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Actually Mr. President, You Screwed It Up
Trump running his mouth off at Netanyahu is probably justified, but the US president is really at fault for the disastrous intervention against the Iranian regime.
First Iran War: Bangs, Whimpers and Smoke
The First Iran War has been eventful, but US dithering has meant that the revolutionary change for Iran has still not materialized.
Wrong Lessons in Iraq to Bad Mistakes in Iran
The specter of the devastating failures in Iraq are leading to the same mistakes in Iran, but the lessons we learnt were probably the wrong ones.
The Kicked Can Finally Runs Out of Road
After nearly fifty years of violent dictatorship and regional brinkmanship, could be it that the clerical fascist regime is seeing its last days?
Venezuela and Iran: Betrayal or Sloppy Realism?
Too many times myopic restraint leads to harder consequences, and in the cases of Iran and Venezuela, democracy might be losing out because of US sloppiness.
Been Mugged by Reality, Mr. President?
With Iran’s nuclear facilities destroyed, is the US president finally waking up to the utopianism of his own America First doctrine?