TAHERI - AT 11:35 P.M. ET: Just returned from a Hudson New York briefing by Amir Taheri, a superb writer on the Middle East, often quoted at Urgent Agenda.  He reviewed the reasons why he thinks the Obama administration is delusional on Iran, especially noting the fact that no negotiation with the mullah regime has ever succeeded.

But it was another point that Taheri made that is especially telling.  He said that the worst anti-Americanism he's seen originates not in the Middle East, but in the United States.  We export our anti-Americanism, written by such worthies as Noam Chomsky.  The product put out by American anti-Americans reinforces the hatred of America in other countries by giving it a false aura of authenticity. 

This was troubling to hear, but rings true.

May 5, 2009