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US cries foul as Israel bombs Turkey-linked airbase in Syria
On Tuesday, Israel bombed a Syrian airbase that Turkish officials have been helping to renovate, marking the latest escalation in the Israeli government’s…
Did Fidel Castro’s decades-long defiance doom Cuba
When Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, Cuba was legally sovereign but in an extraordinarily asymmetric relationship with the United States. As…
How Iran has staved off economic collapse despite the US-Israeli war
Nearly six months after the U.S. and Israel launched an operation to overthrow the Iranian government, it’s fair to say their assault hasn’t…
The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian ‘breakthrough’
For those casually observing the war in Ukraine, the failure of Kyiv’s recent strikes on Russian territory to impact the battlefield might be…
The Iran war flushed $1.3 billion of Reaper drones down the drain
The U.S. has lost 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, worth at least $1.3 billion, since the start of its war on Iran, the Washington…
Suddenly Trump wants to scale back military drills with S. Korea
On Sunday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he had directed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” major U.S.-South Korea military drills that began…
Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots
At a glance, the Hanover Institute for Public Policy looks like a new think tank dedicated to Israel/Palestine. The organization churns out think-tank…
US diplomatic incompetence is tanking hopes for Korean peace
The head of South Korea’s Ministry of Unification, Chung Dong-young, announced recently that the ministry will restart work on railroad sections leading north…
Stop gaslighting, USS Lincoln families didn’t sign up for this
The United States has always asked extraordinary things of its service members. But this week, a series of remarkable news stories came out…
Sen. Van Hollen: Iran war is illegal and we cannot fund another dime
Today, there is no all-out war, no peace, and no light at the end of the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration’s crack…
