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:
Of all places to say something so foolish, Scowcroft choose Al Jazeera for maximum effect. A neocon emails: “This is unbelievable, really. If he does know that we have a few assets in CIA…that is, for one reason or another, he still has access to this stuff…he’s just blown a hole in his secrecy pledge. But, also, by saying what he has, he’s just made it more likely that the regime will feel even more confident about making the accusation of US interference with the result that Iranians are more likely to be arrested, if not killed.”
