Luxury Retreat to Overthrow Iran

Thanks to Steve Clemons for publicizing this.

Jim Lobe reports on the upcoming weekend retreat to plan how best to confront Iran (alright, it takes place in the middle of the week, but still). It reads like a scene out of Syriana, where all the oil bigwigs, politicians and billionaire investors get together to launch something like the "Free People for a Democratic Iran"-PAC. The takeaway ends up being "destabilize to restabilize," or something catchy like that. Life imitates art imitates life . . . . I see the snake swallowing its tail as the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies logo. After you've visited the FDD homepage, be sure to click on Biographies to get the down low on the who's who. My favorite, from Lobe, right at the very bottom: "Invitees will have all their expenses paid and receive a $1,000 honorarium."