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The wrong question about the war in Iran
Donald Trump

The wrong question about the war in Iran

Yakov M. Rabkin

the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

03/08/2026 By H. Patricia Hynes

Iran as a new Forever War

Iran as a new Forever War

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Energy
The World's Fate hangs on Obama's Keystone XL Decision  (McKibben)

The World’s Fate hangs on Obama’s Keystone XL Decision (McKibben)

The great Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com: As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has worn on — and it’s now well over two […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The American Quagmire in Afghanistan by the Numbers (21,565 US Troops Dead or Wounded)

The American Quagmire in Afghanistan by the Numbers (21,565 US Troops Dead or Wounded)

Number of US military personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001: 2,150 Number of US service members wounded in Afghanistan badly enough to go to hospital […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia forces Women to Cancel Driving Protest, Asserts Authoritarianism in Region

Saudi Arabia forces Women to Cancel Driving Protest, Asserts Authoritarianism in Region

A key group of Saudi feminists have called off their planned protests for Saturday against Saudi Arabia’s bizarre ban on women driving. (Some individuals may […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Is the Arab World turning back to Russia?  Egyptian Delegation heads for Moscow

Is the Arab World turning back to Russia? Egyptian Delegation heads for Moscow

An Egyptian delegation heading to Moscow just after the United States cut $300 million out of its aid package to Cairo to punish the July […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Horrors of Peace for the US Elite: Bashing ‘Isolationism,’ Blaming it for War (Bacevich)

The Horrors of Peace for the US Elite: Bashing ‘Isolationism,’ Blaming it for War (Bacevich)

Andrew J. Bacevich writes at Tomdispatch.com: The abiding defect of U.S. foreign policy? It’s isolationism, my friend. Purporting to steer clear of war, isolationism fosters […]

Juan Cole

CIA
How the US Government Betrayed the Constitution and invented an Imaginary Fascist One

How the US Government Betrayed the Constitution and invented an Imaginary Fascist One

The idea of having a strong Federal government was controversial in the early United States, and one of the ways Federalists reassured Americans that it […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
No, NSA snooping didn't foil 50 Terrorist Attacks (Elliot & Meyer)

No, NSA snooping didn’t foil 50 Terrorist Attacks (Elliot & Meyer)

Claim on “Attacks Thwarted” by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence Justin Elliot and Theodoric Meyer write at ProPublica Two weeks after Edward Snowden’s first […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Why the US needs Electric Cars:  Saudi Arabia threatens Pivot away from US

Why the US needs Electric Cars: Saudi Arabia threatens Pivot away from US

The royal family of Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy with no constitution and no elected legislature, is in a snit about US foreign policy. King […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Rights Groups: Some US Drone Strikes are War Crimes (Oldroyd)

Rights Groups: Some US Drone Strikes are War Crimes (Oldroyd)

Rachel Oldroyd writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Leading human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have raised serious concerns about the […]

Juan Cole

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