Early into his presidency, Barack Obama reached out to Iran, offering America’s hand of friendship. Now the two countries are closer to war than ever and Obama’s quick-result oriented policy is to blame, public policy scholar Trita Parsi tells RT in an interview. Read More

A majority of Americans would support U.S. military action against Iran if there were evidence that Tehran is building nuclear weapons, even if such action led to higher gasoline prices, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday. Read More

The terms were these: the subject would go on a strict Fox News diet for two weeks and record its effects on him. At the end of the experiment, he would submit a report of his experience and his conclusions about how Fox News achieves the effects it has had on the millions of unfortunate Americans who make up its devoted audience. Read More

An American military attack on Syria could effectively lead to the impeachment of President Barack Obama. Congressmen say that any war without congressional authorization would be “unconstitutional”. Read More

يکی از ستون نويسان وب سايت «سی ان ان» در تشريح موقعيت دشوار باراک اوباما ، رئيس جمهور آمريکا،در قبال ايران می نويسد که اکثر کشورهای جهان در اين اصل توافق نظر دارند که نبايد به ايران اجازه داد که به سلاح هسته ای دست يابد. با اين همه تمامی اين کشورها و از جمله ايالات متحده آمريکا نمی توانند از پس هزينه های يک جنگ ديگر برآيند.

در يک چنين موقعيت پيچيده ای رقبای سياسی باراک اوباما از تمام فضای رسانه ای در آمريکا بهره جسته و تمام اقدامات و موضع گيريهای وی را به باد حمله می گيرند. Read More

Whatever happened to Occupy Wall Street? Are you folks still out there? Yes, the economy seems to be improving and thus the power of your message has been slightly blunted. But as a political force that could rally the nation on behalf of the 99%, who tend not to contribute huge sums to campaigns and so have less influence than their numbers deserve, you’re still badly needed. Read More

Hamid Dabashi: Threat of war makes Iran more of a “garrison” state as sanctions hurt ordinary people Read More

Mitt Romney has morphed from the inevitable candidate into a Sisyphean character.

The former Massachusetts governor, with the looks, pedigree and resume tailor-made for a White House run, was forced to push the rock once again up the proverbial hill on Super Tuesday Read More

WASHINGTON — Two final polls from CNN and Time in Ohio and Georgia provide political junkies with more to chew on, but largely confirming what other surveys have been telling us: Read More

WASHINGTON — As Republicans on the campaign trail ramped up their support for Israel in a possible military strike on Iran, President Obama used a speech before a pro-Israel lobbying group on Sunday to warn against the “loose talk of war” that could serve to speed Iran toward a nuclear weapon.

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