But even with these findings, little diplomatic progress has been made, and periodic flare-ups (like the Strait of Hormuz affair) still loom large.
Foreign correspondent Stephen Kinzer inaugurated this lecture tour to help clear up the many misconceptions surrounding the delicate issue. He touches down at Grace Cathedral to discuss diplomacy's necessity with political analyst Barbara Slavin and Reese Erlich, author of "The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of US Policy and the Middle East Crisis"- Grace Cathedral
Bio
Reese Erlich
Reese Erlich began his career in journalism in the 1960s as an investigative reporter for the magazine Ramparts. He reports regularly for NPR, CBC, ABC (Australia), Radio Deutsche Welle and The World, as well as several newspapers. He was a contract correspondent for Common Ground Radio, a weekly public radio show covering international affairs. Reese co-authored the book Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You with Norman Solomon (2003). He has produced many radio documentary series, including Perspectives in Jazz, The Iran Project and The Russia Project.
Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer, Award-winning foreign correspondent for The New York Times who has reported from more than fifty countries and served as the paper's bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua; and, has authored All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror and Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds.
Barbara Slavin
Barbara Slavin is Assistant Managing Editor for World and National Security of The Washington Times and the author of a 2007 book on Iran entitled "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation." Prior to joining The Times in July 2008, she was senior diplomatic reporter for USA TODAY, responsible for analyzing foreign news and U.S. foreign policy.
The dummie Bush, the real president of America Cheney and the "Israel first" administration headed by zionist jews such as richard pearls, paul wolfawitzs and others who claim to be patriot Americans but they and their Zionist counterparts in Israel would love nothing more then US going to war with Iran so that American boys and girls would die, in order to defend Israel - and mind you not USA but Israel - and to induldge in a perpatual warfare with Isalm while the zionists Jew and their Israel first Christians such as John Hagee sit and laugh from outside watching Americans and Iranians die. How many of these hypocrites have their children fighting for USA or are in the army?
The sad part is that the zionist administration openly says it to America to go attack and bomb Iran while Jewish children should watch american children getting killed.
The funny part is John Hagee wants to help the jews to bring the armagadon so that Jesus Christ would come back and then Kill EVERYONE including the Zionish Jews who donot surrender to him. The PRINCE OF PEACE will establish that peace upon the murder of EVERY SOUL that doesnot obey him.
Lets stop these rapture seekers and zionist madmen but the dummies dont get it. They want to meet Jesus up on the clouds while want to burn and scortch the entire planet for that.