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
Tag: Ben Rhodes
Cheney Died, Mamdani Won; Has a New Era Begun?
Dick Cheney died the day before Zohran Mamdani was elected NYC mayor. His funeral was the day before Mamdani met Trump. Are the two linked in a symbolic changing of the guard of U.S. politics? asks Joe Lauria.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Dangers of Renewed Civil War in Syria
With 150 armed groups in Syria, the ruling HTS (Al-Qa`idah) doesn’t control the country, while Israeli bombing intends to expose the weaknesses of the so-called central government in Damascus.
The Historic Collapse of Journalism
Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters, writes Patrick Lawrence.
Assassination Strengthens Iranian Hardliners; Weakens Chances of Renewed Nuclear Deal
An Iranian nuclear scientist’s assassination will bolster the hand of Iranian hardliners who don’t want a renewed nuclear deal with the incoming Biden administration, say Medea Benjamin & Ariel Gold.
The World According to Ben Rhodes: Hypocrisy in Obama’s Foreign Policy
In a new book Obama’s deputy national security adviser opens up about Pentagon interference in policy, Obama’s political calculations and his own ignorance of the Middle East, as As’ad AbuKhalil explains in this review.
A Longwinded and Winding Rhodes
Official Washington is abuzz about the boasts of President Obama’s foreign policy speechwriter Ben Rhodes regarding his selling the Iran nuclear deal, a new club being wielded by the bomb-bomb-bomb-Iran neocons, explains James W Carden.