Despite the seemingly escalating risks of war, last week also produced an unexpected drift toward the mahogany table.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Brighter US-Iran Prospects
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RAY McGOVERN: Hope for a Breakthrough in Korea
Donald Trump will ultimately have to remind his national security adviser and secretary of state who is president if there’s to be progress on North Korea, says Ray McGovern.
VIPS Memo to the President: Is Pompeo’s Iran Agenda the Same As Yours?
UPDATED: VIPS says its direct experience with Mike Pompeo leaves them with strong doubt regarding his trustworthiness on issues of consequence to the President and the nation.
Ten Minutes to War
Donald Trump pulled back from igniting a potentially disastrous war in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night with just 10 minutes to spare, but the super-hawks he surrounded himself with will probably try again, writes Joe Lauria.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Bolton’s Long Goodbye
John Bolton’s days as national security advisor are apparently numbered—for reasons that have all played out in the press, says John Kiriakou.
John Bolton’s Absurd ‘Troika Tyranny’
The real tyrants are U.S. allies in the Middle East (not Venezuela, Cuba or Nicaragua), writes Danny Sjursen.
The Pathology of John Bolton
John Bolton has been saying for years he wants the Iranian government overthrown, and now he’s made his move. But this time he may have gone too far, writes Joe Lauria.
Bolton Leading Trump on Reckless War Agenda
The president’s advisers are orchestrating policies that have quickly destabilized the world and jeopardized the security of the United States, says Colonel Ann Wright.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Week of Dangerous Developments from Iran to North Korea
The increasingly aggressive moves by Trump’s hawkish advisers give the impression of a palace coup, writes Patrick Lawrence.
The Tragedy of Venezuela is the Tragedy of the US
Trump doesn’t give a farthing about Venezuela and is letting his underlings let slip the dogs of war in so long as it secures Florida’s electoral votes for Trump 2020, says Lawrence Wilkerson.
