No One Knows What Goes On Inside The Mind Of President Donald Trump. But The Significant, American Military Buildup In The Middle East, Means One Can Make A Guess: He Thinks A Big War With Iran Is A Good Idea. If that’s the case, he’s wrong—dangerously so—and he needs a dose of realism. This administrationContinue reading “THE OPPOSITE OF ‘REALISM’ IS A WAR ON IRAN”
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WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED?
WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED? Economic Warfare Immiserates Populations Without Achieving Political Goals. It’s Unclear What New Sanctions Are Meant To Achieve That Decades Of Prior Economic Warfare Have Failed To Deliver. Last month, the United States convened a symposium in Prague with representatives from roughly 40 countries to coordinateContinue reading “WHY DO AMERICA’S SANCTIONS ON IRAN CONTINUE AFTER THEY FAILED?”
A GLOBAL SPY MACHINE LIES BEHIND ISRAEL’S WARS
After The Devastating War In June 2025, Iranian Intelligence Minister Khatib Made A Claim That More Than Fifty Foreign Intelligence Services Had Provided Direct Support To Israel During The Conflict. Speaking during an official visit to Iran’s southwestern Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in October 2025, Khatib characterized this coalition as an “intelligence NATO” that coordinatedContinue reading “A GLOBAL SPY MACHINE LIES BEHIND ISRAEL’S WARS”
THE INSTINCT OF A MAJORITY CONCERNING IRAN IS RESTRAINT
A Report On Public Attitudes Toward The June 2025 American Strikes On Iran Shows That Most Americans Still Prefer Diplomacy In Dealing With The Islamic Republic When Possible. “Restraint remains a majoritarian instinct.” Although the “Iran strikes produced a short-lived rally effect,” the data demonstrate that “Americans entered the crisis favoring diplomacy and ended itContinue reading “THE INSTINCT OF A MAJORITY CONCERNING IRAN IS RESTRAINT”
ABDUCTIONS DURING ISRAELI INCURSIONS STOKE FEAR IN SYRIA’S OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS
When Syrians Gather To Record Israeli Incursions, Soldiers Point Their Guns At Them. Israeli Military Incursions Have Become More Brazen, More Frequent And More Violent. This has happened since Israel expanded its occupation of southern Syria following the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. Across Quneitra province, the Israeli military’s tanks have establishedContinue reading “ABDUCTIONS DURING ISRAELI INCURSIONS STOKE FEAR IN SYRIA’S OCCUPIED GOLAN HEIGHTS”
TRUMP’S BIGGEST FANS NOW ARE THE NASTIEST WARMONGERS
Trump Duped His Base Into Believing He’ll Make Peace, And He Turned Out To Be Lindsey Graham’s Gooiest Wet Dream Incarnate. Massacre fetishist Lindsey Graham said “Trump is my favorite president” because “we’re killing all the right people and we’re cutting your taxes” during a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit onContinue reading “TRUMP’S BIGGEST FANS NOW ARE THE NASTIEST WARMONGERS”
OF COURSE, ISRAEL ISN’T A “PROTECTORATE”
Washington Should Only Work With The Jewish State When Doing So Serves American Interests. The American Regime Should Stop Giving Effective Control To The Israeli Regime. Conservative influencers like Steve Bannon have labeled Israel a “protectorate” of the American regime, depicting it as a vassal state rather than an autonomous power in its own right,Continue reading “OF COURSE, ISRAEL ISN’T A “PROTECTORATE””
TRUMP’S NUCLEAR TESTING PROVOCATION
Trump’s Announcement That The United States Will Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing After A 33-Year Moratorium Represents The Kind Of Reflexive, Muscle-Flexing Response That He Substitutes For Strategy In Foreign Policy. Made just hours before his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, this decision manages to undermine American interests while providing Beijing and Moscow with preciselyContinue reading “TRUMP’S NUCLEAR TESTING PROVOCATION”
THE WAR WITH AFGHANISTAN SHOULD NOT BE STARTED OVER BY TRUMP
President Donald Trump Wants Back The Bagram Air Base. That Is Not Going To Happen Without Starting The War Over Again. There Is No Good Reason For Wanting To Take Over That Air Base. No one ever accused President Donald Trump of being a systematic thinker. Were not the potential consequences so great, the obviousContinue reading “THE WAR WITH AFGHANISTAN SHOULD NOT BE STARTED OVER BY TRUMP”
THE GULF HAS BEEN RATTLED BY ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON QATAR
Like Its Gulf Neighbors, Qatar Invested In A Security System Premised On The American Regime’s Reliability And Israeli Restraint. Both Pillars Have Now Collapsed. The Israeli attack on Qatar on Sept. 9th has undermined the very foundations of the security arrangement between the United States and the Gulf monarchies. Since the 1980’s Iran-Iraq war, WashingtonContinue reading “THE GULF HAS BEEN RATTLED BY ISRAEL’S ATTACK ON QATAR”
Hidden History -- In The Making 