President Donald Trump threatened a “very bad” future for NATO if its members do not provide the US with support in the war with Iran. “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait [of Hormuz] will help to make sure that nothing bad...
As outrageous as the comportment of the current U.S. president may be to many people throughout the world, there is a silver lining to Donald Trump’s endless series of threats, whether overt or implied, against the citizens of Canada, Venezuela, Greenland, Iran,...
When American and Israeli warplanes struck Iran on February 28, 2026, launching what Washington dubbed Operation Epic Fury, most NATO allies fell into line. Spain did not. In the days that followed, the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez barred American forces...
A headline-friendly story says Iran tried to assassinate Donald Trump. We pull the threads and find a different picture: an FBI-driven sting targeting Asif Merchant, two undercover “hitmen,” no money to fund the job, and no credible evidence that Tehran ordered...
Israel is preparing for the war with Iran to drag into April. Tel Aviv assesses that the government in Tehran will likely remain in place after the conflict. Israeli officials told Ynet that preparations were underway in Tel Aviv for the war against Iran to last...
Israel is seeking to capture southern Lebanon. One Israeli official said that Tel Aviv plans to destroy the region. Axios reports that US and Israeli officials said that Israel plans to take Lebanon south of the Litani River. "The goal is to take over territory, push...
President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran’s Kharg Island a second time, even if there are no military objectives. Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces struck 90 Iranian military targets on the landmass in the Persian Gulf. “Moments ago, at my direction, the...
Download Audio. Scott interviews Israeli geopolitical analyst Shaiel Ben-Ephraim about how Israelis are navigating and thinking about this new war with Iran. He and Scott dig into the differences between the US and Israeli government’s objectives in this war, the...
https://youtu.be/TljgiFOCRdg A final word about conscription: of all the ways in which war aggrandizes the State, this is perhaps the most flagrant and most despotic. But the most striking fact about conscription is the absurdity of the arguments put forward on its...
A president calls for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” then floats picking the next government and rebuilding a nation of 90 million. We unpack how a mission that began as punitive strikes ballooned into de facto nation building, why timelines quietly stretched from...
