It has been accepted for months that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was instrumental in convincing U.S. President Donald Trump that war with Iran was a good idea. In February, The New York Times reported on the shocking extent to which Netanyahu had access...
The Strait of Hormuz is where slogans go to die. Today we take a hard look at the claim that the United States “controls” the strait because mines were cleared and surveillance is perfect, then we test that claim against something more revealing: the reported message...
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“Economic D-Day against Iran” makes for great TV, but it only matters if the US can actually enforce it. Kyle sits down with Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst and the writer behind Sonar21, to pressure-test the Trump administration’s new sanctions push, “Operation...
Two oil tankers were hit by unknown munitions in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night. A UK maritime shipping agency reported that a Saudi and a South Korean oil tanker were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Both vessels were hit while attempting to use...
The European Union’s foreign policy chief said a meeting of the bloc’s defense ministers did not result in progress towards a weapons transfer to Ukraine that included Patriot missiles. “There were calls and talks about these missiles but there was, unfortunately, no...
A Cuban official said that there are no ongoing negotiations with the US. President Donald Trump has threatened to conduct a regime change in Havana after the US concludes its war against Iran. “The channel for dialogue is at a complete standstill,” Lianys Torres...
“Economic war” sounds like a tidy solution until you look at what it actually does and what it rarely accomplishes. We sit down with Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski to pressure-test the latest U.S. messaging on Iran, from claims that sanctions will prevent a nuclear...
A US senator gets a basic Taiwan and South China Sea question and freezes, defaulting to “I support the military.” That clip sets the tone for a hard look at how casually America treats foreign policy competence while Congress keeps voting on war funding, alliances,...
September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe. On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of Poland from the west and a few weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded from the east. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signed a non-aggression...
