AEI: ElBaradei makes U.S. attack on Iran ‘more likely.’
By on Feb 25th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
AEI: ElBaradei makes U.S. attack on Iran ‘more likely.’
In the Wall Street Journal today, AEI hawks Danielle Pletka and Michael Rubin launch a full-frontal assault on IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, claiming that his approach to non-proliferation “demeans the purpose of his agency and undercuts its non-proliferation mission.” They also claim that ElBaradei “makes military action all the more likely” against Iran. ElBaradei is a Nobel Peace Prize recipient who was right about Iraq’s WMDs, while the Bush administration and AEI were wrong.
View Most Popular
Advertisement
What We're About
What We're Fighting For
What We're Fighting Against
Featured
Subscribe to the Progress Report
Topic CloudView topics sorted by popularity
Afghanistan
Bachmann
Beck
Boehner
Bush
Cheney
Civil Rights
Congress
Corporate Ethics
Dobbs
Economy
Education
Election
Energy
Environment
Ethics
Fox News
Gingrich
Global Warming
Guantanamo
Health Care
Immigration
International Relations
Iraq
Justice
LGBT
Lieberman
Limbaugh
Media
Military
O'Reilly
Obama
Palin
Pelosi
Politics
Race
Radical Right
Religion
Steele
Stimulus
Tea Parties
Technology
Terrorism
Veterans
Women's Rights
Visit Our Affiliated Sites
Reports
In-depth studies on select topics
Got a hot tip?
Have a hot news tip? We'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to send us the latest.
ArchivesBlog Roll
AEI = American Earmarks for Israel
February 25th, 2008 at 1:08 pmOne of Obama’s first orders of business is to look at (R) Stink Tanks.
AEI is a great example. Shored up by big oil & big pharma, their mission is to propagate & disseminate disinformation, lies & distorted facts. Warmongering is their middle name.
Just google them & take a look at their staff; scary shit.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:13 pmThey hate him because he was right.
That’s the worst offense in the eyes of the Bush Administration.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:15 pmThey hate him because he was right.
That’s the worst offense in the eyes of the Bush Administration.
Comment by raynman — February 25, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
Not just that he was right, but that he was in direct opposition to the Bush Administration’s purposeful LIES and Propaganda.
Luckily he hasn’t been renditioned for his “crime” of Truth, yet.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:20 pmMemo to all AEI employees:
The Orkin Man will enter all AEI buildings on January 21st, 2007. All employees may stay put; treatment conditions will be safe.
We promise.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pmOne of Obama’s first orders of business is to look at (R) Stink Tanks.
Comment by Zimzone — February 25, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
And do what about them? Lies, distortions, and misinformation are still protected speech under the First Amendment.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pmCorrection:
The Orkin Man will enter January 21st, 2009
Our mistake.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:22 pmHEY!
i need your helps!
post a link to your best “WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A REPUBLICAN” !
not sure what the prize will be, but i need a good list to email
back to my idiot brother who just sent me a list of repug LIES
under the heading of, yes, “what it means to be a democrat”…
hurry, please!
February 25th, 2008 at 1:23 pmthanks
Danielle Pletka: “Like the war, hate the war, believe in it or not, America is now in Iraq, and we must win.”
February 25th, 2008 at 1:25 pmDanielle Pletka: “Like the war, hate the war, believe in it or not, America is now in Iraq, and we must win.â€
Comment by McWars — February 25, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
Heh. That joke just gets funnier each time I hear it.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:25 pm“… and undercuts its non-proliferation mission.â€
As did Bush, GOP and neocons when they outed Valarie Plame?
February 25th, 2008 at 1:29 pmAmerica is now in Iraq, and we must win.â€
Comment by McWars — February 25, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
Definition of win:
Subjugate populace until oil is extracted.
Estimated duration 10 – 1000 years.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:29 pmComment by katy — February 25, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
Republicans in the family? I’ve experienced the same. My paps had the TV constantly tuned to Faux news and said GW Bush was a “GREAT president!”
My sympathies to you for your family political turmoil..
February 25th, 2008 at 1:29 pmDanielle Pletka: “Like the war, hate the war, believe in it or not, America is now in Iraq, and we must win.â€
Comment by McWars — February 25, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
We already won the war. Its the occupation we are losing……
February 25th, 2008 at 1:29 pm#7. Most of them already have dual citizenship with Israel as it is. It looks to me like they plan to f*uck up our country and then move there. Kristol and Lieberman each carry dual citizenship.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:32 pmHer defense of poverty would probably be along the same lines: “Like poverty, hate poverty, believe in it or not, America is now impoverished, and we must continue cutting taxes for the rich.â€
February 25th, 2008 at 1:32 pmFor gods sake stop believing newspapers and read ElBaradei the the IAEA website here
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaIran/index.shtml
Bush only has evidence on some crap laptop aledgedely nicked from Iran saying they dug a 400 ft tunnel
the spin and lies in the papers is total crap
February 25th, 2008 at 1:36 pmAEI is just a bunch of paid liars and Nazi war mongers.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:40 pmThey despise the man because he was proven correct and made them look like the fools they are.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:43 pmHowever, this may be another step in setting the stage for the attack on Iran before Bushie leaves.
