A brilliant op-ed in the Washington Post by the former face of the Refuseniks, Natan Sharansky. The former Soviet dissident spent a considerable part of his life in jail for advocating for freedom in the old Soviet Union. He asks the question, "When did America forget that it’s America"? On a number of occasions during the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the Israeli government has appealed to the United States and its allies to demand a change in Tehran’s aggressive behavior. If Iran wishes to be treated as a normal state, Israel has said, then it should start acting like one. Unfortunately, these appeals have been summarily dismissed. TheObama administration apparently believes that only after a nuclear agreement is signed can the free world expect Iran to stop its attempts at regional domination, improve its human rights record and, in general, behave like the civilized state it hopes the world will recognize it to...(Read Full Post)