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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Russia
War of Logistics in N. Syria as Rebel Forces Close in on Aleppo Airport

War of Logistics in N. Syria as Rebel Forces Close in on Aleppo Airport

The rebel strategy of taking Syrian government bases and airports in north Syria to prevent the regime from resupplying its forces in the north has […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
America at Peace?  Obama Halving US force in Afghanistan, winds down War

America at Peace? Obama Halving US force in Afghanistan, winds down War

President Obama announced Tuesday that he would pull some 34,000 US troops out of Afghanistan over the next year, about half of the force that […]

Juan Cole

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Despite Offer of Direct Talks, U.S. Intensifies Economic War Against Iran (Democracy Now!)

Despite Offer of Direct Talks, U.S. Intensifies Economic War Against Iran (Democracy Now!)

Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council is interviewed on Democracy Now about US sanctions on Iran and the prospect of talks about Iran’s […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
New Pope has Opportunity to Improve Christian-Muslim Relations

New Pope has Opportunity to Improve Christian-Muslim Relations

Pope Benedict XVI’s suprise announcement on Monday that he plans to resign at the end of this month marks a potential generational change in the […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Ahmadinejad:  US must Cease Militarily Targetting Iran before Direct Negotiations

Ahmadinejad: US must Cease Militarily Targetting Iran before Direct Negotiations

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad replied on the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian revolution to recent US overtures from Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of […]

Juan Cole

Drones
Bad Precedent:  Obama’s Drone Doctrine is Nixon’s Cambodia Doctrine (Dietrich)

Bad Precedent: Obama’s Drone Doctrine is Nixon’s Cambodia Doctrine (Dietrich)

Christopher R. W. Dietrich writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The cynical manipulation of legal and historical precedent regarding unmanned targeted killings vehicles […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Chuck Hagel Confirmation Hearings Satire (Saturday Night Live)

Chuck Hagel Confirmation Hearings Satire (Saturday Night Live)

Saturday Night Live’s parody of the Senate confirmation hearings for Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. (Sorry, for US-based viewers only.)

Juan Cole

Energy
Will Obama Stand up to the Keystone XL Pipeline & Climate-Destroying Tar Sands? (Klare)

Will Obama Stand up to the Keystone XL Pipeline & Climate-Destroying Tar Sands? (Klare)

Michael T. Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: Presidential decisions often turn out to be far less significant than imagined, but every now and then what a […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
On How the visit of Iran’s Ahmadinejad  to Egypt was a Dud

On How the visit of Iran’s Ahmadinejad to Egypt was a Dud

The first visit of an Iranian president to Egypt, in the wake of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against […]

Juan Cole

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