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Tarek R. Dika

Tarek R. Dika teaches philosophy in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame

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The Corporate Democrats' Biden Obsession

The Corporate Democrats’ Biden Obsession

Tarek R. Dika

Notre Dame, IN (Special to Informed Comment) – The Establishment wing of the Democratic Party is so worried about the possibility of a Sanders victory on Super Tuesday that they would rather have Biden win the primary and lose the general election than have Sanders win both. And it is clear that Sanders is a […]

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The Coming American Assault on Iran, Part II

The Coming American Assault on Iran, Part II

Tarek R. Dika

(Informed Comment) – One year ago, I wrote an article on the Trump administration’s plan for an attack on Iran. My evidence was based on Bolton’s and Pompeo’s known commitment to regime-change in Iran as well as the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the JCPOA. The Trump administration’s strategy, I argued, would be to […]

Iran
The Coming American Assault on Iran

The Coming American Assault on Iran

Tarek R. Dika

The new American strategy on Iran is to dismantle the nuclear deal and lay the groundwork for a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Mike Pompeo, Trump’s most recent Secretary of State, recently visited Saudi Arabia and Israel, and in both countries he focused almost exclusively on Iran. As yesterday’s early morning bombing of Iranian […]

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