Image: The Presidential Administration of Ukraine via Wikimedia Commons , CC BY 4.0 . The Presidential Administration of Ukraine By J.B. Shurk This war is about money, not saving ‘democracy.’
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
‘Pete Hegseth has lied’
As the reignited Iran war stretches into its fifth month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the Pentagon’s case to Congress for additional funding.
The Iran War demonstrates why no “true MAGA” candidate will ever replace Trump. The post MAGA Champion Need Not Apply appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics MAGA Champion Need Not Apply The Iran War demonstrates why no “true MAGA” candidate will ever replace Trump. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Strange bedfellows defined the coalition that carried Donald Trump to the presidency in 2016 and 2024. Evangelicals, libertarians, nationalists, and traditional Republicans, groups with little agreement on core policy, laid down their knives on those November Tuesdays to rally behind a whimsical, big-city showman who built, and often mismanaged, his inherited empire. Trump was their champion—a comedian, a performer, but, most importantly, a fighter. If…Open
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Swing voters who helped reelect President Trump in 2024 don't support his decision to go to war in Iran and instead want to see U.S. tax dollars spent tackling economic pressures facing Americans.
Chris Cuomo reports live from Tel Aviv as President Trump declares the American and Israeli war with Iran will be over “very soon.” What does that mean in terms of a timeline? Cuomo speaks with former Israeli national security adviser Eyal Hulata, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark, and Iranian-born international relations professor Kian Tajbakhsh, now a dual U.S. citizen after spending years as a political prisoner in Iran. New reporting has emerged that American intelligence intercepted an encrypted text that may have triggered the activation of sleeper cells across the west. There are also reports suggesting the White House may be holding back information about domestic threats against Americans during the war…