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Archives: August 2016
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![America’s Shameful Record on Syrian Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/americas-shameful-record-on-syri-187x137.jpg)
America’s Shameful Record on Syrian Refugees
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US government played a role in the collapse of Syria. It continually placed sanctions on this little country, including the 2003 Syrian…![US: Turkish-backed campaign against our Allies in Syria ‘unacceptable’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/us-turkish-backed-campaign-again-187x137.jpg)
US: Turkish-backed campaign against our Allies in Syria ‘unacceptable’
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Sunday evening, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally in Gaziantep, a city near the border with Syria, “We will make any…![In Boon for EVs, Solar Panels, California will roll back CO2 Emissions to 40% Below 1990](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/in-boon-for-evs-solar-panels-cal-187x137.jpg)
In Boon for EVs, Solar Panels, California will roll back CO2 Emissions to 40% Below 1990
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The California legislature worked on a carbon dioxide emissions reduction bill for a year, and is finally sending it to the governor for…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/jarabulus-1-187x137.png)
America’s Syria SNAFU: Pentagon’s Militias fight Turkey & CIA’s Militias
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Turkish incursion into Syria at Jarabulus was advertised as an attack on a Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) stronghold and smuggling station in conjunction…![The Russian Challenge to U.S. Policy in Africa](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/the-russian-challenge-to-u-s-pol-187x137.jpg)
The Russian Challenge to U.S. Policy in Africa
Gregory Alonso Pirio and Robert Pittelli | Informed Comment | - - The United States and its Western allies, for the most part, consider the Cold War long over, and with the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/54293294e23bbeea2b0cbc3790113df1-1-187x137.jpg)
French Court lifts Municipal Burkini Ban; & Why should you care what other people wear?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Nicolas Cadène, in an interview at L'Express analyzes the French court ruling issued Friday that struck down the ban by the mayor of…![ISIL sends families out of Mosul as Kurdish, Shiite Forces advance](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/isil-sends-families-out-of-mosul-187x137.jpg)
ISIL sends families out of Mosul as Kurdish, Iraqi Army Forces advance
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iraqi military forces have taken the strategic town of al-Qayarah near the major city of Mosul from Daesh (ISIS, ISIL). Mosul is the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/borderpatrolnation-180x230-1-180x137.jpg)
The Great Mexican Wall Deception
By Todd Miller | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - At the federal courthouse, Ignacio Sarabia asks the magistrate judge, Jacqueline Rateau, if he can explain why he crossed the international boundary between the…![Is Turkey’s incursion into Syria about Daesh, or about the Kurds?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/is-turkeys-incursion-into-syria-187x137.jpg)
Is Turkey’s incursion into Syria about Daesh, or about the Kurds?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkish military sources told the Anadol news agency that Wednesday's military attack on the Syrian border town of Jarabulus, held for years by…![Top 6 Reasons Turkey is Finally attacking ISIL in Syria’s Jarabulus](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/top-6-reasons-turkey-is-finally-187x137.jpg)
Top 6 Reasons Turkey is Finally attacking ISIL in Syria’s Jarabulus
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkey and coalition allies launch air strikes Wednesday morning against the Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) stronghold of Jarabulus, on the Syrian side near the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/trumpdem-1-187x137.jpg)
It Could Happen To You: How Trump Could Make America Less Democratic
By David M. Faris| (Informed Comment) | - - Could Donald Trump destroy American democracy? While he muses carelessly about assassinating Hillary Clinton and frequently spitballs plainly illegal ideas like inviting foreign…![The Short-Lived Russia-Iran Axis](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/the-short-lived-russia-iran-axis-187x137.jpg)
The Short-Lived Russia-Iran Axis
By Michael G. Roskin | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian use of an Iranian airbase led some to see a Russia-Iran axis. They jumped the gun and surmised too much. In…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/pid_28113-1-1-187x137.jpg)
