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<title><![CDATA[Amir Taheri - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14971.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Amir Taheri]]></description><category domain="14971">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[A War That Went Awry]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Seen from a long-term angle, all three protagonists in this war risk emerging as losers. Without a clear regime change in Tehran, neither Trump nor Netanyahu could justify the huge cost in treasure and prestige of this war. A fishtail outcome would]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama's Iran Deal Is a Fraud Top to Bottom]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/08/03/obamas-iran-deal-is-a-fraud-top-to-bottom/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For more than a year, pundits have wondered what the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'once-in-a-lifetime'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' deal that President Barack Obama claims he has made with Iran was really about.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' It now seems certain that there really was no deal: Obama merely danced around the nuclear issue.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Nice, Can We Finally Face the Truth About This War?]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/07/15/a-cry-from-france-after-nice-can-we-finally-face-the-truth-about-this-war/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The French Riviera is the one spot in Europe that comes closest to the image of an earthly paradise. At its heart is the Franco-Italian city of Nice, now France'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s No. 2 tourist attraction after Paris.On Wednesday night, as the French celebrated the anniversary of their Great...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Enough With the Hysteria Over Trump's Foreign-Policy Plans]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/06/19/enough-with-the-hysteria-over-trumps-foreign-policy-plans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since he threw his hat into the ring, Donald Trump, now the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, has been branded a political novice.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump has been particularly taken to task for his lack of experience in foreign policy, especially when compared to his Democratic rival,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Lonely 'Arab Summit']]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/05/11/obamas-lonely-arab-summit/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since he decided to chase the mirage of a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Grand Bargain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' with Iran, President Obama has pretended that the only opposition comes from Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'hardline'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Republicans in the Congress.He was to highlight that claim by hosting a summit...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Arabs Distrust President Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/04/19/why-arabs-distrust-o/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, President Obama finally set a date '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' May 13 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' for Washington'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Arab allies to gather at an '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'urgent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' summit.Obama made the invitation to calm Arab fears his administration had decided to let Iran acquire full nuclear capability and pursue hegemonic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Nuclear Agreement Full of Holes]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/04/02/iran-nuke-agreement-full-of-holes/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What we actually have in writing about the areas of agreement between Iran and the US-led P5+1 group of nations is full of holes. Worse, it is already being described differently in English and in Persian '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a matter that will surely complicate the task of writing a final, binding...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Elementary Errors on Islam]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/02/20/obamas-elementary-errors-on-islam/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'This is not true Islam,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' President Obama has again insisted of the Islamic State and other terror groups. That he doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t realize this is not for him to say is only one of his elementary errors here.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Terror in Paris Shows Limits of Appeasement]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/01/07/terror-in-paris-the-limits-of-appeasement/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PARIS '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' It was shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday when a small enclave off one of Paris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' large boulevards close to the Place de la Bastilles was shaken with bursts of gunfire and cries of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Allah is the greatest'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Prophet is avenged.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'Within minutes,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Legacy of Foreign Policy Failure]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2014/05/31/obama-speaks-loudly-and-carries-a-small-stick/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SULAIMANIYA, Iraq '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' When President Obama sits down to write his foreign policy memoir he may be tempted to use as his book title the four words he reportedly uses privately to summarize the Obama doctrine: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Do Stupid Stuff'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' (with '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'stuff'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' sometimes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The West Fooled Itself on Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6493541.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama found it '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'exciting'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and Hillary Clinton saw it as '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'a positive 
sign'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'. Others, like Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former US national security 
adviser, went further and praised it as a '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'vibrant democracy'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'. A variety of 
useful idiots at home and abroad expressed similar...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Has Started a Mideast Arms Race]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123776572203009141.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iraqi Democracy Puts Down Roots]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/02072009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/iraqi_democracy_puts_down_roots_153911.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last updated: 2:45 amFebruary 7, 2009 Posted: 2:36 amFebruary 7, 2009  WITH the results of Iraq&#39;s latest elections nearly complete, it&#39;s clear that the nation has taken another major step toward lasting democratization.   A robust campaign - more than 14,000 candidates and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Odd Muslim Outreach]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/01292009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_message_152501.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last updated: 3:10 amJanuary 29, 2009 Posted: 2:25 amJanuary 29, 2009  IN his "first message to the Muslim world" Tuesday, President Obama on Al-Arabiya TV invited the Is lamic Republic in Iran to "unclench its fist" and accept his offer of "un conditional talks."   A few hours later,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Terror's New Face]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/11292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/terrors_new_face_141348.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's 2nd Thoughts on Talking to Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/11132008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obamas_second_thoughts_on_iran_138434.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Tried to Stall Iraq Withdrawal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/09152008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_tried_to_stall_gis_iraq_withdrawal_129150.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, McCain and the Lessons of 9/11]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/09112008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_lessons_of_9_11_128529.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ahmadinejad's New Enemy: Women]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/09062008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/ahmadinejads_new_enemy__women_127724.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Back to Jimmy Carter?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/08252008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/back_to_jimmy_125971.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda's Sinister Creep into N. Africa]]></title>
							<link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4425820.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda's Plan B]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/07012008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/al_qaedas_plan_b_117936.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe Worries About Obama on Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/06302008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_vs__europe_117793.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Troubling Opposition]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443801483605361.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Olmert: Nothing to Lose]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/06012008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/olmert__nothing_to_lose_113359.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Talking to Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121193151568724469.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Gave Ahmadinejad an Atomic Assist]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/05212008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_to_ajad__atomic_assist_111819.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Italy's Conservative Comeback]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/04182008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/italys_conservative_comeback_107035.</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Was Basra a Busted Tehran Op?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/04102008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/irans_busted_iraq_bid_105852.htm?page=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sunni-Shiite Terror Network]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120675195927473485.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amir Taheri</author>
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