Pompeo offered Iran freedom from the barrel of a gun. And mighty persuasive it was too. He gave an interview earlier today in which he recounted a fever-dream version of the aftermath of the Soleimani assassination, which bore no resemblance to any reality we know: Pompeo: I saw last night there was dancing in the […]
Soleimani Assassination: Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind
Our president is not a religious man. But it’s suitable to quote a verse from what his Christian allies call “the Scriptures:” For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind… I will send a fire upon his cities, And it will devour their castles. –Hosea Pres. Trump has made the single most […]
Trump’s Almost-War on Iran
Donald Trump ordered ships into position and planes in the air to attack Iran–until he didn’t. With events in the Gulf moving as quickly as a whirling dervish, it’s hard to keep track of where this is headed. But we know this: within the past 24 hours, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards used a SAM anti-aircraft […]
Netanyahu Calls on Arab States to Join War Against Iran
In comments delivered to an Israeli TV news reporter at a Warsaw conference designed to unite world leaders against Iran, Bibi Netanyahu made his harshest statement yet, calling for war against the Islamic republic: What is important about this [conference]…is that this is an open meeting with representatives of leading Arab countries that are sitting […]
