The president marked Easter with more deranged threats against the country and people of Iran: The US president gave Iran until 8pm eastern time on Tuesday to reopen the crucial shipping lane after earlier threatening to unleash “hell” in an expletive-laden social...
Not One Dime for Aggression
The Pentagon is requesting $200 billion in war funding for the ongoing illegal assault on Iran: The Pentagon has formally moved to secure a staggering $200 billion supplemental budget to sustain ongoing military operations against Iran. According to a report by the...
Defund the War
After a lot of throat clearing, Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta come up with the wrong answer: There are four actions that Congress should take. It should approve a war powers resolution authorizing the war, take the time to evaluate any request for additional funding...
Attacking Iran’s Power Plants Would Be Despicable
The president threatened Iran with more attacks on their civilian infrastructure today: U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a dramatic escalation...
Not One Dime for Aggression
The Pentagon is requesting $200 billion in war funding for the ongoing illegal assault on Iran: The Pentagon has formally moved to secure a staggering $200 billion supplemental budget to sustain ongoing military operations against Iran. According to a report by the...
The Iran War’s Terrible Effects
The Iran war is a regional war in a way that previous reckless U.S. interventions were not, and it is having global effects. The Iran war is already wider and more damaging to international peace and security in its first three weeks than the Iraq war was in its early...
The Poisoning of Tehran
The city of Tehran is being poisoned by a toxic cloud of smoke from the Israeli bombing of oil depots: Iran’s capital was engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke that unleashed black rainfall dozens of miles away on Sunday after overnight Israeli strikes on several fuel...
Trump Starts His Criminal War of Aggression
The president and the Israeli prime minister launched a criminal war of aggression yesterday: The U.S. and Israel said they launched an attack on Iran, which retaliated with strikes on Israel and targeted U.S. bases. President Trump confirmed major combat operations...
Attacking Iran Would Be Monstrous
The Financial Times’ report on the approaching U.S. attack on Iran opens with this line: As oil prices surge and Donald Trump orders one of the largest American military build-ups in the Middle East since the Iraq war, negotiations between the US and Iran increasingly...
There Is No ‘Right’ Way To Pursue Regime Change
Ilan Goldenberg and Nate Swanson make their case for regime change in Iran done the “right” way. This part stood out to me for its sheer incoherence: Washington should also support the Iranian opposition carefully and patiently. Rather than a compliant government...


