Just three days into Operation Epic Fury, we pointed out what may be the more consequential second-order risk, arguably even more important than the risk of data centers getting bombed (identified a month earlier): Are desalination plants the next ta
In a non-elected dictatorship, the dictator doesn't need to secure anyone's consent to initiate a war. He simply initiates it on his own by ordering his military to attack another country.
WSJ: UAE preparing to formally enter the war, the first Gulf state to become a combatant lobbying for a UN Security Council resolution authorising force to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Over the weekend, both Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) - the largest aluminum producers in the Gulf - and Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) reported drone attacks damaging smelting facilities after hits on Iranian steel infrastructure last week.
NATO: If Europe won't allow us to use the bases we man and fund for their defense when we need them we ought to close them down and remove our troops from Europe. If they get attacked by Russia we can discuss whether or not we have the time to help
The World War II chapters of my introductory history textbooks always devoted a great deal of space to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought our country into the conflict.
Amid Threat To Blast Tehran 'Back To The Stone Ages' If Strait Unopened. Trump to Reuters: will be "out of Iran pretty quickly" & could return for "spot hits" if needed.
• John & Nisha Whitehead - The Rutherford Institute
Under the Trump Administration, the language of empire has also been imbued with a religious fervor that recasts Jesus Christ - not as a peacemaker - but as a mascot for power, conquest and control.
Speaking as a former harbor master, operator of cargo ships, and a military specialist on the Mideast, the current war in Iran is a fool's errand. The much-ballyhooed Strait of Hormuz is only 33 odd kilometers wide and averages only 220 meters deep
When asked why the president is threatening to potentially commit war crimes, the White House said Iran's 'best move is to make a deal' - Publisher's Note...