Partner with Iran to defeat ISIS? That's not a 'game changer,' it's a disaster

By  Gary Schmitt, David Adesnik - Posted on FoxNews on Sep 26, 2014

“Politics makes strange bedfellows.”  And this is no less true when it comes to how countries conduct their foreign policies.

So, it should be no surprise then that, last week, Secretary of State John Kerry told the United Nations Security Council that in the fight against the Islamic State, “There is a role for nearly every country in the world to play, including Iran.” Just forty-eight hours later, Kerry met face to face with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in New York to talk not only about Iran’s nuclear program but also the threat posed by the Islamic State.

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US can’t trust Iran as partner in battling ISIS

By Hugh Shelton - Posted on the Boston Globe on Sep 11, 2014

This week, President Obama announced his strategy for countering the threat of the Islamic State to the stability of the Middle East and, increasingly, to the US homeland. He offered a combination of tactics, including going on the offense to hunt down Islamic State members and assets, as well as building international coalitions to provide military and humanitarian support and to counter the nihilistic propaganda of the jihadist group. According to the administration, many regional actors will play a part, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Secretary of State John Kerry had even hinted that Iran should be enlisted. That would be a dangerously naive mistake. Draining the swamp in which the Islamic State grows and thrives — radicalized sectarian conflict — requires the United States to challenge, not embrace, Tehran.

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Iran’s Secret Massacre: The Untold Legacy

By Hamid YazdanPanah - Posted on Medium.com on Aug 08, 2014

This summer marks the 26th anniversary of Iran’s massacre against political prisoners in 1988. The shock and terror inflicted on the Iranian nation when tens of thousands of prisoners were executed in a matter of months went unnoticed in the international sphere, and unresolved in the Iranian psyche. The legacy of this event has resulted in the survival of a despotic regime, and the stunted growth of a nation.

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America Needs to Change Its Failed Iraq-Iran Policy

By Howard Dean - Posted on HuffingtonPost on July 18, 2014

The U.S. has much to be proud of in its post-World War II American foreign policy. Containing the Soviet Union ultimately limited damage to nascent democracies everywhere and resulted in a less polarized world. Supporting post-war European unity through the Marshall Plan set the stage for the spread of democracy on what had been the most violent continent on earth for a millennium. By changing our focus in Latin America from "geostrategic" intervention to more equal partnerships, many countries -- with obvious exceptions such as Cuba, Venezuela, and a few narco-compromised Central American governments -- are now thriving democracies.

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"Change" under Rouhani is a Mirage

By Rudy Giuliani

Posted on FOX NEWS on May 7, 2014

The nuclear negotiation between Iran and the West is among the most important foreign policy issues facing the Obama Administration. In the U.S. government’s own assessment, Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.

The regime actively sows instability abroad and suppresses the rights and freedoms that its people desire and deserve. For these reasons, it is essential that Iran’s development of a nuclear weapon be stopped dead in its tracks.

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