As President Trump struggles to extricate the United States from the war in Iran, his promises to protesters in the country have fallen by the wayside.
A vocal group of Washington hawks wants President Trump to order one more round of strikes on Iran, reopen the Strait of Hormuz by force […] Source
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has unveiled a plan to use military forces to intercept and return migrant boats crossing the English Channel, framing it as both a border security and humanitarian initiative. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has announced Operation Fortress, its plan to deploy the Royal Navy and […]
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has unveiled a plan to use military forces to intercept and return migrant boats crossing the English Channel, framing it as both a border security and humanitarian initiative. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has announced Operation Fortress, its plan to deploy the Royal Navy and other military forces to intercept and return unauthorized migrant boats crossing the English Channel, aiming to make the border “impenetrable,” according to Reform Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yousaf. DETAIL: The proposal includes a joint military command comprising the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Air Force (RAF), and British Army, along with a surveillance unit to monitor vessels…Open
Image: Chickenonline via Pixabay , Pixabay License . Chickenonline By Chris J. Krisinger We’ve been doing this same dance for decades.
chatgpt By Brian C. Joondeph Five months into the Iran conflict, supporters are asking whether America First still means fewer wars.
A realist analysis of power and interests points to a mutually beneficial outcome. The post The Iran War Is Lose-Lose appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Iran War Is Lose-Lose A realist analysis of power and interests points to a mutually beneficial outcome. Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images The conflict between the United States and Iran has laid bare a profound failure of political judgment and strategic adaptation in Washington and Tehran alike. Both sides locked themselves into rigid adversarial paradigms and prioritized short-term tactical military successes at the expense of long-term strategy. For the United States in particular, this failure is a symptom of a much larger, more dangerous disease—a stubborn adherence to a…Open
President Donald J. Trump highlighted a surprising shift in the late Senator Lindsey Graham's approach to foreign policy during his final weeks, contrasting his hawkish reputation with calls for diplomacy.
President Donald J. Trump said the late Senator Lindsey Graham adopted a surprising shift on foreign policy during his final weeks, calling for diplomacy. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump said late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), whose funeral was held on Tuesday, privately shifted his stance on Iran in the weeks before his death, and that the longtime foreign policy hawk urged pursuing a negotiated settlement rather than continued military action. DETAIL: Graham, who died suddenly on July 11 at age 71, had long been one of the Senate’s strongest advocates for military intervention abroad, including support for action against Iran and continued U.S. backing for Ukraine in its war against Russia. Trump said…Open
“I’ve never seen a war won strictly from the air”
All across Iran, there is evidence of Minab-style massacres in which the US and Israel wantonly slaughtered civilians
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal visits a neighborhood in Eastern Tehran, Iran bombarded with 8 missiles launched by the US-Israeli coalition on March 9, 2026. There, he met local residents who witnessed what they described as a major atrocity in which dozens of civilians were killed, and many wounded, while scores of families were left homeless. Above the door of an apartment building which was completely destroyed by the bombing, a local painted the phrase, "Proof of American crimes."Open
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani after he presided over the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the largest gathering in human history, where millions clamored for revenge for their leader's assassination.
Zakani is a leading conservative politician who campaigned for the presidency as an opponent of the JCPOA nuclear deal, and has since emerged as top critic of the MOU between Iran and the US. In this exclusive interview with The Grayzone, Zakani addressed the popular calls for vengeance against Trump and Netanyahu during Khamenei's funeral, and whether they expressed an official policy. As a former friend and ally of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and former President Ebrahim Raisi, Zakani discussed the impact of their deaths on the Iranian nation, and addressed whether Iran responded strongly enough to Soleimani's assassination. Zakani explained his critical views on the MOU, and provided his perspective on the deadly riots that rocked Iran…Open