Day: June 26, 2019

How Iran Decided to Down a US Drone and Narrowly Averted War by Sparing Another US Plane

June 26, 2019 Opinion

Iran averted all-out war in the Middle East at the last moment when the Central command and control operational room of its Army and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ordered not to shoot d…

Secret US-Russia-Israel National Security Summit in Jerusalem: What is the Hidden Agenda?

June 26, 2019 Opinion

This week’s National Security Advisor summit in Jerusalem is an historic event because of the participation of the Russian, Israeli, and American representatives during this multi-day meeting fro…

Trump: War President or Anti-Interventionist?

June 26, 2019 Opinion

Visualizing 150 Iranian dead from a missile strike that he had ordered, President Donald Trump recoiled and canceled the strike, a brave decision and defining moment for his presidency. Secretary of S…

How to Start an Unnecessary War

June 26, 2019 Opinion

I confess to being mystified by those Americans who lean conservative, like myself, who continue to think that President Donald J. Trump is somehow doing a good job. To be sure, the economy continues …

Germany vs. Iran – Has Germany Sold Out to the Devil?

June 26, 2019 Opinion

Madame Angela Merkel – the head of Europe’s strongest economy, of the leader of the European Union, said that there was strong evidence that Iran attacked the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Ten days…

Trump May be in Too Deep to Avoid War with Iran

June 26, 2019 Opinion

President Trump’s last-minute change of mind over launching US airstrikes against Iran shows that a military conflict of some description in the Gulf is becoming highly probable. His hesitation was mo…

Shinzō Abe’s Trip to Iran

June 26, 2019 Opinion

The fact that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe made a trip to Iran from 13 to 14 May of this year is noteworthy in and of itself, regardless of outcomes of any meetings that took place there. We wou…

The West’s Disgraceful Silence on the Death of Morsi

June 26, 2019 Opinion

Ye Gods, how brave was our response to the outrageous death-in-a-cage of Mohamed Morsi. It is perhaps a little tiresome to repeat all the words of regret and mourning, of revulsion and horror, of eard…