Donald Trump and the Art of Betrayal
Iran and the Nuclear Deal The betrayal began with Iran. The work had all been done by Obama and Secretary of State, John Kerry. Trump was the beneficiary of a …
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Iraq Daily Roundup: Four Killed in Iraq; Bomb Targets Protesters
Protesters were attacked in Nasariya. The post Iraq Daily Roundup: Four Killed in Iraq; Bomb Targets Protesters appeared first on Antiwar.com Original. AntiWar.comAntiwar.com represents the truly pro-America side of the foreign …
The Case for Douglas Macgregor
On July 27, 2020, the Trump administration nominated retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor to the post of Ambassador to Germany. For those unaware of Macgregor’s credentials, he served in …
Why the Gulf Arab States Are Tailor-Made Allies for Israel
Israel-GCC ties were strategic even before the first official Israel-GCC diplomatic normalization took place recently with the UAE. For Israel, the mode of engagement set up with the GCC years …
Lebanon: The Top Ten Myths About the Country and Its Conflicts
This is the second segment in the author’s backstory series – “Lebanon: Bellwether, Battleground, and Bastard Child” – in the wake of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion. Read …
Military Recruiters Don’t Belong in High Schools
Schools have become contested territory. For years, getting police officers out of schools has been a central goal of racial justice campaigns. Recently, they’ve won victories in Denver, Minneapolis, Portland, …
Is Kamala Harris a Hawk?
Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin hasn’t forgotten a 2017 meeting with members of Senator Kamala Harris’s staff to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Israeli land and sea blockade …
Virginia Israel Advisory Board Deal Improper Says IG
On May 1, 2020, the Virginia Office of the State Inspector General formally notified the Secretary of Commerce and Trade of improper financial dealings between the Virginia Israel Advisory Board’s …
Spying on Journalists
Last week, this column argued that the only constitutional role for armed federal forces in Portland, Oregon, was to assist U.S. marshals in protecting federal property and personnel there – …
Could Covert War With Iran Become Overt Before November 3rd?
Originally posted at TomDispatch. History’s a joke, right? We know that from our president who creates laughable moments of history daily – as when, reading from a script recently, he …