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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran
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Air Campaigns don’t Win Wars on their Own: Why Israel will largely Fail in Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from its previous wars in the […]

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

America’s Vacillating Mideast Policy: Is anyone in Charge?

06/18/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

Israel-Iran War: History shows you cannot assassinate your way to Peace

06/18/2025 By The Conversation

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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

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History News Network 7 29 02 Culture

History News Network 7 29 02 Culture

History News Network 7-29-02: Culture Watch Should College Kids Be Required to Read About the Koran? By Juan Cole The University of North Carolina at […]

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Coming Showdown In Pakistan Pakistans

Coming Showdown In Pakistan Pakistans

Coming Showdown in Pakistan Pakistan’s military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, was required by his country’s Supreme Court to hold parliamentary elections by October of 2002. He […]

Juan Cole

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Bluff On Iraq Article By Mary Dejevsky

Bluff On Iraq Article By Mary Dejevsky

A Bluff on Iraq? The article by Mary Dejevsky in the Independent on the talk about an Iraq campaign being a “bluff” is foolish. There […]

Juan Cole

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Car Bomb That Driver Intended To Use To

Car Bomb That Driver Intended To Use To

A car bomb that the driver intended to use to blow up government ministers in Kabul was intercepted when it had a collision. It is […]

Juan Cole

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Ethnic Conflict Is On Rise In

Ethnic Conflict Is On Rise In

Ethnic conflict is on the rise in Afghanistan, as evidenced by a number of incidents that do not appear to have been reported in the […]

Juan Cole

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (Igor Ivanov) is in Iraq, and reiterated his government’s opposition to a US strike on that country. He implied that […]

Juan Cole

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Mcneill Meets Ismail Khan And

Mcneill Meets Ismail Khan And

McNeill meets Ismail Khan; and Development Aid The fighting between ethnic Tajiks (Sunni Persian speakers) around the northwestern city of Herat with ethnic Pushtuns brought […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Appointee Brings Up Concentration

Bush Appointee Brings Up Concentration

A Bush Appointee Brings up Concentration Camps for American Muslims The comments of Peter Kirsanow, a Bush appointee to the US Civil Rights commission, in […]

Juan Cole

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