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“The Horror! The Horror:” Trump and the White Man’s Burden Redux

The underpinnings of Trump’s reasoning can (or at least should) be described as Nazi in style

This type of apocalyptic thought has roots in the 19th century, when many American preachers turned toward more literal readings of the Bible

It is a war that, if not permanently halted, will continue to devastate the peoples of the Middle East, inviting further militarization

Iran is interfering with the commerce in petroleum and gas via the Persian Gulf, which could throw the whole world into a deep recession

A majority of Americans opposed the war in Iran before the U.S. first attacked — nearly 60 percent of Americans disapprove

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza was never an isolated incident. It was the iteration of a doctrine that has been developing for decades

But worth asking: what was the JCPOA, if not a serious attempt to achieve exactly that — through diplomacy, through verification

Asked if she worries about the safety of her sons while they’re out observing ICE, their mother, Audrey, said yes.

A majority of Iranian-Americans also think the US war on Iran should never have been launched in the first place.