The U.S. president has lost the war he started with Iran — or at the very least he has no chance of winning it — but accepting defeat and repairing the damage of the error is simply beyond his reach.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Trap, Trump’s Sanity
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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Iran & Ukraine — Two Theaters in the Non–West’s Single War for Parity
In Iran and Ukraine, what is at stake — what is fought for and against — is a rebalancing of power that will prove of world-historical magnitude when it is at last accomplished.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: US Diplomacy’s Last Breath
Trump, in his regime’s serial dishonesty, has reshaped the conventions of American diplomacy in the Israeli fashion. He has turned the U.S. into the same sort of pariah — never to be trusted.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A German Journalist’s ‘Civil Death’
Hüseyin Dogru is the first E.U. citizen to be sanctioned by the union and the first journalist to land on the list because of his work. What is Dogru’s crime? Don’t ask: He has not committed one.
Truth, Media & the War on Iran
We reject war. But for wars to end, journalists must work without fear or intimidation, and media ownership can’t become a means of control, writes Ramzy Baroud.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: The Anti-Semitism Trap
The Trump administration sued Harvard University on Friday for supposedly tolerating anti-semitism in a serious confusion between protesting genocide and hating Jews. Here is a look at the history of this phenomenon.
The War Meant to Save Israel May Destroy It
The war on Iran may accelerate the transformations it was meant to prevent: a declining U.S. strategic role and a weakened Israeli deterrent posture, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Iran War ‘Biggest Opportunity’ for US Oil Lobby
After resisting Trump’s demands for quick investments in Venezuela, oil industry bigs see Iran regime change as a “wonderful day,” reports Max Blumenthal.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Another War We’re Not Supposed to See
You have to figure, if those waging war — and covering it — dedicate themselves this assiduously to keeping things hidden, there are surely things to hide.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Germany Learns From the IDF
The Israelis are to teach Germans how to use artificial intelligence based on the I.D.F.’s experience in Gaza, where, among other things, it used A.I. to identify targets, guide drones, and conduct remote assassinations.