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The Fox Guarding the Chicken Coop

Sasan Fayazmanesh is Professor of Economics at California State University, Fresno.

Writing on CounterPunch in "Dennis Ross and Iran" he reflects on what the appointment of Dennis Ross as “Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Gulf and Southwest Asia" [whatever that is supposed to encompass!] means, who he is and his background and all of that in the context of the Middle East:

"Whatever the reason for the postponement of Ross’s appointment and change of title, one thing is clear: the sly fox is now guarding the chicken coop. As Mel Levine said about Ross: “He’d be great for Israel.” With the help of Richard Holbrooke, Stuart Levey—Bush’s Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, who is now in Obama’s Administration—and all the other “president’s Middle East men,” Dennis Ross might be able to finish the unfinished business of the neoconservatives, the containment of Iraq and Iran. The Israelis and pro-Israel communities must be jumping with joy once again!"

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