Publius proposes that the recent anti-Israeli tirades by the president of Iran are essentially a Middle Eastern variation on the race-baiting and Ten Commandments thumping tirades of American politicians practicing the "Southern strategy".
Posted by armand at December 18, 2005 02:22 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International AffairsDan Drezner has had some stuff about this - or am I thinking Duck of Minerva and/or Lawyers Guns and money - and how Ahmadinejad might be overcompensating the base in the two level game. I could swear it was Drezner, but there is something funky going on with his site (no sidebar, it cuts off abruptly at the bottom of the page) and I can't find it. Grading has sapped my brain.
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