Gilbert Achcar, Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising
Notice: Gilbert Achcar, Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising In this eagerly awaited book, foremost Arab world and international affairs specialist Gilbert Achcar analyzes the factors of the regional relapse. Focusing…![Is Turkey’s Pivot to Russia about Erdogan’s Survival?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/is-turkeys-pivot-to-russia-about-187x137.jpg)
Is Turkey’s Pivot to Russia about Erdogan’s Survival?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Turkey's prime minister, Yildirim Binali, has announced a significant about-face in Turkey's Syria policy. Murat Yetkin writes: " “The most important priority for…![US-Allied Kurds advance in Hasaka City, NE Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/us-allied-kurds-advance-in-hasak-187x137.jpg)
US-Allied Kurds advance in Hasaka City, NE Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Clashes continued on Sunday between the Kurdish YPG [People's Protection Units] and the Syrian Arab Army in Hasaka, according to the Egyptian press…![Ex-president Saleh offers ‘all Yemen’s facilities’ to Russia](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/ex-president-saleh-offers-all-ye-187x137.jpg)
Ex-president Saleh offers ‘all Yemen’s facilities’ to Russia
By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | - - In a TV interview today, Yemen's ex-president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, appeared to invite Russian military intervention in the country's conflict. He talked of…![Israel planning new Squatter settlement near Bethlehem to ‘cut Palestine’s West Bank in two’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/israel-planning-new-squatter-set-187x137.jpg)
Israel planning new Squatter settlement near Bethlehem to ‘cut Palestine’s West Bank in two’
Ma'an News Agency | - - RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Israeli authorities have been conducting a land survey in the southern occupied West Bank near Bethlehem in order to declare state lands to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/gordonnuremberg-180x137.jpg)
The Republicans who fear that Trump isn’t Belligerent Enough
By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - What Does It Mean When War Hawks Say, “Never Trump”? The Enemies of My Enemy May Be War Criminals By Rebecca Gordon…![Saudis bomb Sanaa during “Million-Person march”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/saudis-bomb-sanaa-during-million-187x137.jpg)
Saudis bomb Sanaa during “Million-Person march”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Houthi Ansarullah Movement that controls most of north and west Yemen staged what was by all accounts an enormous demonstration in the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/islam-is-peace-1-187x137.jpg)
Juan Cole, “The Idea of Peace in the Qur’an” (Kluge Center Blog)
Juan Cole | Library of Congress | John W. Kluge Center | - - The past summer I had an appointment at the John W. Kluge Center that allowed for research in…![Near-War: US Planes almost tangle with Syrian MiGs, which bombed area of US troop Embeds](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/near-war-us-planes-almost-tangle-187x137.jpg)
Near-War: US Planes almost tangle with Syrian MiGs, which bombed area of US troop Embeds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The fighting that has broken out between Kurdish YPG fighters and the Syrian Arab Army in Hasaka, northeast Syria, is hardly a new…![Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/merkel-migrants-did-not-bring-ra-187x137.jpg)
Merkel: Migrants did not bring Radical Terrorism to Germany
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a campaign event on Wednesday evening, that there is no relationship between the influx of some one…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/hijabrio-750x417-1-187x137.jpg)
Five truths about the Hijab (Muslim Veil) that need to be told
By Peter Hopkins | (The Conversation) | - - Rio 2016 is proving not just to be a platform for sporting prowess, it is also helping to shake up some traditionally-held cultural…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/392051C-1-187x137.jpg)
Gaza power plant runs out of fuel amid longstanding electricity crisis
Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA (Ma’an)-- The besieged Gaza Strip’s only power plant announced on Thursday that it was unable to operate on more than one generator after exhausting its…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/sy_3-1.png_390876894-1-187x137.png)
The Haunting Image of a Syrian Boy Who’s Only Known War
TeleSur | - - The image is haunting: A boy sits silent and stone-still in an ambulance, hands resting in his lap, his feet dangling from the chair as though suspended in…![Sanders: Aetna’s Obamacare threat shows what Corporate Control Looks Like](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/sanders-aetnas-obamacare-threat-187x137.jpg)
