in the mood for a little crazy? check out the podhoretz zakaria debate on whether to bomb iran.
podhoretz's "argument"--to the extent that term is even appropriate here--is that iran is eeeeeeeeeeevil. that's pretty much it. he repeatedly compares the iranian regume to the nazis and when zakaria raises actual facts about the regime's history and motives, podhoretz doesn't raise any counter-examples. he just compares them to nazis again. for a self-appointed expert on iran, podhoretz doesn't seem to have a clue of the limited role ahmadinejad has in the iranian government, or even the basic motives of the regime.
podhoretz's performance almost be funny. that is, if he weren't advocating the murder of thousands of human beings. it's really stunning just how low the bar is to be considered an expert on iran in the media.
