The decision by the “Willings” to proceed “at all costs” toward a posture of direct confrontation must be judged by what it risks producing rather than by what it claims to pursue.
Sunni military alliance project appears to have an uncertain future
How feasible is Trump’s strategy? Is Iran in as desperate straits as Treasury Secretary Bessent suggests?
Mafia, piracy, bribing, extortion: talk about a flexible Empire at work
Trump’s war on Iran backfired – and now the Houthis are sinking his midterms.
The U.S. may blockade Iran on the seas. But it cannot blockade Iran’s geography
Trump’s pivot to economic pressure as the key to Iranian capitulation is not a credible strategy.
Relish the ambiguity. And the deliberate opaqueness.
