Cole on Middle East Crises (Chuck Mertz interview)

Juan Cole 10/07/2013

Here is the interview Chuck Mertz did with me for Saturday’s episode of his long-running dissident show, “This is Hell, ” covering the situation in the Middle East.

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Juan Cole: “I don’t understand why the Secretary of State would demand the UN be allowed to inspect a facility that the UN has been regularly inspecting all summer.”

When you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. When you have a massive military-industrial complex, every problem looks like… Iran? Historian, professor and blogger Juan Cole looks at Iran through Netanyahu-colored glasses and sees conflict, mis-direction and repetition.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan and an adjunct professor, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page