Tag: Middle East
Troika fever
So settle into your seats folks and prepare to watch the empire swallow the republic whole.
Mother in “WAR”
It was way back when, right before our nation performed the most horrific act of preemptively attacking and invading Iraq... which was not only illegal,...
‘Itching for a war,’ Bolton threatens Iran with ‘unrelenting force’ as...
"Bolton wants war. He will do any provocation to get war."
Three Days of Infamy
On Monday, December 8th, 1941 FDR stood before Congress and said "December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy..." and...
The world’s most dangerous divide
If nuclear war comes, it will happen because of a calculation or miscalculation by India or Pakistan.
Is a war with Iran on the horizon?
As the Trump administration accelerates its efforts to seek a confrontation, will they find an echo among Iranian hardliners who’d like nothing more than a face-off with the United States?
Following the foreign-policy money trail in Washington
How Middle Eastern powers fund think tanks.
Planet of war
Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the U.S. military prepares for global combat.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.