Comments on: Jeffrey Goldberg Is Determined To Play Himself, Slander Anti-Ahmadinejad Iranian-American http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/11/02/jeffrey-goldberg-is-determined-to-play-himself-slander-anti-ahmadinejad-iranian-american/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: chrisdornan http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/11/02/jeffrey-goldberg-is-determined-to-play-himself-slander-anti-ahmadinejad-iranian-american/#comment-17092 chrisdornan Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:35:05 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/?p=4502#comment-17092 The irony of all this is that Parsi spent a great deal of time talking to etablishment Israelis for <em>Treacherous Alliance</em>, is sympathetic to Israel and wants to see a rapprochement between Iran and Israel, seeing them as back natural allies (once the unipolar aberration passes). We should all be listening to him--Goldberg included. The irony of all this is that Parsi spent a great deal of time talking to etablishment Israelis for Treacherous Alliance, is sympathetic to Israel and wants to see a rapprochement between Iran and Israel, seeing them as back natural allies (once the unipolar aberration passes). We should all be listening to him–Goldberg included.

]]> By: endiem http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2009/11/02/jeffrey-goldberg-is-determined-to-play-himself-slander-anti-ahmadinejad-iranian-american/#comment-16990 endiem Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:17:57 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/?p=4502#comment-16990 And Goldberg keeps <a href="http://jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/11/yes_on_goldblog.php" rel="nofollow">digging</a>: <i>On the larger question of whether Trita Parsi functions as a lobbyist for the Iranian regime, based on what I know, I'd have to say yes: He has argued consistently against any sanctions against Iran, and an end to sanctions is obviously what the Iranian regime wants.</i> This is an insane piece of <strike>logic</strike> shit. The dimwit then goes on to discuss Andrew Sullivan's "intemperate attack" on Israel and writes: <i> Suffice it to say that I know Andrew loves Israel, and he's a Zionist, so I don't actually know how to explain this current level of hostility, but one day I'm going to have the two of us invited to speak together at my synagogue (don't worry, Andrew, it's within bike-distance!) so we can hash this out.</i> I love the bike joke. Goldberg is so funny they ought to give him a humorous advice column at The Atlantic. However, I hardly think Goldberg's synagogue an appropriate place for an honest discussion on Israel with him - particularly as it is a synagogue untroubled that one of its congregants is the vile and despicable Michael B. Oren. And Goldberg keeps digging:

On the larger question of whether Trita Parsi functions as a lobbyist for the Iranian regime, based on what I know, I’d have to say yes: He has argued consistently against any sanctions against Iran, and an end to sanctions is obviously what the Iranian regime wants.

This is an insane piece of logic shit.

The dimwit then goes on to discuss Andrew Sullivan’s “intemperate attack” on Israel and writes:

Suffice it to say that I know Andrew loves Israel, and he’s a Zionist, so I don’t actually know how to explain this current level of hostility, but one day I’m going to have the two of us invited to speak together at my synagogue (don’t worry, Andrew, it’s within bike-distance!) so we can hash this out.

I love the bike joke. Goldberg is so funny they ought to give him a humorous advice column at The Atlantic. However, I hardly think Goldberg’s synagogue an appropriate place for an honest discussion on Israel with him – particularly as it is a synagogue untroubled that one of its congregants is the vile and despicable Michael B. Oren.

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