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Masoud Pezeshkian
Military Industrial Complex

What do we actually know about Iran's nuclear program? Not much.

We have traded transparency for destruction, verification for guesswork, and diplomacy for a widening conflict whose outcome is less certain everyday

Lebanon southern beirut
Middle East

Why Hezbollah's 'irrational' gambit against Israel makes sense

It is fighting for the survival of the organization and of Shiites there, and in the region. The US would be wise not to get sucked into this conflict, too

Iran school attack
QiOSK

Why did mainstream media slow-walk coverage of school attack?

The civilian cost of US war on Iran continues to be a buried headline

Dan Caine
QiOSK

Did Caine just announce the Morgenthau option for Iran?

Saying the US wants to destroy Tehran's 'military and industrial base' for 'years to come' suggests Germany after WWII and that's strategically incoherent and dangerous

war draft
Military Industrial Complex

Even if team Trump wanted it, a military draft would be a fiasco

The option of conscripting Americans for military service in Iran may be 'on the table' but it won't work. Here's why.

How targeting water changes the entire face of the war
QiOSK

How targeting water changes the entire face of the war

Over the weekend, the conflict was escalated by attacks on water desalination plants in the Gulf region. This is huge.