Trump’s aim to eradicate the Iranian regime seems for now an unlikely scenario.
Middle East
Posted inAmerica and the World
A Brief History of America’s Involvement in Iran
For many younger Americans, this is the first U.S. war in the Middle East. Here’s how we got here.
Posted inTAP
I’m Sure Glad I Bought an EV and Solar Panels
Trump’s idiotic war of aggression on Iran is spiking oil prices. Not my problem.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
War With Iran Is Turning the Energy Affordability Crisis Into a Calamity
Whether it’s pain at the pump or highway robbery in your mailbox, American consumers have little recourse when the conflict-driven surge in energy prices hits the home front.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Time to End the American-Israeli Alliance
Alliances are built on shared interests. Those do not exist here.
Posted inPolitics
Can Congress Stop Mad King Trump’s Mad War on Iran?
With Republicans in charge, probably not.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Whatever It Takes
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has gone to great lengths to cling to power.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Senseless Waste in Iran
Aircraft carriers and stealth bombers are expensive to use.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Blowback From an Unpopular Iran War
Trump’s Iran campaign may have the surprising effect of putting foreign policy back into the hands of American voters.
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Iraq, Iran, Irate
Saddam Hussein and Iran’s ayatollahs were horrendous leaders who inflicted horrors on their subjects, but neither posed a threat to the United States, despite claims that both were developing nuclear weapons.