Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The private Tasnim news agency reports from Iran that in a speech to thousands of university students, Iran’s clerical leader Ali Khamenei made an unusual and extraordinary criticism of president Hassan Rouhani and foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif over their handling of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or […]
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Donald Trump
Mission Accomplished? Could US-Iran Conflict Tear Iraq Apart Again?
The US did to Iraq in reality what Daenarys Targaryen did to King’s Landing in the fictional Game of Thrones
Iranian Leaders cool Tensions with US, Insist that no War is on Horizon
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iran’s clerical Leader, Ali Khamenei threw cold water on the idea of a miitary conflict between Iran and the US. Khamenei thus proved himself more mature than US warmongers such as National Security adviser John Bolton. The latter has plumped for a strike on Iran so stridently that he has […]
China to Iran’s Rescue? Trump might successfully anger Beijing or Tehran, but not Both
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said at a news conference on Saturday that China opposes US unilateral sanctions on Iran and appreciates Iran’s continued commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, despite the breach of it by the Trump administration. This, […]
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
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
300 Former Prosecutors: Multiple Felony Counts of Obstruction against Trump in Mueller Report
STATEMENT BY FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS (Medium.com) – We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice. The offices in which we served were small, medium, and large; […]
Why did the Trump Admin. Obstruct UN Resolution against War Rape that Amal Clooney Supported?
Trump is a vulgar libertine with overwhelming support from evangelicals
The Democrats can Crush unpopular Trump in 2020, but only if they Run to the Left
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new CNN/SSRS poll of about 1,000 people shows that among a random sample of registered voters, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden each crush Trump by 6 to 7 points, even at this very early point in the campaign. Kamala Harris also wins, but by a smaller margin. This poll […]
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