Cato Institute scholars Emma Ashford and John Glaser offer President Trump an alternative policy solution to the Iran problem. With allies unlikely to back any news sanctions, and the unreliability of internal Iranian opposition groups, Ashford and Glaser recommend engagement as the best way to achieve America’s goals in Iran. They write: Increased economic sanctions are unlikely to […]
Buchanan: ‘Donald Trump was not elected to fight the Middle East’s conflicts’
As the Trump administration appears to be preparing to invalidate the Iran nuclear deal, Pat Buchanan says Americans are facing some new realities. Pat writes at The American Conservative that Americans did not elect Donald Trump to fight the battles of our allies in the Middle East. We Americans are coming face to face with […]
Establishment GOP Loves Trump’s Iran De-Certification
The Neocon-led establishment GOP loves the idea of decertifying the Iran nuclear deal. None-other than the Obamacare-repeal blocking, tax cut threatening Senator John McCain has lined up in support of reneging on the deal. At The American Conservative, Daniel Larison lays out why backing out on the deal is not a good idea. He writes […]
McMaster Fires the Iran Hawks
There’s been an ongoing purge in the National Security Council, led by National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster. Getting booted from the administration have been some of the most ardent Iran hawks. Daniel Larison writes of the purge: Trump’s National Security Advisor, H.R. McMaster, has recently been cleaning house: Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the 31-year-old hired by retired […]
Is America Headed for War with Iran?
After some recent bellicose statements from elder statesman Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan is worried that America may be headed to another pointless war in the Middle East. Buchanan lacerates Gingrich’s comment that “Containment is appeasement and appeasement is surrender.” Pat makes it clear that there are many people interested in seeing the U.S. military begin […]
Flynn’s Exit Looks Like a Dodged Bullet for Peace in the World
Ben Friedman, a research fellow in defense and homeland security studies at America’s best think tank, the Cato Institute, explains to readers how the fast exit of Michael Flynn from the Trump administration could be the best possible outcome. Flynn was a hawk on Iran, and no American voting for Donald Trump was voting to put […]
All 17 U.S. Intelligence Agencies Agreed Iran had No A-Bomb
Writing at The American Conservative Pat Buchanan tells readers: Though every Republican in Congress voted against the Iran nuclear deal, “Tearing it up … is not going to happen,” says Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Hopefully, the chairman speaks for the president-elect. During the campaign, Donald Trump indicated as much, saying that, […]
The Iranian Hostage Coincidence
Remember back in January the prisoner swap between the U.S. and Iran? When we traded seven Iranian criminals and removed 14 more from an Interpol “most wanted” list for four Americans being held illegally by the Iranian regime? Coincidently, the U.S. loaded $400 million in cash in an unmarked cargo plane for delivery to Iran—a […]
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Vs Brent Scowcroft and The Cato Institute
Originally published September 2, 2015. September 9th is the day for the big, Ted Cruz-initiated, anti-Iran nuclear deal rally at Capitol Hill. Ted’s “guest of honor,” if I can call him that, will be none other than Donald Trump. No lie, Donald Trump will be front and center along with his direct competitor for the […]
The Joint Launch to Defeat ISIS
This is an eye opening analysis by Leith Fadel of Al-Masdar News. He claims that Baghdad and Damascus are coordinating a major offensive against the IS and this coordination is being accomplished through Tehran. The Syrian and Iraq armies are no strangers to war; but, they have never coordinated with one another, despite their shared interest […]
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