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“This is not the time for partisan politics. This should be a time for the U.S. Congress to speak with one voice to condemn an Iranian regime that kills its own people”

JNS This is our moment by Sarah N. Stern January 16, 2020 If the Iranian regime feels that the world is not paying attention, then they will get away with many more years of the repression and terror they inflict … Continue reading

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“Just like Trump’s unilateral push to overhaul NAFTA, he’s shown a willingness to tolerate some damage at home in the hope that the damage inflicted on the other parties would be far greater and force them to make concessions”

PROJECT SYNDICATE Is Trump’s Iran Strategy Working? by Mohamed A. El-Erian January 16, 2020 US President Donald Trump’s authorization of the targeted killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani is, in many ways, similar to his administration’s approach to trade. In … Continue reading

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“The Iran deal was never meant to stop Iran from building a bomb—it was supposed to delay it until disaster happened on someone else’s watch”

BLOOMBERG Trump’s Latest Plan for Iran: Regime Disruption by Eli Lake January 14, 2020 Since President Donald Trump ordered the drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani earlier this month, his administration has argued the attack has two main … Continue reading

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Hillel Neuer: “These courageous Iranian students who refuse to trample the U.S. and Israeli flags represent the hope for a better Middle East”

JERUSALEM POST Iranian protesters refuse to walk on US, Israeli flags by Tzvi Joffre January 12, 2020 As anti-government protests swept Iran in the aftermath of the downing of a Ukrainian plane, students from Tehran avoided walking on massive American … Continue reading

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“The more successful Trump’s reality-based policies towards Iran and Israel are, the harder it will be for the foreign policy establishment to restore their delusion-based policies when he leaves power”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Donald Trump and the mythmakers by Caroline Glick January 10, 2020 For the past 40-odd years, two narratives have guided American Middle East policy. Both were invented by the Carter administration. One relates to … Continue reading

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“There is no reason why anyone should give Ben Rhodes a megaphone to oppose current U.S. foreign policy toward Iran”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Noted liar Ben Rhodes touted as Iran expert by media by Becket Adams January 6, 2020 Either the press has a very, very short memory or it enjoys the abuse. These are the only explanations for why newsgroups … Continue reading

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“Tehran understands that it miscalculated in recent weeks, pushed too hard and misread the Trump administration”

JNS Iran seeks to end direct clash with America and return to an asymmetrical comfort zone by Yaakov Lappin January 8, 2020 The wave of Iranian ballistic missiles that struck two military bases in Iraq early on Wednesday that house … Continue reading

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“Donald Trump cuts off Iran’s terror arm in Iraq, while Israel braces for Iranian retaliation”

TABLET MAG U.S. kills Qassem Suleimani by Tony Badran January 3, 2020 …Seemingly immune from US retaliation, Soleimani spent the Obama years strutting around Iraq and Syria like a peacock in 70’s style turtleneck sweaters and an array of tailored … Continue reading

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“In much of the Middle East, and even in Iran, the military commander was feared, and his death has been greeted with elation”

THE ATLANTIC Qassem Soleimani Haunted the Arab World by Kim Ghattas January 3, 2020 …Yet in parts of the Middle East, the reaction was different. Soleimani, a man thought of as invincible and all-powerful in the region, was killed at … Continue reading

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“Netanyahu may have been warned of plan to eliminate Quds Force Commander during talks with Pompeo”

ARUTZ SHEVA Report: US updated Israel on plans to kill Soleimani by Elad Benari January 3, 2020 The United States is believed to have updated Israel before the elimination of Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the … Continue reading

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