In Election 2012’s theatre-of-the-absurd “foreign policy” debate, Iran came up no less than 47 times....
You see? You see why I like Pepe Escobar? He points out really amusing stuff. I remember watching that debate. I made a few notes on a laptop and somehow managed to delete the whole post, but I remember writing snark over that one. Read the article, I never regret reading his stuff.