Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. America’s Dangerous Liaisons: Asking Iran To Be a Friend 215 November 18, 2014 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in Maclean's (Canada) on 17 November 2014 by Michael Petrou (link to originallink to original) Translated from English by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Ali KhameneiBarack ObamaCanadainternational relationsIranIslamic State Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Australia: Forget Trump. On AUKUS, It’s the Next President We Must Worry About April 22, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald 0 South Korea: President Trump and the Avignon Papacy April 26, 2026. Published in HankookilboThe New York Times diagnosed the Trump administration as suffering from severe 'pope derangement syndrome.' 0 Indonesia: America’s War, Everyone’s Problem April 21, 2026. Published in The Jakarta PostHere was the American president ... deciding to go to war on a gut feeling and with no visible concern for what it would mean beyond [U.S.] borders. 0 Germany: Fight in Virginia: Bickering over Election Districts Undermines Democracy April 25, 2026. Published in Die Tageszeitung[T]he leading Western nation is unwittingly shredding more and more of its own democracy. 0 Malaysia: Can US Iran Negotiations Succeed? April 28, 2026. Published in The Oriental Daily NewsTrump ... stated that he would personally travel to Pakistan to sign the agreement if the talks were successful. 0 Topics Malaysia: Can US Iran Negotiations Succeed? April 28, 2026. Published in The Oriental Daily NewsTrump ... stated that he would personally travel to Pakistan to sign the agreement if the talks were successful. 0 Brazil: There’s Only 1 Way Out of a Dead End Like Hormuz: Retreat* April 27, 2026. Published in Folha[I]t is hard to believe that Iranians are any closer to democracy today than they were a few months ago. 0 Germany: The Internal War in the Pentagon* April 27, 2026. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 0 Australia: Donald Trump Was ‘All Set to Really Rip’ into the Media, but Shooting May Help Change His Tune April 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: Trump Is Political Kryptonite in Australia but Diplomacy Still Guides the Way April 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Australia: With Yet Another Trump Security Threat, Questions Mount for US Authorities about Keeping Politicians Safe April 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on the Iran War: Trump Urgently Needs a Way Out April 27, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Ireland: The Irish Times View on the Washington Gunman and Donald Trump: More Worrying Evidence of a Rise in Political Violence April 27, 2026. Published in Irish Times 0 Related Articles Germany: The World Can’t Afford To Wait* April 28, 2026. Published in Märkische Oderzeitung[C]losure of the narrow waterway in the Strait of Hormuz has made it crystal clear to the whole world just how potent a weapon Iran possesses. Brazil: There’s Only 1 Way Out of a Dead End Like Hormuz: Retreat* April 27, 2026. Published in Folha[I]t is hard to believe that Iranians are any closer to democracy today than they were a few months ago. Australia: Trump Is Political Kryptonite in Australia but Diplomacy Still Guides the Way April 27, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia South Africa: 1 Strait and 2 Gulfs: The War of Leverage April 26, 2026. Published in Sunday Independent Saudi Arabia: Trump’s Dream Team in Tehran April 26, 2026. Published in Arab NewsA deal could be made only if it doesn’t appear to tip the balance in favor of one faction in Tehran, a new challenge for the best-seller author of “The Art of the Deal.” Previous articleQuit Cooling Our Heels on Climate ActionNext articleJim Inhofe: US Environmental Overseer, Climate-Change Denier LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment