I don’t want to be counting too many unhatched chickens, but there are some promising signs in Iran. A few days ago Ali Larijani was trash-talking Trump and Netanyahu. No more: A senior Iranian leader who warned President Trump last … Continue reading →
Here’s Trump’s statement: Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island. … Continue reading →
There are terrible regimes all over the world. Most of them are in nations that confine the suffering to their own people. It’s sad, but we’re not about to start military action to change anything. The risks are too high, … Continue reading →
Where’s Khamenei the Younger? He has appeared in public recently as – a cardboard cutout. I don’t think this is a spoof, although it looks like one [*see below]: Reports are that he was wounded in the blast that killed … Continue reading →
The press is still reporting creatively about the story, trying to pin it on the US. But the truth is that no one knows who fired the explosive that hit the school, although satellite imagery does seem to show that … Continue reading →
… is the new Supreme Leader of Iran. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Mojtaba Khamenei is supposedly rich, too; a not-so-austere religious scholar*: Although it’s impossible to confirm information about him found on the internet, Mojtaba appears to … Continue reading →
Why did they pursue the destruction of Israel like Ahab pursued Moby Dick, from the very moment they took over Iran? What had Israel ever done to them? Why did the fierce attacks by the US and Israel last summer … Continue reading →
Oopsies about those attacks: Regime president Masoud Pezeshkian issued the apology to other Gulf states in a rushed video message, but it won’t come with a change of policy. Apparently, no one’s taking orders from the mullahs’ side of the … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t it be nice: The launch of the CPI brings to the fore something often forgotten when discussing Iran: the Islamic Republic has suppressed political parties so completely that an entire generation of Iranians has never experienced genuine political pluralism. … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, there’s other news in the world besides Iran. There’s Venezuela: The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations, two months after President Trump launched a military operation that resulted in the capture of the country’s president and … Continue reading →
One of the principles Trump outlined in The Art of the Deal was the willingness to walk away from the negotiations when appropriate. And recently, when it became crystal clear that Iran was not negotiating in good faith and there … Continue reading →
From “Data Republican”: Every act that reasserts American sovereignty—on Iran, on trade, on immigration, on energy—is an act of regime change against the supranational order that has governed American life, foreign and domestic, for at least 70 years. The strikes … Continue reading →