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Here Are Five Lies About Iran That We Need to Refute to Stop Another Illegal War
Here Are Five Lies About Iran That We Need to Refute to Stop Another Illegal War FORGET URANIUM ENRICHMENT: Has Iran mastered time travel? Last month, the Trump White House put out a typically Orwellian statement, chock-filled with lies, distortions, and half-truths about Iran and the 2015 nuclear deal. One line in particular stood out from […]
U.S. Elections Are Neither Free Nor Fair. States Need to Open Their Doors to More Observers.
U.S. Elections Are Neither Free Nor Fair. States Need to Open Their Doors to More Observers. Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe monitor a polling place in Washington, D.C., during the presidential election on Nov. 8, 2016. Photo: Yuri Gripas/AFP/Getty Images VOTER SUPPRESSION. DISENFRANCHISEMENT. Gerrymandering. Can Tuesday’s midterms in the United […]
Killing Journalists Is Wrong When the Saudis Do It — and When the United States Does It, Too
Killing Journalists Is Wrong When the Saudis Do It — and When the United States Does It, Too Tareq Ayoub’s daughter, Fatima, 4, and father, Naeem Ayoub, during a protest outside the Al Jazeera office in Amman on Nov. 24, 2005. Photo: Majed Jaber/Reuters WHAT LESSON SHOULD be learned from the brutal murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal […]
Does Saudi Arabia Own Donald Trump?
DOES SAUDI ARABIA OWN DONALD TRUMP? ON TUESDAY MORNING, President Donald Trump tweeted: “For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter). Any suggestion that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!” ✔ For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi […]
The CBS Interview With Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Was a Crime Against Journalism
Photo: Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/AP The CBS Interview With Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman Was a Crime Against Journalism “AT JUST 32, Mohammed bin Salman seems fearless and determined. He has quickly become the most dominant Arab leader in a generation.” That’s how “60 Minutes” began its interview with, and profile of, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed […]
Donald Trump Wants to Make It Easier to Start a Nuclear War. This Should Petrify Us.
Photo: Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto/Getty Images Donald Trump Wants to Make It Easier to Start a Nuclear War. This Should Petrify Us. SHE DID TRY and warn us. “Imagine, if you dare … imagine him in the Oval Office facing a real crisis,” Hillary Clinton said in her speech to the Democratic National Convention in 2016, referring […]
Blowback: How a CIA-Backed Coup Let to the Rise of Iran’s Ayatollahs
BLOWBACK: HOW A CIA-BACKED COUP LED TO THE RISE OF IRAN’S AYATOLLAHS WHY CAN’T IRAN have a secular, democratic government? It’s a question Americans often ask of their longstanding Middle East adversary — especially when they see images of anti-regime protesters taking to the streets of major Iranian cities and towns to demand greater freedom. […]
U.S. Generals Might Stop Trump From an Illegal Nuclear Strike–But Who Will Save Us From a Legal One?
Photo: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images U.S. GENERALS MIGHT STOP TRUMP FROM AN ILLEGAL NUCLEAR STRIKE — BUT WHO WILL SAVE US FROM A LEGAL ONE? HE HAS BECOME the latest in a long line of generals to be lionized by the anti-Trump #resistance. Speaking over the weekend, Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, […]
The Reverse Midas Touch of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is Turning the Middle East to Dust
THE REVERSE MIDAS TOUCH OF SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE IS TURNING THE MIDDLE EAST TO DUST KUDOS TO GERMANY’S spooks. Back in December 2015, the German foreign intelligence agency, BND, distributed a one-and-a-half-page memo to various media outlets titled: “Saudi Arabia — Sunni regional power torn between foreign policy paradigm change and domestic policy consolidation.” […]
