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Iran War Exposes America’s Unfixed Supply Chains

We have a trillion-dollar military without enough bombs to fight for more than a week, and none of the critical components needed to make more.

The Trump administration has gravely undermined counterterrorism work while also starting a war of aggression in the Middle East.

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Regardless of how Trump extricates himself from the Iran mess, the biggest winner is Russia, with Bibi a close second.

Saudi Arabia and its wealthy neighbors weren’t prepared for the consequences of their long campaign to captivate America and demonize Iran.

Most presidents can’t be directly blamed for gas prices going up. This one is the exception.

For the money the U.S. is spending on war with Iran, it could be covering food stamps for 41 million people or Medicaid for 16 million people.

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Bad news everywhere you look, and worse is to come.

Trump’s aim to eradicate the Iranian regime seems for now an unlikely scenario.

For many younger Americans, this is the first U.S. war in the Middle East. Here’s how we got here.

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Trump’s idiotic war of aggression on Iran is spiking oil prices. Not my problem.