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Aftermath: There Is No End to the War With Iran

In today’s edition, we discuss how the haphazard ending to the war won’t divert from the terrible path Donald Trump has led the world down.

Manpower is still the most critical battlefield resource in a war.

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Paranoid purges of generals and admirals are common to dictators and tin-pot wannabes.

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Did the president screw up a possible agreement with his own impulsivity? Or was the imminent deal that he touted on Friday an illusion all along?

Pete Hegseth’s Christianity—tribal, with plenty of enemies who deserve the sword—is central to the MAGA worldview.

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Will Bibi Netanyahu manage to keep the war going, or will Trump finally appreciate that U.S. interests and Bibi’s are far from identical?

The war on Iran has spilled into Lebanon, and Israel’s plan for the country appears bleak.

Iran taking operational control of the Strait of Hormuz has enormous ripple effects.

The president has done more damage to American power than anyone in history.

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‘A whole civilization will die tonight,’ he vows.