The Trump administration is trying to replicate the Obama-era Iran strategy of shutting down Iranian oil exports as a way to pressure the regime into making a series of concessions. But there are several reasons why Trump may not succeed.
Read more...Yves here. A map of the Strait of Hormuz and environs seemed a useful addition. The danger, as the article insinuates, is that if things got that far, a conflict over the Strait of Hormuz would escalate into a full-scale conflagration. By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven, a long-time observer of the global energy market. Presently, he […]
Read more...On misdirected anger over migration policies.
Read more...Will the American public make politicians address the cost, immorality, and futility of our war machine?
Read more...The Real News Network’s Paul Jay contends that Trump and his team are focused on Iran as they carry out the Project for a New American Century plan.
Read more...Yemen starves….and why the Western media looks the other way.
Read more...The foundations of Israel are rooted in a colonial project that has modernized its face but continues to subject Palestinians to military occupation, land dispossession and unequal rights.
Read more...A discussion of the how Europe’s efforts to buck the US sanctions against Iran may play out.
Read more...And about that Iran deal….an elephant in the room the media and punditry are conveniently ignoring.
Read more...Major Danny Sjursen chronicles the sorry history of Congress ceding its check on war-making powers.
Read more...China sees a nation-building opportunity in Syria that the US won’t consider.
Read more...How the US is at risk of creating Armageddon in the Middle East.
Read more...An awful lot of well-placed people want war with Syria….even after Russia has drawn a red line.
Read more...Patrick Cockburn discusses the murky and dangerous state of play in Syria.
Read more...A critical, but maybe not critical enough, look at the relationship of the US military to its society and ostensible goals.
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