Middle East Trump Has Brilliantly Cornered Himself Where He’s Now Demanding Iran Abide by a Deal He Already Reneged Onslate.com - Elliot Hannon Donald Trump doesn’t even know the rules to chess. Or checkers for that matter.
Politics 'If This Is True, They Are Even Bigger Lunatics Than We Realized': UNcommondreams.org - Jake Johnson, staff writer As the Trump administration prepares to deploy 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East in a move critics warned will heighten the possibility of …
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesOpinion (UK) The Iran crisis was created in Washington. The US must be talked downThe Guardian - Simon TisdallIn Washington, at times of stress, international crises play out in black and white. As in a flickering newsreel from a former age, complex events are reduced to symbolic emblems of right and wrong. Grainy
The Daily Beastadded this to PoliticsPatrick M. Shanahan Trump Admin Hid Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan’s Dark Past, Senators SayThe Daily Beast - Erin Banco, The senators tasked with vetting Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan say they were unaware of the accusations of domestic violence in his …
Middle East ‘The countdown has started’: Iran says it will pass uranium stockpile limit in 10 daysscmp.com - Agence France-Presse Iran said Monday it will surpass the uranium stockpile limit set under the nuclear deal with world powers on June 27, turning up the pressure after …
BE EBadded this to IranIran-Iraq War Iran’s Carefully Coded Messageforeignpolicy.com - Micha’el Tanchum The recent strikes make clear that Iran’s enemies won’t be able to bypass it in the Persian Gulf. In mid-June, two oil tankers, the Front Altair and …
Reuters UKadded this to Top NewsMiddle East Trump creates doubt over use of U.S. force to protect Gulf oilReuters - Babak DehghanpishehGENEVA/DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to take military action to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb but left open whether he would back the use of force to protect
Jeff Buhmannadded this to Isarel/ Middle EastStrait of Hormuz Potential conflict in Strait of Hormuz: Imbalanced forces and guerrilla warfaretimesofisrael.com - By Michel Moutot and Fabien Zamora DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The deployment of 1,000 more US troops to the Middle East highlights the imbalance of forces in the region …
Fox Newsadded this to Top StoriesDemocrats Tom Del Beccaro: THIS is the real price of Democrats' 'resistance' movement after two years of TrumpFox News - Tom Del BeccaroThe Democrats’ “resistance” is designed to weaken President Trump and to prevent his re-election – if not take him down. That may be politically interesting domestically but, on the international stage,
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMiddle East U.N. officials: U.S. planning a 'tactical assault' in Iranjpost.com - www.jpost.com Diplomatic sources at the UN headquarters in New York revealed to Maariv that they are assessing the United States' plans to carry out a tactical …
➰Kit Arrowsmith➰added this to 🇮🇷 IRAN /SAUDI ARABIA 🇸🇦Israel Analysis Iran May Soon Try to Provoke Israel to Gain the Upper Hand in Its Conflict With the U.S.haaretz.com - Amos Harel Iran may soon escalate its conflict with the United States, possibly choosing the Israeli border as the target, Israeli and Western intelligence …
The Guardianadded this to World NewsMiddle East Method of attack on tankers remains key evidence against IranThe Guardian - Dan Sabbagh Defence correspondentThe sophistication of the attacks on two shipping tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week had already led most independent analysts to conclude Iran was responsible for the high-profile explosions. But has
Reuters Indiaadded this to WorldMiddle East Iran says there will be no war with United States: IRNAReuters India - by Bozorgmehr SharafedinLONDON (Reuters) - There will not be any military confrontation between Iran and the United States, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council was quoted as saying on Wednesday by state
Daily Kosadded this to Daily Kos NewsMiddle East Trump withdrew from Iran deal, expecting it to quickly buckle. It didn't, and now he's stumpeddailykos.com - Hunter for Daily Kos Installing an absolute moron in the Oval Office has, as it turns out, international repercussions. Donald Trump insisted on withdrawing the United …
The Wall Street Journal.added this to OpinionU.S. Navy Allies' Trust for America Has Sunk in the GulfThe Wall Street Journal. - William A. GalstonDuring the Cuban missile crisis, President Kennedy sent former Secretary of State Dean Acheson to brief French President Charles de Gaulle on America’s findings and intentions. This was not an altogether
