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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

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Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

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Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

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The people who put her up to these insane ideas are now running the US government’s foreign policy.

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Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the […]

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Was the Roseanne Story really more Important than Puerto Rico's 5,740 Death Toll?

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