The neocons are the bad guys, pressuring Obama to take a tough stand against tyranny and murder in Iran with the aim of emboldening Ahmadinejad and the mullahs. At least that’s what I keep reading at the Huffington Post and Think Progress. Meanwhile, the realists advising Obama are the great heroes of our time, guided by America’s self-interest rather than some fanatical Zionist ideology. So I’m curious to see how the left responds to this from the realist realist in American today (and also unofficial adviser to Barack Obama) Brent Scowcroft: