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Memo to Trump: Remind Americans it would be a dangerous mistake to give Iran more time and money to hold the international economy hostage, rearm, work on nuclear weapons, revivify terrorist networks, and slaughter more Iranians.

WASHINGTON TIMES Letter to the POTUS: A few hopefully helpful notes on Iran’s “Islamic Revolutionaries” Clifford D. May June 2, 2026 …You might remind people, too, that the regime’s nuclear program has been significantly set back. According to David Albright … Continue reading

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“Republican critics, for their part, do recognize these achievements but argue that Trump’s diplomacy is squandering them”

FREE PRESS This Is How the Iran War Ends Michael Doran May 26, 2026 …The Democratic critics refuse to acknowledge the war’s substantial achievements, foremost among them the severe degradation of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. David Albright, the president of … Continue reading

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Ivanka Trump death threat: “We heard that he had a plan of Ivanka’s house in Florida”

NEW YORK POST Ivanka Trump targeted for assassination by IRGC terrorist in twisted plot to avenge president taking out his mentor Isabel Vincent and Andy Tillett May 22, 2026 First Daughter Ivanka Trump was targeted for assassination by an Islamic … Continue reading

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“An associate of Ahmadinejad told the NYT that the Americans viewed Mr. Ahmadinejad as someone who could lead Iran and manage “Iran’s political, social, and military situation””

JPOST Israel, US early war goals sought to reinstate Iran’s Ahmadinejad as leader, NYT reports Maya Zanger-Davis May 20, 2026 Israel and the United States went into Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury with the goal of reinstating former Iranian … Continue reading

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“China imports like 90 percent of Iran’s total oil exports, making it a true economic lifeline for Tehran – and giving it considerable leverage over the regime”

PRESENT DANGERS Iran looms over the Trump-Xi summit Ilan Berman May 9, 2026 President Trump is headed to China this coming week for that long-awaited summit with Xi Jinping. The agenda is a packed one, because he and the Chinese … Continue reading

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“The US and Israel still hold the upper hand because the foundations of Iranian power have been systematically reduced in ways that will take years to rebuild, if they can be rebuilt at all”

URBAN WARFARE Who has the upper hand in Iran? John Spencer May 10, 2026 One of the strangest habits in modern war analysis is how quickly survival gets confused with victory. Iran has not collapsed overnight. The regime still broadcasts … Continue reading

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“The base in Iraq allowed Israel to get closer to the battlefield. Israel’s air force carried out thousands of strikes against targets in Iran during the five-week campaign”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq Anat Peled and Jared Malsin May 9, 2026 Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran … Continue reading

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“Had Trump allowed Israel one final operation in Iran, the IDF would have chosen to destroy the uranium. The Mossad, by contrast, would have chosen an all-out effort to stir Iranians into action and topple the regime”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israeli assessment: This is when Iranians will take to the streets to topple the regime. Amit Segal May 10, 2026 A severe dispute has erupted, and still persists, between the army and the Mossad … Continue reading

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“America’s team of real estate developers and financiers may beat Iran’s diplomats at the bargaining table”

TIMES OF ISRAEL The US is negotiating with Iran like a venture capitalist Ariel Beery April 29, 2026 If there is one meme that sums up the mistake many make when thinking about the negotiations between the Islamic Republic of … Continue reading

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“The strategic paradigms that governed the Middle East for decades have shifted. Not all of them. Not fully. But the shift is real, larger than is yet fully understood, and Israel drove it”

MIRYAM INSTITUTE Is Israel Safer Today? John Spencer April 21, 2026 It is hard to call any war’s outcome while it is still happening. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either not paying attention or not being straight with you. … Continue reading

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