Sanders: Aetna’s Obamacare threat shows what Corporate Control Looks Like
By Nika Knight, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Aetna threatened federal government with withdrawal from Affordable Care Act if controversial merger didn't go through, new reporting reveals Aetna CEO Mark…![Economic Damage from Civil War Costs poverty-stricken Yemen $14 Billion](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/economic-damage-from-civil-war-c-187x137.jpg)
Economic Damage from Civil War Costs poverty-stricken Yemen $14 Billion
TeleSur | - - The civil war in Yemen has caused a humanitarian disaster. The cost from damage to infrastructure and economic losses in Yemen's civil war is more than $14 billion…![Dragon Rising? China seeks Closer military Cooperation with Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/dragon-rising-china-seeks-closer-187x137.jpg)
Dragon Rising? China seeks Closer military Cooperation with Syria
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment | - - The Arabic press is reporting that a high Chinese official on a visit to Damascus has announced that Beijing intends to strengthen its…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/391689C-1-187x137.jpg)
Israelis raze homes near Hebron, Bethlehem, Palestine, leaving 70 Palestinians homeless
Ma'an News Agency | - - HEBRON (Ma’an) -- More than 50 Palestinians of the same extended family, including several children, were left homeless Tuesday morning after Israeli forces demolished eight homes…![Does this Change Everything? Russia’s first strikes on Syria from Iran Airbases](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/does-this-change-everything-russ-187x137.jpg)
Does this Change Everything? Russia’s first strikes on Syria from Iran Airbases
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian bombers for the first time have taken off from bases in Iran to carry out air strikes on rebel targets in Syria.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/ELCA_KhaledTestifies-1-187x137.jpg)
Evangelical Lutheran Church Votes to Divest from Israeli Occupation
by Anna Baltzer, US Campaign to End the Occupation | IMEMC | - - On Friday, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted overwhelmingly — by an estimated 90% — to…![Trump and Extreme Vetting of Muslims](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/trump-and-extreme-vetting-of-mus-187x137.jpg)
Trump and Extreme Vetting of Muslims
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In an attempt at a foreign policy speech in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday, Donald Trump attempted to get back to his fearmongering roots…![Top 5 Ways Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is a Better American than Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/top-5-ways-olympian-ibtihaj-muha-187x137.jpg)
Top 5 Ways Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is a Better American than Trump
Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first American woman athlete to compete in the Olympics wearing the hijab or Muslim head-covering, is a fatal complication to Donald Trump's Islamophobia. Opening Ceremonies! One of the best…![2 out of 5 Palestinian youth in Israeli-occupied Palestine unemployed](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/2-out-of-5-palestinian-youth-in-187x137.jpg)
2 out of 5 Palestinian youth in Israeli-occupied Palestine unemployed
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Two out of five Palestinian youth were unemployed during the first quarter of 2016, according to data recently released by the Palestinian Central…![10 Children Killed in Saudi Airstrike on Yemeni School](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/10-children-killed-in-saudi-airs-187x137.jpg)
10 Children Killed in Saudi Airstrike on Yemeni School
TeleSur | - - The Saudi-led coalition admitted children were at the site of the airstrike but jets “don’t distinguish ages” during attacks. At least 10 Yemeni children were killed in a…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/162988-187x137.jpg)
People in Syria’s Manbij Rejoice by Shaving, throwing off Veil as ISIL fighters Flee
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - People in Syria's norther town of Manbij, now entirely liberated from the rule of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL), rejoiced on Saturday. Men shaved their…![Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/climate-change-terror-as-deserts-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change Terror as Deserts Bury 2/3s of African Lands
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME, (IPS) - Two-thirds of the African continent is already desert or dry-lands. But while this vast extension of the second largest…![ISIL fighter number falls to 15,000 as Manbij capture Cuts off Route to Europe](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/isil-fighter-number-falls-to-150-187x137.jpg)
