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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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Is the World Doomed to Far Rightwing Soft Dictatorship?

Is the World Doomed to Far Rightwing Soft Dictatorship?

(Tomdispatch.com) – In the Americas, the Trump tsunami has swept across both continents and the “pink tide” of progressivism has all but disappeared from the […]

John Feffer

Climate Change
Effing Earth on Fire:  Bill Nye is Extremely Disappointed in Your Science Literacy

Effing Earth on Fire: Bill Nye is Extremely Disappointed in Your Science Literacy

John Oliver | Last Week Tonight | HBO Video Clip | – With the Green New Deal sparking a national conversation about all the ways […]

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Israel/ Palestine
On 71st Anniversary of Great Expulsion, Palestinians have Grown to 13.1 Million

On 71st Anniversary of Great Expulsion, Palestinians have Grown to 13.1 Million

And yes, they exist

Maan News Agency

Climate Change
It will be Very Hot and very Wet–We’ve exceeded 415ppm of Carbon Dioxide for the first Time since the Pliocene

It will be Very Hot and very Wet–We’ve exceeded 415ppm of Carbon Dioxide for the first Time since the Pliocene

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration measures atmospheric carbon dioxide at its Moana Loa observatory. You can see that on […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Dems must Step Up: Trumpism requires Impeachment and Confrontation

Dems must Step Up: Trumpism requires Impeachment and Confrontation

We are being confronted in the United States with a major political party that embraces tactics of earlier fascist parties

John Buell

Iran
First Iran, then China?  The Anatomy of Trump Warmongering

First Iran, then China? The Anatomy of Trump Warmongering

China’s Energy Vulnerability is Key

William R. Polk

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Demolished 41 Palestinian-Owned Structures in Two Weeks

Israel Demolished 41 Palestinian-Owned Structures in Two Weeks

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that in the past two weeks alone, Israeli forces demolished 41 […]

Maan News Agency

Donald Trump
Pace Pompeo: What if the US is "Sowing Chaos" in Mideast & Iran is a Status Quo Power?

Pace Pompeo: What if the US is “Sowing Chaos” in Mideast & Iran is a Status Quo Power?

The US overthrew the Iraqi Government, Provoked rise of ISIL, backed al-Qaeda allies in Syria, and is one-sided on Israel-Palestine

Juan Cole

Qur'an
Love, Peace, Forgiveness and Light dominate the Qur’an

Love, Peace, Forgiveness and Light dominate the Qur’an

339 – Times words from the root for mercy and compassion (rhm) occur

Juan Cole

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