Gareth Porter: Why Didn’t Bush/Cheney Attack Iran and Can Obama Make and Sell a Deal?

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with Gareth Porter
Writer, Dandelion Salad
March 18, 2014

I Grew Up Believing in Time Magazine’s Version of America – Gareth Porter on RAI (1/3)

TheRealNews on Mar 15, 2014

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Porter tells Paul Jay that by the end of the Vietnam War, he understood the US government and military could do terrible things.

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Manufacturing a Narrative for War – Gareth Porter on Reality Asserts Itself (2/3)

TheRealNews on Mar 17, 2014

Mr. Porter tells Paul Jay about his new book “Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare”.

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Why Didn’t Bush/Cheney Attack Iran and Can Obama Make and Sell a Deal? — Gareth Porter (3/3)

TheRealNews on Mar 18, 2014

Mr. Porter tells Paul Jay that the American security state was and is against war with Iran, but if Obama doesn’t break with the false narrative about Iran’s nuclear program, he may not be able to sell a deal.

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Gareth Porter, an investigative historian and journalist specialising in U.S. national security policy, received the UK-based Gellhorn Prize for journalism for 2011 for articles on the U.S. war in Afghanistan. His new book “Manufactured Crisis: the Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare”, was published Feb. 14.

From the archives:

Gareth Porter: The Obama Administration Is Setting Up A Demand Which Would Cause The Entire Nuclear Talks To Fail

Gareth Porter: US and Iran Send Positive Signals — Saudis and Israelis Not Pleased + Resolving Nuclear Arms Claims Hinges on Iran’s Demand for Documents

U.S. Adopts Israeli Demand to Bring Iran’s Missiles into Nuclear Talks by Gareth Porter

Misread Telexes Led Analysts to See Iran Nuclear Arms Programme by Gareth Porter

U.S. “Dismantling” Rhetoric Ignores Iran’s Nuclear Proposals by Gareth Porter