Tag Archives: Roger Cohen

Cohen pines for Palestine

Posted on 02/16/2010 by Soccerdad

Roger Cohen – the columnist who vouched for the moderation of Iran’s rulers – was off to such a promising start, in Hard Mideast Truths: Here’s what I believe. Centuries of persecution culminating in the Holocaust created a moral imperative … Continue reading →

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What next in Iran?

Posted on 06/21/2009 by Soccerdad

I looked up through the smoke and saw a poster of the stern visage of Khomeini above the words, “Islam is the religion of freedom.” When he’s not acting as an apologist for the Iranian regime, Roger Cohen has a … Continue reading →

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No Roger, there is no Santa Claus

Posted on 06/15/2009 by Soccerdad

It’s always sad when a child has his childhood fantasies ripped away from him. It didn’t seem that long ago that Roger Cohen (and David Ignatius) were telling us that the “Mad Mullahs” of Iran were just a neo-conservative myth. … Continue reading →

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Jolly Roger

Posted on 05/18/2009 by Soccerdad

Roger Cohen, who has spent the last several months arguing that Iran is moderate because only 75% of its Jews chose to or were able to leave, is at it again ahead of President Obama’s meeting with Prime MInister Netanyahu. … Continue reading →

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There is no Sadat

Posted on 04/27/2009 by Soccerdad

Stop him before he writes again. Roger Cohen’s latest column, Clinton’s Middle East Pirouette, starts off badly: The sparring between the United States and Israel has begun, and that’s a good thing. Israel’s interests are not served by an uncritical … Continue reading →

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When self-defense is a holocaust or the continued rantings of Roger Cohen

Posted on 04/20/2009 by Soccerdad

Roger Cohen is at it again. He writes in Israel, Iran and Fear: In the German mirror stands Israel, another vibrant democracy birthed from the crime, albeit one, unlike Germany, that has not found peaceful coexistence. Israel, too, craves closure … Continue reading →

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The man with the silver tongue and the myth of moderation

Posted on 04/14/2009 by Soccerdad

I’m tempted to say about Roger Cohen that the less said about him that better, but quite a few people have written excellent ripostes to his latest venality that are worth checking out. In Roger Cohen’s world, the extremists in … Continue reading →

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The fierce irrelevance of Roger Cohen

Posted on 03/26/2009 by Soccerdad

Roger Cohen thinks that we can have peace in the Middle East, if the United States would just listen to a bunch of experts associated with the US Middle East Project. In the Fierce Urgency of Peace: Pressure on President … Continue reading →

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Breaking the ice with Iran

Posted on 03/23/2009 by Soccerdad

During the campaign Michael Totten wrote about why Barack Obama’s pledge to renew relations with Iran wouldn’t amount to anything. Withdrawing all U.S. forces from the Middle East likewise is not going to happen. Obama may want to bug out … Continue reading →

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Banality of a weasel

Posted on 03/16/2009 by Soccerdad

I suppose I should be generous to Roger Cohen. According to Roger Simon, Cohen flew out to LA on his own initiative – and dime – in order to defend his defense of the Iranian regime. But Simon writes that … Continue reading →

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Cohen: killing Jews is legitimate

Posted on 03/09/2009 by Soccerdad

After defending the Mullahcracy of Iran, Roger Cohen has followed his premise to its logical conclusion in Middle East Reality Check. Like Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah has long been treated by the United States as a proscribed terrorist group. This … Continue reading →

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Apologist for the mullahs

Posted on 02/03/2009 by Soccerdad

Roger Cohen has made his distaste for Israel known time and again. But what country does he show understanding towards? Iran is one. In The other Iran, Cohen engages in apologies for the current leadership of Iran. For example Cohen … Continue reading →

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The irony of change

Posted on 01/29/2009 by Soccerdad

I don’t have many arguments with Roger Cohen’s latest column, After the War on Terror. He’s correct that the President’s interview on Al Arabiya marks the end of the war on terror; that words are important and that President Obama … Continue reading →

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EoZ, Roger Cohen smackdown

Posted on 12/02/2008 by Soccerdad

Emanuele Ottolenghi and Noah Pollak have already responded to Roger Cohen’s Try Tough Love Hillary. Cohen argues that peace – that is necessary for Israel – can only be achieved if Israel cedes all the land demanded by the Arab … Continue reading →

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