[lbo-talk] Stratfor on Obama, Yahoo and Natural Growth

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Tue Jun 9 10:01:53 PDT 2009


On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:51:10 -0400 (EDT) Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:


> On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Why do stupid shit like
> > bomb Iran now when victory is in sight?
>
> Esp. when Israel's beta noire Ahmadinejad might get voted out in 3 days.

Do we think that Ahmadinejad's departure -- if it happens -- will make Israel less aggressive vis-a-vis Iran?

By the way, I would have said that Ahmadinejad was Israel's current _alpha_ noir. But if they should lose him, they'll have no trouble promoting some one else to the position.

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