Sounds as though he's been talking to himself, then. After President Trump claimed to reporters twice today that he had recently spoken to a former president who praised his actions in Iran, say… (View Post)

(contd) 4. The U.S. now finds itself in the naval and air equivalent of the dynamic we faced in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s a recipe for a quagmire where we win every battle and lose the war. We have … (View Post)

This seems a pretty plausible analysis. Maybe too pessimistic; maybe not. A complicating factor is that Israel would be quite happy with a permanently destabilised region, which would be very bad for… (View Post)

Sanewashing can endure only so much evidenced of irrationality. Trump has managed to push outside of the envelope. (View Post)

Iran is talking to the Russia representative again ? A direct communications channel between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi & U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff has been reactivated in recent days… (View Post)