Cloak and swagger: the Larry Franklin spy probe punctuates the fierce feud within conservative circles over how to go after Iran. The neocons are arguing their case in the time-honored fashion.
American Prospect, The, November, 2004 by Vest, Jason
TO WASHINGTON'S SMALL AND SOMETIMES FRACTIOUS community of Iran experts, it was becoming obvious: What to do about Iran and its fast-developing nuclear program was set to rival Iraq as the most pressing foreign-policy challenge for the person elected president in 2004. By the spring and early summer of this year, the city was awash in rival Iran task forces and conferences. Some recommended that Washington engage in negotiations with Tehran's mullahs on the nuclear issue; they drew scorn from the other side, which preached regime change or military strikes.
In late July, as ...
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