Juan Cole has another insipid article out in a mainstream magazine. because he's such an expert, you see. It's filled with his typical faux more-intellectual-than-thou fantasies, all delivered with the kind of conceit that only someone who spends his life surrounded by sycophants can muster ("as most of my readers know - what a douche). . There's the mindbogglingly insane claim that Ahmadinejad never claimed to wipe out Israel - which is obviously a lie, but wow does the anti-Israel left love the warm blanket of sophistication that comes with being able to say "but Juan Cole says there's no idiom like that in Persian". There's the you've-got-to-be-kidding claim that Iran couldn't have threatened to nuke Israel because Iran doesn't have nukes yet - duh says your fashionable sophisticated Leftist. Etc.

But that's not what we're giddy about. This is what we're giddy about:

Here's a little bit of the speech that Ron Paul gave on the floor of the House during the Iraq surge debate that Nancy Pelosi held:

What government do you think he's talking about? We think it's Syria. But at least Juan Cole thinks he's a standup guy!

References:
* Ahmadinejad: "I am not anti-Semitic - Palestinians should Decide on Two-State Solution [Atlantic Free Press]
* California Bill To Divest From Iran Reaches Senate - Maybe You Should Call Some Folks [Video] [MR]

Previously:
* Juan Cole - Fraud
* Juan Cole is Intellectually Israel Politely Requests That UN Allow UNIFIL Soldiers To Do Their Damn Jobs, Part [Insert Big Number Here]

Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers