links for 2011-09-21

Reza Marashi: Diplomats — Not Just Journalists — Should Raise Human Rights With Ahmadinejad

In the run-up to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s annual UN pilgrimage, there have been a litany of useful op-eds with advice to journalists on what to ask the pugnacious president. But the real people who should address Iran's human rights abuses with Ahmadinejad and the Iranian delegation are American diplomats.
Ret. Admiral Joe Sestak: Iran Strikes Would Make Iraq "Look Like a Cakewalk"

Sestak said "A military strike, whether it’s by land or air, against Iran would make the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion look like a cakewalk with regard to the impact on the United States’ national security."

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