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Vatican
Middle East

On war, Trump must remember the wisdom of St. Augustine

The 'just war' theologian understood that force must be governed by prudence, reckoning with second and third order effects. We didn't do that in Iraq, or now

Bob Kagan David Frum Bill Kristol
QiOSK

Bob Kagan leads neocons changing their spots over Trump's war

These guys cut their teeth on dogmatic support for US primacy and foreign intervention to pursue regime change goals. What happened?

Powell
Middle East

Like Iraq, key intelligence before Iran strikes was ignored

This fits a familiar pattern: information is welcomed when it licenses action, sidelined when it constrains it

Trump, George w. Bush, Bill Clinton
Washington Politics

All aboard America's strategic blunder train. Next stop: Iran

Our stumbling into war with Tehran would be the latest in a self-inflicted 30-year road to nowhere

KC-135 Stratotanker
QiOSK

Military tankers for Iran attack deploying near Iraq War levels

'Strikes could occur any time now,' say experts who explain what mid-air refuelers mean for sustained operations

Nouri al Maliki Trump
Middle East

Trump's Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Not exactly what the American president intended when he blasted the longtime politician this week. Or was it?