The simultaneous economic sanctions on Iran and Canada will make everything you buy cost more—if we’re lucky.
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Aftermath: Donald Trump Invented a New Forever War
In Iran, he can’t win and he can’t lose either.
Posted inTAP
Weaponizing the Missile Shortage
Reporting on the depletion of munitions due to the Iran war could be a pretext to massively expand the military budget and accelerate contracting.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump’s Potemkin Gas Stations
How can Freedom Fuel afford to sell gas for $3.47 a gallon? That’s the wrong question to ask.
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Aftermath: Trump’s Hormuz Crisis Threatens to Break Into Regional War
The president can’t end the war he started, and it threatens to draw in everyone nearby.
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Aftermath: War’s On
What are the implications for our new endless war in the Middle East?
Posted inTAP
Trump Blows Up His Own Iran Deal
He began the war on impulse; now Trump is ending the truce impulsively. The winner: Iran.
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Marco Rubio’s Dangerous Diplomacy in Lebanon
The secretary of state is pushing for what amounts to an indefinite Israeli occupation of the country, which could threaten civil war.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Groundhog Day: Endless Cold War With Iran
We’ve entered into a period of prolonged stalemate, on terms favorable to Iran.
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Has Netanyahu Destroyed the U.S.-Israel Alliance?
Netanyahu talked Trump into a war on Iran. The world paid the price.