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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

06/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Combining Wind Power And Electric Vehicles In Denmark (Video)

Combining Wind Power And Electric Vehicles In Denmark (Video)

On one of Denmark’s islands, locals are running their electric cars in some part off wind energy. This kind of arrangement is the only viable […]

Juan Cole

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Four Middle East crises will face the next President Immediately

Four Middle East crises will face the next President Immediately

American politics is mainly about domestic issues, and the presidential election season has caused a sort of black out of international news on US networks […]

Juan Cole

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Our way-too-Supersized Elections:  Engelhardt on BillMoyers.com (Video)

Our way-too-Supersized Elections: Engelhardt on BillMoyers.com (Video)

From BillMoyers.com: “Tom Engelhardt on Supersized Politics in the 2012 Election November 5, 2012 If we’ve learned anything from the 2012 race, it’s that American […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Coming Disasters: Romney’s America 2016

Top Ten Coming Disasters: Romney’s America 2016

What will the United States look like in 2016 if Mitt Romney wins? While predicting the future is of course impossible, actually my experience is […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Romney: “Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of Iran War” (Goulka)

Romney: “Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of Iran War” (Goulka)

Jeremiah Goulka writes at Tomdispatch: The Dogs of War Are Barking: Mitt Romney’s Team Wants to Let ‘Em Loose in Iran It’s the consensus among […]

Juan Cole

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Romney-Ryan: The Real Death Panel (Jamiol Cartoon)

Romney-Ryan: The Real Death Panel (Jamiol Cartoon)

By Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

Drones

How US Drone Assassinations all Began (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) usually gets all the credit for the first US drone targeted […]

Juan Cole

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Comedian Chris Rock:  Obama is the Great White Hope

Comedian Chris Rock: Obama is the Great White Hope

Comedian Chris Rock: argues that voters looking for a truly white presidential candidate need look no further than Barack Obama.

Juan Cole

Egypt
Abdel Nasser Jokes about Outrageous Muslim Brotherhood Demand that all Women Veil

Abdel Nasser Jokes about Outrageous Muslim Brotherhood Demand that all Women Veil

Then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser tells anecdotes (early 1960s?) about his meetings with the Muslim Brotherhood and their demand that he make all Egyptian […]

Juan Cole

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