ISIL fighter number falls to 15,000 as Manbij capture Cuts off Route to Europe
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | AP is reporting that Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland maintains that the number of ISIL fighters in Syria and Iraq is in steep decline, having fallen…![Monsters to Destroy: Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/monsters-to-destroy-top-7-reason-187x137.jpg)
Monsters to Destroy: Top 7 Reasons the US could not have forestalled Syrian Civil War
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The interventionist temptation, muted since the Iraq imbroglio, is now returning. Sec. Clinton's team are already talking about taking steps to remove Syrian…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/jonessoldiers-140x137.jpg)
If the Military had Permission to Speak Freely: They might rescue us from the Politicians’ Forever War
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - The United States is now engaged in perpetual war with victory nowhere in sight. Iraq is chaotic and scarred. So, too, is…![How labor’s decline opened door to billionaire Trump as ‘savior’ of American workers](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/how-labors-decline-opened-door-t-1-187x137.jpg)
How labor’s decline opened door to billionaire Trump as ‘savior’ of American workers
By Raymond Hogler | (The Conversation) | - - Out of the economic maelstrom of the last decade, Donald Trump has emerged as the improbable, and self-proclaimed, champion of American workers. And…![No, Obama did not found ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/no-obama-did-not-found-isil-187x137.jpg)
No, Obama did not found ISIL, Mr. Trump: That was the GOP
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump in his daily free association exercise accused President Obama of creating Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) in Iraq by withdrawing troops from that country…![Imitating Congolese Trump threatens Sec. Clinton with Gun Nuts](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/imitating-congolese-trump-threat-187x137.jpg)
Trump threatens Sec. Clinton with Gun Nuts, imitates Tinpot 3rd World Regimes
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump said Tuesday there was nothing that his supporters could do if Hillary Clinton won and got "to pick her judges." Then…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/shadowgovengelhardt-180x137.jpg)
A Sucker is born Every Minute: Our Election From Hell
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Yep, it finally happened. In early May, after a long, long run, the elephants of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/table_1_-187x137.jpg)
The Economic Crisis of Greying World: 30 Countries have more Elderly than Children
By Joseph Chamie | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - It first happened in Italy in 1995. Five years later it happened in six additional countries, Bulgaria, Germany,…![Gaza Strip: Blockade Causing an End to Fresh Water Resources](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/gaza-strip-blockade-causing-an-e-187x137.jpg)
Gaza Strip: Blockade Causing an End to Fresh Water Resources
By IMEMC News | - - International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team | - - As every year, during the summer, the water shortage in the Gaza Strip is accentuated. At the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/palestinian_land_loss-1.jpg_1718483346-1-187x137.jpg)
Google Sparks Outrage by Abolishing Palestine on Maps
TeleSur | - - Google's decision to wipe Palestine from its map app and portray the occupied territories as Israel sparks online protest campaign. Journalists and activists have excoriated Google for wiping…![Looming Aleppo Battle indicts both sides of Civil War for breaking Cease-Fire](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/looming-aleppo-battle-indicts-bo-187x137.jpg)
Looming Aleppo Battle indicts both sides of Civil War for breaking Cease-Fire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The only thing worse than the new hero status of now-covert al-Qaeda operative Abu Muhammad al-Julani and his Army of Syrian Conquest (ASC)…![On 71st Anniversary of Hiroshima, the Fear of a Nuclear Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/on-71st-anniversary-of-hiroshima-187x137.jpg)
On 71st Anniversary of Hiroshima, the Fear of a Nuclear Trump
TeleSur | - - Donald Trump also recently asked a national security expert three times why, since the US has nuclear weapons, it can’t use them. Japan marked the 71st anniversary of…![Will Syria Issue derail Turkey-Russia Rapprochement?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/will-syria-issue-derail-turkey-r-187x137.jpg)
Will Syria Issue derail Turkey-Russia Rapprochement?
