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Martin Jay
Martin Jay is an award-winning British journalist based in Morocco where he is a correspondent for The Daily Mail (UK) who previously reported on the Arab Spring there for CNN, as well as Euronews. From 2012 to 2019 he was based in Beirut where he worked for a number of international media titles including BBC, Al Jazeera, RT, DW, as well as reporting on a freelance basis for the UK’s Daily Mail, The Sunday Times plus TRT World. His career has led him to work in almost 50 countries in Africa, The Middle East and Europe for a host of major media titles. He has lived and worked in Morocco, Belgium, Kenya and Lebanon.
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We should not look too deeply at what got Trump in this mess. He’s just stupid and he surrounds himself with others who are much the same.
Iran has claimed to have downed two helicopters as well as an F-15, and also denies claims that a second airman is with them – and not rescued by the U.S.
Where is this marriage of convenience heading?
Trump’s foreign policy incursions, or as he often calls them “excursions”, hit the U.S. economy badly at home.
Trump’s final throw of the dice is a second incursion with the stakes even higher and no element of surprise.
The murder of three Lebanese journalists brings the U.S./Israel war with Iran to a new level of depravity and desperation.
Iraq which is heading towards a civil war that could wipe out U.S. oil investors there.
Trump corners himself into a tiny space where he looks even more stupid and incompetent than ever.
Despite all the hype from U.S. media, it is important to stress that Trump has not yet acted.
What’s the difference between Vietnam and the Iran War? Answer: Trump had an exit strategy for Vietnam.