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Understanding the US-Iran Crisis: A Primer

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A New look at the middle east with a perspective you don't usually see. Information shared without a clear agenda intrepretation. Fresh without any spin. Unique in providing outlooks that are somewhat bias but yet unique but it dares you you to rethink issues and vary your old instincts as to what is really going on in that part of the world. Antiestablishment presentation for sure.

I would rather praise Phyllis, but she makes so many mistakes, she is such a prisoner of unenlightened concepts that I can only strongly disapprove her works.

The USA was founded by the most enlightened men, and has been nurturing a progressive and tolerant nation.

Only those who lived in oppressive and barbaric societies can see how wrong Phyllis is.

Only positive enlightened inputs can save the people of Iran, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq from their current suffering and fear.

Why can we not join intellectual forces to change the future of all those countries?

Phyllis could contribute positive thoughts in those areas of misery. Just try to imitate Gene Sharp.

This book is a waste of time for anyone who wants to understand the US-Iran crisis. It is a biased review that portrays Iran in the most favorable light possible and demonizes every action taken by the US in US-Iran relations.

The logic used in the book is not worthy of the term.

In response to the question "Does Iran pose a threat to the US?" the author simply mentions that US spends much more on military resources then Iran, therefore they do not pose a strategic military threat. There is absolutely no mention of actual warfighting capability of either country, only figures for military spending, as if that were enough to determine the possibility of threat.

In response to the question "Does Iran support terrorists?" the author casts doubt on the fact that Iran supports Hizbollah and Hamas, when in fact the US State Dept. and other intelligence agencies have stated that Iran does support these groups. More seriously, the author refuses to acknowledge that Hizbollah and Hamas are terrorist organizations, and defends them, saying that they mostly make attacks against Israeli troops.

The author refers to the Iran speed boat incident twice in quotation marks, suggesting that the Iranian pseudo-attack on US Naval ships not worthy of the term "incident."

The author uses every opportunity to thrash the Bush administration. While this may be appropriate in some situations, most of the time it is irrelevant to the subject about which she writes.

After the index there is a list of peace organizations for further research, as if the author's bias weren't obvious enough.

This is essentially a handbook on anti-war rhetoric, and anyone looking for something more than that is advised not to touch this book.

I thought about giving it two stars because there were a few facts thrown in there, but you can learn them by opening up an encyclopedia, without dealing with the biased drivel.