By Abbas Djavadi | ( RFE/RL ) | - - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to St. Petersburg on August 9 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They will focus…![Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/iowa-could-go-100-green-with-win-187x137.jpg)
Iowa could go 100% Green with Wind in only 14 years, w/ Few Birds Killed, Mr. Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Iowa gets 31% of its electricity from wind turbines, the highest percentage in the nation (though Texas generates more than twice as many…![Democrats Are Still Divided on Israel, But Clinton Runs Way to the Right](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/democrats-are-still-divided-on-i-187x137.jpg)
Democrats Are Still Divided on Israel, But Clinton Runs Way to the Right
By Naomi Dann | Foreign Policy in Focus | (Originally published in Lobelog) Some see Democratic VP pick Tim Kaine as a promising counterbalance to Clinton's hawkishness. Following Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s exit as…![Syria: Key ISIL Smuggling city, Manbij, falls to Kurd-Arab Force](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/syria-key-isil-smuggling-city-ma-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Key ISIL Smuggling city, Manbij, falls to Kurd-Arab Force
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Syrian War is nowhere near over, but the Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) episode may be drawing to an end. Alarabiya reports that the…![ISIL Captures Thousands trying to flee it in Iraq, Executes a Dozen](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/isil-captures-thousands-trying-t-187x137.jpg)
ISIL Captures Thousands trying to flee it in Iraq, Executes a Dozen
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Oman Daily's Jabbar al-Rubaie reports that Iraqi security sources announced yesterday that Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) had executed a number of the residents…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/Atomic_cloud_over_Nagasaki_from_Koyagi-jima-750x580-187x137.jpg)
Nagasaki, 1945: “The world did not need your experiment”
By H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | - - Kyoko Hayashi nearly died on August 9, 1945 in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. She was fourteen years old and working at…![Obama not only did not pay Iran Ransom, he denied Iran Billions it had Coming to It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/obama-not-only-did-not-pay-iran-187x137.jpg)
Obama not only did not pay Iran Ransom, he denied Iran Billions it had Coming to It
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Zack Beauchamp at Vox has a very clear explanation of why the $400 million the US paid to Iran in January was not…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/bacevichamericaswar-180x230-1-180x137.jpg)
The Decay of American Politics: Pseudo-Election 2016
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - My earliest recollection of national politics dates back exactly 60 years to the moment, in the summer of 1956, when I watched the…![Donald “Dr. Strangelove” Trump and some of the Times We almost had a Nuclear War](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/donald-dr-strangelove-trump-and-187x137.jpg)
Donald “Dr. Strangelove” Trump and some of the Times We almost had a Nuclear War
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I have long wondered why no one in Hollywood has remade Stanley Kubricks's 1964 "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I learned to Stop worrying…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/me-1-187x137.png)
Dear Trumpists: Khizr Khan is not ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ and it wouldn’t matter if he Were
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A Trump adviser is trying to smear Khizr Khan, the Pakistani-American legal consultant who spoke at the DNC, as a "Muslim Brotherhood agent."…![#CanYouHearUsNow: Muslim Women Lambast Trump’s Orientalism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/canyouhearusnow-muslim-women-lam-187x137.jpg)
#CanYouHearUsNow: Muslim Women Lambast Trump’s Orientalism
TeleSur | - - Muslim women activists took to social media to take a stand against the Republican candidate’s bigoted drudgery. Muslim-Americans Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of the late Army Capt.…![Black Lives Matter Protests in Palestine](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/black-lives-matter-protests-in-p-187x137.jpg)
Black Lives Matter Protests in Palestine
TeleSur | - - BLM argued that police violence and killings against Black people in the U.S. are connected to the decades-long Israeli oppression of Palestinians. Activists from the Black Lives Matter…![6 Signs the Big Global Switch to Solar has already Begun](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/6-signs-the-big-global-switch-to-187x137.jpg)
6 Signs the Big Global Switch to Solar has already Begun
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - China has installed 20 gigawatts of new solar power just in the first half of this year. This achievement beats analysts' expectations by…![Pope and French Muslims try Muslim-Christian outreach instead of ‘War on Terror’ Polarization](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/pope-and-french-muslims-try-musl-187x137.jpg)
Pope and French Muslims try Muslim-Christian outreach instead of ‘War on Terror’ Polarization
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - AFP reported from the papal airplane on Pope Francis's remarks about Islam in the wake of the brutal murder of an elderly priest…![Israel jailing more and more Palestinian Minors without Charges or Trial](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/israel-jailing-more-and-more-pal-187x137.jpg)
Israel jailing more and more Palestinian Minors without Charges or Trial
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli human rights group B’Tselem released a report Thursday evening revealing that Israeli authorities have steadily increased their use of administrative detention --…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170129182146im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/08/JosephPreville.pic_.Istanbul-378x230-187x137.jpg)