The United States and Iran Must Deescalate Now

President Trump promised that assassinating Soleimani would deter Iran. Instead, as many predicted, it caused Iran to retaliate. Trump’s reckless actions made Americans less safe.What is needed now on both sides is de-escalation and restraint. Neither American...

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A Personal Experience With Lies and EFPs

Former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Dan Carnahan writes: To claim that Soleimani has killed hundreds of Americans that were killed by EFPs (explosively formed penetrator) is to conflate that every EFP was Shia, every Shia is Iranian, and every Iranian is Soleimani. The...

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Anti-War Pragmatists & Pro-War Fantasists

Remember when those who advocated for peace were dismissed as “dreamers”? The great John Lennon imagined a world where peace could reign, and he wasn’t afraid of the dreamer label, because he knew it could be more than a dream. Peace is often...

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