Time to Recalibrate False Assumptions and Political Fantasies: The Cases of Iran and Venezuela

In May, The New York Times reported that Iran’s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had allegedly been recruited by the United States and Israel to assume power if the Iranian regime was toppled.
Ahmadinejad has long had a troubled relationship with the Iranian establishment. He publicly accused senior regime figures of corruption, was later barred from running for president, saw several of his aides arrested, and was eventually placed under house arrest.

Iran’s Record Justifies Military Action Against It

It’s remarkable to witness the level of ignorance displayed by certain public officials, segments of the media, and various analysts when evaluating the rationale behind the joint American–Israeli military operation against Iran.

For Sake of Iranian People, Foreign Intervention Justified

As with many contemporary challenges, the case for foreign intervention in Iran has a clear precedent: NATO’s intervention in the former Yugoslavia against the regime of Slobodan Milošević.

Gaza’s Genocide Inversion: Setting the Record Straight

This video refutes the dire and growing accusation circulating globally—one that seeks to delegitimize Zionism, demonize Israel, and implicitly provoke hostility toward Jews both inside and outside the borders of the Jewish state–that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

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Lebanon’s Current Crisis Echoes Its World War I Great Famine

Should the United States continue inconsistently checking the power of the so-called Iranian-led Axis of Resistance without offering an outlet of relief to Lebanese, in much the same way that World War I’s Allied forces tried to subdue the Ottoman government in the Levant, they are doomed to be sacrificed on the altar of the American-Iranian struggle for power in the Middle East.

Morality and War: The Fall of Kabul

As we received news from the actual and not metaphorical front, that is, the military situation, then evacuation in Kabul, we were instantly tempted to make a variety of moral judgments.

US Foreign Policy Loses Credibility With Afghanistan Withdrawal

US Foreign Policy Loses Credibility With Afghanistan Withdrawal

There are many reasons for the collapse of the Afghan government.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert “Bob” Gates already warned in June that a U.S. troop withdrawal would lead to a collapse of the Afghan government.
Top American military commanders similarly warned president Joe Biden.

Fighting Terrorism-Myths and realities

The American debacle in Afghanistan is exactly what is being said about that-A catastrophe of major proportions which is going to have very quick and deep repercussions on the ability of the Western world to counter terror regimes and movements.

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