Re:Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think ta...
by coffinbirth on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @08:09AM
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I already pointed this out 3 month ago[1].
The 'CEO' of the FDD recently demanded the assassination of Iranian negotiators in case they to not accept all demand of the Americans/Israelis[2] (i.e. surrender).
That's why it is so important for every country that wants to be sovereign to implement effective foreign agent laws.
Re:Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think ta...
by neeeeeeal on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @08:03AM
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Separate from the content of the article, it’s a sad day when journalists now seem to tacitly acknowledge that their articles are essentially “I asked AI a question and here’s what it told me.”
Re:Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think ta...
by pjc50 on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @07:48AM
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> We asked AI to find the conflict's biggest boosters in Washington
I suppose it's a substitute for doing your own reading. The answer turns out to be exactly the organizations you'd expect. "Think tank" is an odd euphemism for "private propaganda organization"; they don't do a great deal of thinking, mostly marketing bad ideas to gullible politicians.
Re:Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think ta...
by woodruffw on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @08:08AM
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There’s very little actual analysis in this post, which I found disappointing: half of it is explaining what LLMs found, and the other half is (seemingly) catty think tank[1] behavior (our experts versus their “experts.”)
You don’t need an LLM to know that AEI and FDD are hawkish and pro-Israel, they have over 20 years of public track record that the Quincy Institute should be citing directly (and ideally drawing novel conclusions from).
The 'CEO' of the FDD recently demanded the assassination of Iranian negotiators in case they to not accept all demand of the Americans/Israelis[2] (i.e. surrender).
That's why it is so important for every country that wants to be sovereign to implement effective foreign agent laws.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510409
[2]: https://x.com/mdubowitz/status/2042803785093759116
Is this the future?
I suppose it's a substitute for doing your own reading. The answer turns out to be exactly the organizations you'd expect. "Think tank" is an odd euphemism for "private propaganda organization"; they don't do a great deal of thinking, mostly marketing bad ideas to gullible politicians.
You don’t need an LLM to know that AEI and FDD are hawkish and pro-Israel, they have over 20 years of public track record that the Quincy Institute should be citing directly (and ideally drawing novel conclusions from).
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Institute_for_Responsib...