Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2025 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

When Politics Leaves Reality Behind
Conspiracy Theories

When Politics Leaves Reality Behind

Bahman Fozouni

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The traditional left–right political spectrum no longer captures the forces driving division in America today. That model works […]

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

05/10/2025 By John Feffer

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

05/10/2025 By The Conversation

More Stories

Uncategorized
Whatever Happened To Iraqi Airforce

Whatever Happened To Iraqi Airforce

Whatever Happened to the Iraqi Airforce (Iran-Iraq relations) Someone asked of the 1990 pilot defections: >1) Were these defections spontaneously carried out by Iraqi pilots, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iraqi Terrorism And War With Iraq There

Iraqi Terrorism And War With Iraq There

Iraqi Terrorism and War with Iraq? There is a double standard in Western approaches to Middle Eastern movements. On the whole and by and large, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Guardian Blows Whistle On Ersatz Middle

Guardian Blows Whistle On Ersatz Middle

The Guardian Blows the Whistle on the Ersatz Middle East Experts http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html: US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy Brian Whitaker reports on the network […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
No Iraq Link To Al Qaida Thanks To M

No Iraq Link To Al Qaida Thanks To M

No Iraq link to al-Qaida Thanks to M.S. for his further comments. There is also, however, no credible evidence of *indirect* Iraqi, Baathist support for […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Iran Has Turned Over 16 Al Qaida

Iran Has Turned Over 16 Al Qaida

Iran has turned over 16 al-Qaida terrorists to Saudi Arabia, according to Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister. These were Saudi nationals who had […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Al Qaida Acted Alone For Anyone

Al Qaida Acted Alone For Anyone

al-Qaida acted alone For anyone interested in the documents on Usama Bin Laden, a very useful web site is: http://www.robert-fisk.com/understanding_enemy.htm The September 11 operation was […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Us Isolation On Iraq There Were Several

Us Isolation On Iraq There Were Several

US Isolation on Iraq There were several international and national developments with regard to the coming US attack on Iraq on Wednesday. On Wednesday, German […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Realism Vs

Realism Vs

Realism vs. Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Iraq One element of this debate, it seems to me is not in actual doubt. That is the very […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Realism Vs_05

Realism Vs_05

Realism vs. Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Iraq Thanks to [TM] for further comments. He wrote: >Does Mr Cole believe that the current war in Afghanistan, […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2976
  • Page 2977
  • Page 2978
  • Page 2979
  • Page 2980
  • …
  • Page 2982
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Israel/ Palestine

Israeli plan to occupy all of Gaza could open the Door for Annexation of the West Bank

The Conversation

Pentagon

The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You

William J. Astore

Authoritarianism

American Psycho: Trump’s Delusional Crusade Transforms America into a Pariah State

Dan Dinello

Israel/ Palestine

Expulsion and Occupation: Israel’s Proposed Gaza Plan

Middle East Monitor

Popular

  • American Psycho: Trump's Delusional Crusade Transforms America into a Pariah State
  • Trump halts Bombing of Yemen, Reportedly under Saudi Pressure, and to Dismay of Israel
  • Antisemitism Awareness Act – Protecting Jews from What?
  • The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You
  • When Politics Leaves Reality Behind
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2025 All Rights Reserved