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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

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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?

Alternative vs. legacy media
Media

Ding dong the legacy media and its slavish war reporting is dead

The rise of independent media has shattered the grip of corporate news and is providing serious challenges to government and establishment narratives

Iraq War memorial wall
Latin America

Trump’s quest to kick America's ‘Iraq War syndrome’

Experts say the 'easy' Venezuela operation is reminiscent of George H.W. Bush's 1989 invasion of Panama, which in part served to bury the ghosts of Vietnam

Trump Maduro Cheney
Latin America

Dick Cheney's ghost has a playbook for war in Venezuela

Trump flirting with regime change in Caracas carries eerie similarities to the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq