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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel
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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Juan Cole

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

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The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

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A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King:  A new Statue in Tehran

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King: A new Statue in Tehran

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The GOP stood with Trump and against the Legitimacy of Biden: that's how Iraq Split up in 2014

The GOP stood with Trump and against the Legitimacy of Biden: that’s how Iraq Split up in 2014

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Wednesday, 197 Republican congressmen refused to impeach him for encouraging thousands of hard Right thugs, some armed, to march […]

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After the Attempted Coup in Washington, Americans should rethink overthrowing other peoples' Governments

After the Attempted Coup in Washington, Americans should rethink overthrowing other peoples’ Governments

Greenville, SC (Special to Informed Comment) – Now that the disastrous Trump presidency is over, there is much hope placed in Joseph Biden. But it […]

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Six Days to Go: Nukes, Trump, and Cybersecurity

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Is impeaching President Trump 'pointless revenge'? Not if it sends a message to future presidents

Is impeaching President Trump ‘pointless revenge’? Not if it sends a message to future presidents

By Michael Blake | – A House majority, including 10 Republicans, voted on Jan. 13 to impeach President Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” The vote […]

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McConnell Cynically used the Trump-Monster to get Tax Cuts and SCOTUS, Now Dropping him like a Squeezed Orange

McConnell Cynically used the Trump-Monster to get Tax Cuts and SCOTUS, Now Dropping him like a Squeezed Orange

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Chapter 7 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the enormously wealthy Jay Gatsby becomes concerned about word getting […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
Top Three Ways Biden can get us out of Forever Wars

Top Three Ways Biden can get us out of Forever Wars

Greenville, SC (Special to Informed Comment) – Upon the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump showed eagerness to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North […]

Akan Malici

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We’re all POWs Now: When Will America Free Itself From War?

We’re all POWs Now: When Will America Free Itself From War?

( Tomdispatch.com) – “POWs Never Have A Nice Day.” That sentiment was captured on a button a friend of mine wore for our fourth grade […]

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Twisting the Truth about a Beautiful Sight: Some Beijing Press is using the Capitol Insurrection to Condemn Homegrown Pro-Democracy Demonstrators

Twisting the Truth about a Beautiful Sight: Some Beijing Press is using the Capitol Insurrection to Condemn Homegrown Pro-Democracy Demonstrators

Ithaca, NY (Special to Informed Comment) – Given the mutual recriminations that characterize the sorry state of US-China relations as of late, it is hardly […]

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The armed Accelerationists are Coming: Neo-Nazis and Boogaloo Bois plan another Insurrection Jan. 20

The armed Accelerationists are Coming: Neo-Nazis and Boogaloo Bois plan another Insurrection Jan. 20

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The far right militias, some of whom invaded the Capitol on 1/6, are now planning armed invasions of all 50 […]

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