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Archives for January 2020

Donald Trump
"Don't Close your Eyes, American Troops in Iraq" - Provoked by Trump's Crazed attack, Shiite Militias Threaten US Military

“Don’t Close your Eyes, American Troops in Iraq” – Provoked by Trump’s Crazed attack, Shiite Militias Threaten US Military

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to al-Bina’, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (the Movement of the Nobles of the Party of God), led by Akram al-Kaabi, thanked Iran because it “once again helped Iraq to regain its sovereignty and prestige by targeting the bases of the evil occupying American forces on the usurped lands of our […]

Constitution
War Criminal in the White House

War Criminal in the White House

Dan Dinello

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – With the drone missile assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, President Trump launched a reckless criminal act of state terror designed to provoke a war. Iran de-escalated the situation as of Wednesday — refusing to engage in a retaliatory cycle of violent escalation while demonstrating their military capability. Trump […]

Donald Trump
Juan on "Democracy Now!" - Trump's war in Iran: Deadly sanctions & erratic decisions by a "hollow shell" administration

Juan on “Democracy Now!” – Trump’s war in Iran: Deadly sanctions & erratic decisions by a “hollow shell” administration

Juan Cole

Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now!” interviews Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan. He’s the author of many books including Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically […]

Archaeology
Trump's Twitter threat to destroy Iran's cultural sites was a historic mistake

Trump’s Twitter threat to destroy Iran’s cultural sites was a historic mistake

The Conversation

By David J. Wasserstein | – Be careful of the company you keep. In a threat delivered over Twitter on Jan. 4, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he is prepared to “HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD” culturally important targets in Iran should the country retaliate for the American killing of its top general. […]

Donald Trump
Trump has Conducted a War on Iran for 19 Months; Iran finally Hit Back

Trump has Conducted a War on Iran for 19 Months; Iran finally Hit Back

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iranian government replied to Trump’s assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani on Tuesday by firing some 15 ballistic missiles at Ain al-Assad base in al-Anbar Province and at another Iraqi base at Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. The bases are Iraqi and mainly house members of the Iraqi military, […]

Iran
Why Conflict with Iran also works for Israel's Netanyahu: Wagging Two Dogs

Why Conflict with Iran also works for Israel’s Netanyahu: Wagging Two Dogs

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Even though he has lost two general elections and been indicted for corruption, bribery and breach of trust; Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu still clings to power as a way to claim immunity from his crimes. But while Republicans in America maintain their unanimous, unqualified support for President Donald […]

Christians
The Other Theocracy Threatening the United States: Far Right Fundamentalists weigh down the GOP

The Other Theocracy Threatening the United States: Far Right Fundamentalists weigh down the GOP

James A. Haught

By James A. Haught (Daylight Atheism) – Every schoolchild knows that the Ancient Mariner was forced to wear a dead albatross around his neck. I think America’s Republican Party wears a dying albatross. It’s white evangelicals who are both the GOP’s life-support system and also a curse upon Republicans. The conservative party couldn’t survive without […]

US Foreign Policy
The Miseries of being a Hyper-Power: How America Squandered its Cold War Victory

The Miseries of being a Hyper-Power: How America Squandered its Cold War Victory

Andrew J. Bacevich

(Tomdispatch.com – Thirty years ago this month, President George H.W. Bush appeared before a joint session of Congress to deliver his first State of the Union Address, the first post-Cold War observance of this annual ritual. Just weeks before, the Berlin Wall had fallen. That event, the president declared, “marks the beginning of a new […]

Donald Trump
Millions Come into Streets for Slain Gen. Soleimani in Biggest Rallies in Iran's History (And no, They weren't Coerced)

Millions Come into Streets for Slain Gen. Soleimani in Biggest Rallies in Iran’s History (And no, They weren’t Coerced)

Juan Cole

Trump and Pompeo have managed to Shore up the Iranian Regime

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