January 19, 2012

An article in Tuesday\’s New York Times suggests that there is a method to the madness of the Republican presidential candidates\’ hawkish rhetoric on Iran. I had thought that the reason all the Republican candidates (with the exception of Ron Paul) are such noisy warmongers is because that is their natural proclivity — and because it pleases donors (like Sheldon Adelson, Newt Gingrich\’s big campaign funder) who base their political choices on Binyamin Netanyahu\’s desires.