As Donald Trump increases the pressure on the throat of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement with Iran, more than the nuclear agreement is at risk of being lost. Trita Parsi, an Iran expert who was consulted by the Obama administration...
New Camp Speicher Mass Grave Found; 31 Killed in Iraq
Attack Venezuela? Trump Can’t be Serious!
There is something unsettling about how President Trump has surrounded himself with generals. From his defense secretary to his national security advisor to his White House chief of staff, Trump looks to senior military officers to fill key positions that have been...
Military Control of the Civilian: It’s Opposite Day in America
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for Americans to recall that civilian leaders are supposed to command and control the military, not vice-versa. Consider an article posted yesterday at Newsweek with the title, TRUMP’S GENERALS CAN SAVE THE WORLD FROM...
Two US Service Members Among 59 Killed in Iraq
Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You
One of the most gratifying – and, simultaneously, frustrating – aspects of my job is the rapidity with which I’m proven right. Yes, I know how that sounds, and yet it’s true. The latest example is my Friday column, in which I challenged the veracity of reports that...
Atomic Bombs: What My Momma (Never) Told Me
Some 72 years ago this month, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. An estimated 60,000 to 80,000 people were killed instantly in Hiroshima and another 40,000 were immediately killed when Nagasaki was bombed. In the coming days,...
Explosion Kills Caliphate Cubs; 75 Killed Across Iraq
Heavy Infighting Reported Among ISIS in Tal Afar; 17 Killed in Iraq
Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Wouldn’t Be the First for North Korea
Leave it to Donald Trump to threaten to rain “fire and fury” on the North Korean people the same week the world observed the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. government’s vindictive atomic bombings of Japanese civilians. In case anyone missed the...


