Scott talks to Melissa Etehad about the effects of U.S. sanctions on ordinary Iranians. The "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran is meant to inflict suffering on the whole country in order to pressure its government into meeting America's demands. Unfortunately,...
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Trump the Big Deal Maker
Bloomberg man reminds us that Trump has failed to deliver a deal on Korea, China, Afghanistan, Palestine or Iran.
News Roundup 9/9/19
US News The Philadelphia District Attorney has exonerated nine people in 19 months. [Link] Russia Ukraine and Russia swap dozens of prisoners. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban kidnapped six journalists. [Link] Trump says he canceled planned talks with the Taliban...
Why Iran Hates Israel, if it’s NOT their land?!
Iran is a thousand miles away from Israel. And unlike the Palestinians, Iran doesn’t claim Israeli land. So why does Shiite Iran arm Sunni Palestinians, when their enemies are Sunni? The Palestinians are predominately Sunni Muslim, which is the Arab group that...
Is Netanyahu Going to Finally Lose Power? Does it even Matter?
Elections are only weeks away in the US’s “51st state,” Israel. This comes as a result of Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest “serving” prime minister in Israel’s history, being unable to form a coalition after the last election despite the right-wing getting a clear...
News Roundup 9/6/19
US News The US is sending about 600 troops to Guyana. [Link] Russia Ukraine and Russia are close to a prisoner exchange agreement. [Link] Middle East A Taliban suicide bomber killed ten people in Kabul. [Link] The US says it will blacklist any ship that provides fuel...
News Roundup 9/5/19
US News A non-profit coding group will work to have thousands of marijuana convictions expunged in Chicago. [Link] Trump plans to allocate $3.6 billion from the military budget to fund the wall. [Link] Latin America Guatemala declared a ‘state of siege - in five areas...
NYT Piece on the History of Barak and Netanyahu Trying to Get the US to Bomb Iran
Here. Some good stuff in there if not the whole context. (Also, Mazzetti knows that Iran has never attempted to create "highly enriched uranium, the fuel to build a nuclear bomb," therefore they could not possibly begin to do so "once again." [Technically, 20% U-235...
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