KKelvin Leeadded this to NEWS & POLITICS - U.S.A. & DONALD TRUMPTrump Tower Moscow Ex-Republican horrified by Trump’s inability to even ‘string together sentences’rawstory.com - Eric W. Dolan A conservative columnist who recently abandoned the Republican Party thinks Donald Trump isn’t just a liar — the president of the United States is …
CNBCU.S. Department of Defense 'Russia seeks to revise the world order' not the US, Pentagon says after Moscow rebukeCNBC - Holly Ellyatt The U.S. Department of Defense hit back at Russian officials who have criticized a U.S. plan to deploy more troops to the Middle East. A Pentagon …
Mark McLaughlinadded this to Uncommon Sense.Nuclear Weapons Trump is Willing to Go to War With Iran Over Nukes, But Not Over OilVICE - David GilbertDonald Trump has warned Iran that he would be willing to go to war to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons, but would probably not launch a military conflict over oil. In an interview with Time Tuesday
The Telegraphadded this to PoliticsMiddle East The West must call Iran's bluff or face the devastating consequencesThe Telegraph - By Colonel Richard KempNeither the US nor Iran wants war. President Trump was elected partly on a platform that sought to end long-running US involvement in conflict in the Middle East and South Asia. Even if he wanted it he
Reuters UKadded this to World NewsMiddle East Iran says it will not give Europe more time to save nuclear dealReuters - Bozorgmehr SharafedinLONDON (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it would not give European powers any more time beyond July 8 to save its nuclear deal by shielding it from U.S. sanctions. The spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy
Play buttonBernie Sanders Bernie Sanders: I Don't Accept The Trump Administration's Claim That Iran Is Behind Oil Tanker Attackrealclearpolitics.com - Tim Hains Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted President Trump in an interview Tuesday with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, calling him a "pathological liar" and a "racist... …
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsMiddle East What Trump Can Learn From Reagan About War With IranPOLITICO - By STEVEN SIMONRonald Reagan’s careful, swift response to Iranian tanker attacks in the 1980s offers a model for avoiding a catastrophic conflict. Steven Simon served as the National Security Council senior director
CNNadded this to WorldMiddle East Iran claims it dealt 'heavy blow' to US 'spy network'CNN - By Fred Pleitgen and Shirzad Bozorgmehr, CNNTehran (CNN) — Iran's Ministry of Intelligence said on Tuesday that the country has managed to "deal a heavy blow against America's international spy network." In a statement, the ministry said it recently
Associated Pressadded this to PoliticsU.S. Department of Defense The Latest: McConnell: US not trying to start war with IranAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on developments as the U.S. and Iran edge toward a flashpoint amid escalation in the Persian Gulf region (all times local): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the
Middle East US announces more troops for Middle East and releases new images of oil tanker attacks it blames on Iranabc.net.au - www.abc.net.au Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has announced the deployment of about 1,000 more troops to the Middle East for what he says are …
Fiasco Jonesadded this to Igniter JournalIsrael Defense Forces Iran could target Israel to escalate tensions with US – reporttimesofisrael.com - By TOI staff and Agencies There is growing concern among Israeli and Western intelligence officials that Iran could initiate a provocation against Israel to escalate its feud …
MarketWatchadded this to Politics & EconomyMiddle East What the U.S. - Iran Feud Means For Europe, China and JapanMarketWatch The tensions in the Persian Gulf exacerbated by the feud between Iran and the U.S. are having an impact globally. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib explains. …
Los Angeles Timesadded this to NationU.S. Navy A 'tanker war' with Iran would be more complicated than the 1980s versionLos Angeles Times - By Tracy WilkinsonThe president was named Reagan, and Iran and Iraq were locked in a horrific war with each other over control of land and the Persian Gulf. The United States and other nations entered the fringes of the
Middle East Iran Could Close the Strait of Hormuz. America Needs to Be Prepared.thebulwark.com - Shay Khatiri Did Iran attack two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman? The U.S. government says they did. America’s allies, including Japan and Germany, say they want …
Roll Calladded this to PoliticsMiddle East Drums of looming Iran war resound in CongressRoll Call - John M. Donnelly As NDAA debate begins, McConnell urges colleagues ‘to keep these deadly serious developments at the top of our minds’ The Senate is launching a debate …
