Today on TAP: Iran’s restrained response to the killing of Soleimani
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Genghis Trump
Today on TAP: The U.S. president threatens to destroy civilization’s treasures
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Trump’s War Against Iran Is an Impeachable Offense
What the president has already done justifies a third article of impeachment.
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Putin: World Statesman
Today on TAP: Vladimir Putin turns to damage control after Trump’s strike against Iran
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Even in Death, Soleimani Is the Winner
The assassination only fortifies the Iranian strategist’s legacy as a counterweight to U.S. power. ‘He is as much a product as a producer’ of the decades-long conflict.
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Stumbling Into War
The repercussions of the strike on Soleimani are dangerous, but this is not 2003 all over again.
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Protesters Reject Trump’s War Cries
In Washington and around the nation, the anti-war movement mobilizes for a just future for workers, the climate, and the world.
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Is Trump Accidentally Triggering Reconciliation in the Middle East?
America’s irresolution may finally push the Persian Gulf countries to chart their own course.
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In the Gulf of Oman, the U.S. Must Lead from Behind
Desperately short of credibility on the world stage, the Trump administration must step back to avert war with Iran.
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Iran War Justification: Repurposing an Old Lie
It’s not just Donald Trump’s ongoing rants about Hillary Clinton’s emails—which featured prominently in his declaration of candidacy for re-election earlier this week in Orlando—that suggest a president and administration waging the battles of yore. Now, their rationalizations for going to war against Iran are the same spurious ones that the George W. Bush administration […]