Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday, Iran witnessed the largest crowd actions in its history, as millions came out into the streets of cities large and small in a combination of mourning and protest on behalf of assassinated military commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani. The right wing political forces in the United States are trying […]
Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – By a simple majority, the Iraqi parliament in an extraordinary session on Sunday passed a resolution requiring the executive to take steps to preserve Iraqi sovereignty by expelling US troops from the country. The Sunni and Kurdish parties made themselves scarce, and there was only just barely a quorum. All […]
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We at Informed Comment are so grateful to our supporters for such a successful fundraising season. We met our goal, with your generous help! We will redouble our efforts, as the United States enters a new and perilous course in the Middle East, to bring you all our best information and insights on the unfolding […]
As U.S. enters another Conflict with a Muslim Nation, Read about Islam’s Beginnings
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) As the US once again enters into a heightened conflict with a Muslim-majority nation, it would be advisable for all informed Americans to know more about Islam. I immodestly recommend my recent book on the Prophet Muhammad Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires, published October 9, 2018 Available […]
Making America Hated Again: Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Chant “Death to America” at Soleimani Funeral in Baghdad
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Prime Minister Adil Abdulmahdi, former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and other high Iraqi politicians attended funeral ceremonies for Trump-assassinated Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. So writes Nabih Bulos of the LA Times. So if anyone was wondering where the Iraqi political […]
Trump Unites Iran and Iraq . . . against the United States
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As is always the way with Western colonialists, Trump administration figures such as secretary of state Mike Pompeo gave it out on Friday that the people of Iran are dying for the United States to invade and occupy them, and are just tickled pick that the US assassinated Gen. Qasem […]
No Fair! Iran put its Country Right next to Bases used by US Military in Middle East
Political Cartoon | – “No Fair! Iran put its Country right next to Bases used by US Military in Middle East h/t Middle East Eye
Trump, Troll-in-Chief, wags the Impeachment Dog by Going to War with Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The madman in the White House has been sulking and raging for weeks about his impeachment proceedings, tweeting manically on some days more than 100 times. With the release by JustSecurity.org of unredacted emails on the Ukraine scandal showing that Trump personally (and illegally) withheld congressionally mandated military aid to […]
Two ‘divinely chosen’ Great Leaders, Trump and Iran’s Khamenei, in Heated Tweet War over Iraq
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I suppose it was foreseeable that at some point it would happen, but we’re finally here. President Donald J. Trump and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran are in a tweet war. The two leaders have many things in common. Trump’s cabinet members such as Rick Perry have said that Trump […]
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