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Archives: War
![What if we Gave Six Wars and No Americans Noticed?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/what-if-we-gave-six-wars-and-no-187x137.jpg)
![Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/was-ayatollah-khamenei-right-abo-187x137.jpg)
Was Ayatollah Khamenei right about Washington? Trump Reneges
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump appears likely to attempt to derail the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA]), next week. The deal curbs…![countthedeadturse](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/10/countthedeadturse-180x137.jpeg)
Getting the Story: Combat Journalists and the Fixers they Depend On
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - We were already roaring down the road when the young man called to me over his shoulder. There was a woman seated between us…![Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/tweeting-while-the-planet-burns-187x137.jpg)
Tweeting while the Planet Burns: Dystopia 2025
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - It’s January 2025, and within days of entering the Oval Office, a new president already faces his first full-scale crisis abroad. Twenty-four…![Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/trump-blasts-iran-for-backing-sy-187x137.jpg)
Trump blasts Iran for backing Syria, ignores Russia, Praises Saudis
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump more or less threatened to wipe out the 25 million people of North Korea in his speech at the UN. Then he…![Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/our-failing-forever-wars-and-the-187x137.jpg)
Our failing Forever Wars and the End of Democracy
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - When it comes to the “world’s greatest military,” the news has been shocking. Two fast U.S. Navy ships colliding with slow-moving commercial…![What are American Soldiers really still dying for in the Mideast?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/what-are-american-soldiers-reall-187x137.jpg)
What are American Soldiers really still dying for in the Mideast?
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I used to command soldiers. Over the years, lots of them actually. In Iraq, Colorado, Afghanistan, and Kansas. And I’m still fixated on…![Afghanistan: Pentagon Admits it Low-Balled Public on Troop Levels](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/afghanistan-pentagon-admits-it-l-187x137.jpg)
Afghanistan: Pentagon Admits it Low-Balled Public on Troop Levels
TeleSur | - - The news comes prior to a boost in U.S. forces as part of Trump's “new approach” to quelling the Afghan insurgency. In a rare step toward transparency, the…![Think there’s too much Trouble in the World? Now Global Heating is Kicking In](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/think-theres-too-much-trouble-in-187x137.jpg)
Think there’s too much Trouble in the World? Now Global Heating is Kicking In
Gulrez Shah Azhar | (Project Syndicate) | - - SANTA MONICA – With India experiencing its worst drought in 140 years, Indian farmers have taken to the streets. At a protest in…![Under Saudi Bombs, Yemen hit by 500,000 Cholera Cases](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/under-saudi-bombs-yemen-hit-by-5-187x137.jpg)
Under Saudi Bombs, Yemen hit by 500,000 Cholera Cases
TeleSur | - - Each day there are more than 5,000 new cases of the waterborne disease. More than half a million people in Yemen have been infected with cholera since the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/prophets-130x137.gif)
Top Ten Ways your Taxes pay for Endless War
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - You wouldn’t know it, based on the endless cries for more money coming from the military, politicians, and the president, but these…![Not Winning in Afghanistan: Why?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/not-winning-in-afghanistan-why-187x137.jpg)
Not Winning in Afghanistan: Why?
By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | - - Candidate Trump in his dynamic public rallies repeatedly criticized the former U.S. president for not winning anymore. Trump also mentioned, “If I’m…![Empire of Destruction: Mosul reveals Myth of Precision Bombing](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/empire-of-destruction-mosul-reve-187x137.jpg)
Empire of Destruction: Mosul reveals Myth of Precision Bombing
By Tom Engelhardt | (Via Tomdispatch.com ) | - - You remember. It was supposed to be twenty-first-century war, American-style: precise beyond imagining; smart bombs; drones capable of taking out a carefully…![What good is our Nat’l Security State if we’re afraid to Leave Home?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/what-good-is-our-natl-security-s-187x137.jpg)
What good is our Nat’l Security State if we’re afraid to Leave Home?
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Has there ever been a nation as dedicated to preparing for doomsday as the United States? If that’s a thought that hasn’t…![Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/back-to-quagmire-beware-endless-187x137.jpg)
Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - We walked in a single file. Not because it was tactically sound. It wasn’t -- at least according to standard infantry doctrine. Patrolling…![Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/syria-russians-alarmed-washingto-187x137.jpg)
Syria: Russians alarmed, Washington Befuddled, by White House threats
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The unusual statement from the "White House" on Monday saying that there were indications that the Syrian regime was preparing to use poison…![Trump May Already Be Blundering into the Next Middle East War](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-may-already-be-blundering-187x137.jpg)
Trump May Already Be Blundering into the Next Middle East War
By Jim Lobe & Giulia McDonnell Nieto Del Rio | ( FPIF) | First published in Lobelog | - - The possibilities for catastrophic miscalculation are skyrocketing in the Middle East, and…![If US Wars aren’t on TV, are all those 1000s really Dying?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/if-us-wars-arent-on-tv-are-all-t-187x137.jpg)
If US Wars aren’t on TV, are all those 1000s really Dying?
Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - The headlines arrive in my inbox day after day: “U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria killed hundreds of civilians, U.N. panel says.” “Pentagon wants to declare…![Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/can-iran-turkey-and-egypt-cooper-187x137.jpg)
Can Iran, Turkey and Egypt Cooperate to deliver Mideast from Chaos?
Farhang Jahanpour | ( Tehran Times | - - TEHRAN - Professor Farhang Jahanpour, part-time tutor on the Middle East in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, tells…![Trump accuses Syrian of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20171010204842im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-accuses-syrian-of-planning-187x137.jpg)