Luckily he hasn’t been renditioned for his “crime†of Truth, yet.
Comment by Wayne — February 25, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
Saw “Rendition” yesterday. The deleted scenes (DVD) fill in the blanks. Innocent man picked up and tortured by mistake.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:46 pmThe AEI is a fascist terrorist organization and should be wiped off the face of the earth.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:48 pmObama may investigate stink tanks like AEI, but putting them out of business would be un-American. They can be exposed however, and people will not believe their propaganda.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:50 pmAEI is a tax-exempt organization.
From their web site:
‘AEI’s operations are financed by donations from corporations, foundations, and individuals and by investment earnings from an internal endowment.’
In comes the tax-exempt money and out comes the propaganda poop.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:57 pmAEI & Freedom’s Watch Seek $200 Million to Sell War on Iran
The New York Times reports that Freedom’s Watch is working with the American Enterprise Institute to lobby for war with Iran. “‘If Hitler’s warnings were heeded when he wrote Mein Kampf he could have been stopped,’ said Bradley Blakeman, 49, the president of Freedom’s Watch and a former deputy assistant to Mr. Bush. … The idea for Freedom’s Watch was hatched in March at the winter meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Manalapan, Fla., where Vice President Dick Cheney was the keynote speaker. … One benefactor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the group was hoping to raise as much as $200 million by November 2008. Raising big money ‘will be easy,’ the benefactor said, adding that several of the founders each wrote a check for $1 million. … Since the group is organized as a tax-exempt organization, it does not have to reveal its donors
http://www.prwatch.org/node/6498
February 25th, 2008 at 2:00 pmAnd do what about them? Lies, distortions, and misinformation are still protected speech under the First Amendment.
Comment by toasterhead — February 25, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
Conspiracy and treason are not though.
February 25th, 2008 at 2:14 pmKristol and Lieberman each carry dual citizenship.
Comment by Dharma
So we have a sitting US Senator who has TWO citizenships? The USA and Israel? How can that be? I thought Holy Joe was an Amerikkkan. Where does his allegiance fall?
February 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pmAEI can have a spot at the defendants’ table during the RICO prosecution of the RNC. There’s plenty o’room, and plenty o’evidence. I wouldn’t want any of the co-conspirators to go wanting for attention.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:17 pmhuh… i thought that would be easy…
well, i can’t be bothered by it anymore today… but if anyone comes up
with a good zinger, let me know…
meantime, since it is a slow thread, here is HIS list:
22 REQUIREMENTS TO BE A GOOD DEMOCRAT
February 25th, 2008 at 3:24 pm1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on
demand.
2. You have to believe that businesses create depressions and
governments create prosperity.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans
are more of a threat than Nuclear weapons technology in the hands of
Iranians and North Korean communists.
4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.
5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by
cyclical documented changes in the earth’s climate and more affected by
soccer moms driving SUV’s.
6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being
homosexual is natural.
7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of
federal funding.
8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can’t teach fourth
graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about
sex–in the face of all the cases of teacher sex abuse of children in
the news.
9. You have to believe that hunters don’t care about nature, but loony
activists who have never been outside of New York, Boston, San
Francisco, or Portland do.
10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually
doing something to earn esteem.
11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own
money to make “The Passion of the Christ” for financial gain only.
12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts
of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain
parts of the Constitution.
13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too
high.
14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more
important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and
Alexander G. Bell.
15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas
and set-asides are not.
16. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn’t worked
anywhere it’s been tried is because the right people haven’t been in
charge and not enough money was spent on its programs.
17. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail,
but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.
18. You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and in a normal
marriage.
19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying transvestites
in drag should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at
Christmas should be illegal.
20. You have to believe that illegal Democrat Party funding by the
Chinese Government is somehow in the best interest of the United States.
21. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right-wing
conspiracy.
22. You have to believe that it’s OK to give Federal workers the day off
on Christmas Day but it’s not OK to say “Merry Christmas.”
Are you ready to vote???
Just more chicken(shit)hawks crap from AEI. Too bad there are those who are gullible enough to buy it still.
Their motto must be create fear and live in fear!
February 25th, 2008 at 3:50 pmThat’s a weak list those Gop’ers have.
February 25th, 2008 at 3:56 pmOK, so the IAEA got a person with experience, including international reviews to verify the presence or absence of nuclear activity.
How does this make war more likely ?
As I think the answer is that he won’t kowtow to the Neocon agenda, I have to also anticipate the bad news that Shrub has less than a year in office – so if he wants to launch the bomb he has to do it in the next 9 months (and does he feel the pressure building that he has to find an excuse NOW
February 25th, 2008 at 6:11 pm