Trita Parsi, author of the Salon.com article ‘A campaign for war with Iran begins,’ discusses Israel’s preference for Iran’s Ahmedinejad instead of a moderate president, how Israel’s ‘qualitative edge’ over the sum total of Gulf states is slipping away, doubts about the practical utility of the U.S.-Israel special relationship and why a U.S. reconciliation with Iran would mean the end of sanctions and expanded Iranian regional influence at Israel’s expense.
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