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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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It’s Psychological Warfare, Stupid:  Why Netanyahu Really wants to Destroy Iran

It’s Psychological Warfare, Stupid: Why Netanyahu Really wants to Destroy Iran

The Israeli Likud Party’s cover story for why it wants to draw the United States into a war with Iran makes no real sense. Prime […]

Juan Cole

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Cartoon:  Netanyahu Iran Bomb Warnings fall Flat at UN

Cartoon: Netanyahu Iran Bomb Warnings fall Flat at UN

Juan Cole

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Colbert Report: Obama’s Ottoman Conspiracy

Colbert Report: Obama’s Ottoman Conspiracy

Steve Colbert on Rep. Louie Gohmert’s crackpot allegation that Obama is resurrecting the Ottoman Empire The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor […]

Juan Cole

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Annals of Settler Colonialism (2) German Namibia #savagesunite

Annals of Settler Colonialism (2) German Namibia #savagesunite

An advertising campaign by bigots in San Francisco and New York asks us to choose, in Israeli-occupied Gaza and the West Bank, between the “civilized […]

Juan Cole

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Is Paul Ryan right that Obama's Foreign Policy is Blowing up in Our Faces?

Is Paul Ryan right that Obama’s Foreign Policy is Blowing up in Our Faces?

Paul Ryan knows nothing about the world or foreign affairs. I presume he may have been abroad at some point somewhere. I don’t know. As […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Annals of Settler Colonialism: German Namibia (1) #savagesunite

The Annals of Settler Colonialism: German Namibia (1) #savagesunite

Settler colonialism has a long and unsavory history and always involves displacing people from their land, driving them into penury, making and keeping them stateless, […]

Juan Cole

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Surprise: US Drones Kill Civilians, Provoke Hatred (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Men, women and children are subjected to almost constant trauma – including fear of attack, severe […]

Juan Cole

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Demonizing Muslims and the New McCarthyism (Bacevich)

Demonizing Muslims and the New McCarthyism (Bacevich)

Andrew J. Bacevich writes at Tomdispatch.com: First came the hullaballoo over the “Mosque at Ground Zero.”  Then there was Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, […]

Juan Cole

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Caricature: Pamela Geller’s Offensive “Savage” Posters Attacking Palestinian Muslims

Caricature: Pamela Geller’s Offensive “Savage” Posters Attacking Palestinian Muslims

Juan Cole

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