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Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace
Donald Trump

Trump Warns Iran: Capitulate or Perish — A Call for War from the Board of Peace

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

The deal offered by the United States is simple and straight forward, submit to all American demands or be obliterated

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

Israel’s Bombing decimated Gaza’s cultural sites, as UNESCO responds Tepidly

02/23/2026 By The Conversation

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

How Trump is Accelerating American (and Planetary) Decline: An Appointment in Samarra

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Afghanistan
McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable<br/> As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

McCain Bashes Obama’s Afghan Withdrawal Timetable
As British, Poles, Dutch Plan Exit

Controversy is swirling in Washington about whether the firing of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US troops in Afghanistan has contributed to a weakening […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

Lessons of Petraeus’ Iraq for Petraeus’ Afghanistan

President Obama’s appointment of Gen. David Petraeus to succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of US forces in Afghanistan signaled a continued commitment by the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
McChrystal Drama is Sideshow; Can Obama define a realistic Goal?

McChrystal Drama is Sideshow; Can Obama define a realistic Goal?

The Daily Telegraph in the UK talked to a senior congressional figure late Tuesday or very early Wednesday ET, who said that Gen. Stanley McChrystal […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Obama’s MacArthur Moment?  McChrystal Disses Biden

Obama’s MacArthur Moment? McChrystal Disses Biden

Gen. Stanley McChrystal is apologizing for remarks he made in a Rolling Stone interview denigrating Vice President Joe Biden and US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Makes Small Change to Gaza Blockade<br/> Brands Lebanese Women's Aid Mission 'Hizbullah'

Israel Makes Small Change to Gaza Blockade
Brands Lebanese Women’s Aid Mission ‘Hizbullah’

Edmund Sanders of the LAT puts the matter correctly when he says that Israel’s national security government (a subset of key cabinet ministers) took a […]

Juan Cole

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US Strike Kills Civilians in Khost, <br/> Bombings Rock Helmand Capital <br/> UN: Roadside Bombings Double

US Strike Kills Civilians in Khost,
Bombings Rock Helmand Capital
UN: Roadside Bombings Double

Things are not going well for the Obama administration in Afghanistan, and the only good news for the White House is that almost no one […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Twin Oil Disasters: BP and Iraq <br/> Bloody Friday in Iraq Leaves 27 Dead, over 80 Wounded

Twin Oil Disasters: BP and Iraq
Bloody Friday in Iraq Leaves 27 Dead, over 80 Wounded

The wave of violence in Iraq on Friday, wherein guerrillas killed at least 27 and wounded dozens, underlined how fragile the country still is. In […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Limited Israeli Easing of Gaza Blockade Greeted with Dismay

Limited Israeli Easing of Gaza Blockade Greeted with Dismay

Despite the breathless flurry of approving statements provoked by the English-language pledge issued by the prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu that the blockade of […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Turkey Shelves Israeli Cooperation,<br/> Considers breaking off Ties; <br/> Israel Lobbies in Congress denounce Ankara

Turkey Shelves Israeli Cooperation,
Considers breaking off Ties;
Israel Lobbies in Congress denounce Ankara

Members of the US Congress attacked Turkey on Wednesday for voting against the UN Security Council resolution imposing further sanctions on Iran, and for its […]

Juan Cole

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