The comparative military strengths of the U. S. and Iran was never an issue. The U.S. knew it could blow more stuff up. But that hasn’t been enough to “win” if by win you mean getting a new regime in Iran willing to agree to all of the U.S.’s demands. Iran turned out not to
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Published on December 13, 2024 Suzanne Maloney’s explanation is the most concise and clearest explanation of how our relationship with Iran evolved I’ve ever seen. The title is “The Middle East’s Dangerous New Normal: Iran, Israel, and the Delicate Balance of Disorder.” Here’s the link. If you read this, you’ll understand more than about 98%
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historian and politician, was born around 56 A.D. In his book Annals, he described some economic dislocation that occurred in Rome around 33 AD. Read these two paragraphs slowly. Anything ring a bell? Sound at all familiar? It’s always, always, always the same when too much debt accumulates. Eventually, the
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