President Donald Trump railed against what he called "the military-industrial complex" when asked about potential conflict with Iran during an interview with Steve Hilton of Fox News Channel Sunday.
Let's review. In 2015, the Obama administration signed a nuclear reduction deal with Iran. The deal was also signed by Russia, China, Germany, France and a representative of the 28-nation European Union. Iran agreed to reduce its uranium stockpile
In its escalating confrontation with Iran, the US is making the same mistake it has made again and again since the fall of the Shah 40 years ago: it is ignoring the danger of plugging into what is in large part a religious conflict between Sunni and
A small rocket was fired in Baghdad's Green Zone (the US Embassy neighborhood) yesterday and the Trump Administration has been quick to take advantage of the apparent attack to blame Iran. There was little damage and no casualties, but Bolton is usin
It appears Iran is following through on its prior warnings issued to European leaders that it's ready to surpass enriched uranium production limits previously agreed to under the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA). News that Iran has "quadrupled its productio
An Iraq-War redux is now in full play, with leading roles played by some of the same protagonists -- President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, for example, who says he still thinks attacking Iraq was a good idea. Co-starring
Here we go again -- just as tensions seemed to be calming going into the weekend, with Trump distancing himself from some of the more out-front escalatory rhetoric from hawks like Bolton within his own administration last Friday, leave it to who els
Iran - In response to questions asked me by Iranian media on this issue, I said with hardline extremists Pompeo and Bolton in charge of Trump's geopolitical agenda, along with Washington's permanent war agenda, anything is possible.
Iran - Big Lies repeated enough get most people to believe them, especially when echoed by establishment media, operating as press agents for powerful interests.
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Soaring tensions of the past nearly two weeks paving the way for a potential direct military clash in the Persian Gulf between the US and Iran could be de-escalating as rapidly as they began as the president attempts to reign in hawks in his own admi
Investigators say last Sunday's mysterious "sabotage" attack on four tankers which included two Saudi ships off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates was "highly likely" the work of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) deploying underwater attack
Given U.S. National-Security Advisor John Bolton's war-provoking antics with Iran, I'm getting that déjà vu feeling with how President George W. Bush and his team of interventionists took the U.S. to war with Iraq.
An Iraq-War redux is now in full play, with leading roles played by some of the same protagonists – President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, for example, who says he still thinks attacking Iraq was a good idea. Co-starring
After dramatic and patently scripted warnings of "Iranian aggression" by bellicose US officials, there then follows – conveniently enough – an alleged sabotage incident in the Persian Gulf region implicating Iran.
An Iraq-War redux is now in full play, with leading roles played by some of the same protagonists – President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, for example, who says he still thinks attacking Iraq was a good idea. Co-starring
With Trump shutting down Huawei and China's entire telecom industry, it was only logical that China would at least try to retaliate, which it has done by formally breaching the US embargo on Iran oil exports.
Brexiteers in Britain are denouncing the EU as an all-powerful behemoth from whose clutches Britain must escape, just as the organisation is demonstrating its failure to become more than a second-rate world power.
As Michael Pompeo travels to Brussels to discuss the Iranian threat amid a flare-up in tensions that has brought the US to the brink of an armed conflict, the New York Times has published details from a confidential military plan presented to top nat