Arab Neocons Blast Bushs Capitulation, Regret Sarkozys Roots, Did Oil Money Defeat Nasser?
Sarko en Algerie Things seem to be suddenly quieting down in the Gulf region, in terms of rhetoric. There has been little follow-up on the NIE Iran report, after an initial burst of necon damage control spin all over the media outlets. President Bush, and even VP Cheney, have both been quiet on the subject. Even Iran’s Ahmadinejad has been silenced- Iran’s al-alam TV website has barely referred to the nuclear issue these past few days. His own website barely mentions the issue now. There is still vocal disappointment in some Arab media, particularly the Saudi-owned media like alhayat , asharqalawsat and a few Gulf satellite newpapers. And in these papers, there has been an increasing tendency over this past week of talk about a conspiracy. Some of the editors and columnists have even started to talk of ‘capitulation’ by Washington, which is absurd and only reflects nervousness at a possible rapprochement between Washington and the clerical regime in Tehran. The ire has spread to the Le
