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The Long Sordid History of Pentagon Intervention in Iraq Jacob G. Hornberger, 1/10/2020 Come Home, America: Stop Policing the Globe and Put an End to Wars-Without-Endby John W. Whitehead, 1/10/2020
The Embalming of Syriaby Edward Hunt, 1/10/2020 Sanctions Are Economic Warfare John Nichols, 1/9/2020
You Can't Kill Top Leaders of Countries We Aren't at War With Jim Webb, 1/9/2020 The Obama Administration Wrecked Libya for a Generation Doug Bandow, 1/9/2020
The Assassination of Qassem Suleimani: Imminent Threat of Peaceby Ted Snider, 1/9/2020 Report: US Drone Strike Kills 60 Afghan Civilians, Taliban Commanderby Brett Wilkins, 1/9/2020
The Ongoing US War on Iran Jacob G. Hornberger, 1/9/2020 The Global War of Errorby Tom Engelhardt, 1/9/2020
Trump's Bogus 'Off Ramp' Offer to Iran Ted Galen Carpenter , 1/9/2020 Who Created the Persian Gulf Tinderbox?by Daniel Lazare, 1/9/2020
Pompeo's Gulf of Tonkin Incident Gareth Porter, 1/8/2020 The Islamic Republic of Restraintby Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.), 1/8/2020
A Lawless Political Assassinationby Andrew P. Napolitano, 1/8/2020 Trump Versus Iran: Power Doesn't Just Corrupt, It Deludesby Thomas Knapp, 1/8/2020
Iran Will Make Huge Political Gains Out of This Crisis Patrick Cockburn, 1/8/2020 Will This Billionaire-Funded Think Tank Get Its War With Iran? James W. Carden, 1/8/2020
There's No Evidence Iran Supported the Killing of Hundreds of Americans Stephen Zunes, 1/8/2020 The US Military Should Take the Iraqi Parliament's Advice and Leave Annelle Sheline, 1/8/2020
The Donald's Assassination of General Soleimani – As Stupid as It Getsby David Stockman, 1/8/2020 How Congress Can Stop Trump's Iran War Barbara Boland, 1/7/2020
Killing Soleimani Was in Israel's Interest, 'Not in the American Interest' by Philip Weiss, 1/7/2020 The Many Faces of Qassem Soleimaniby Guy Somerset, 1/7/2020
6 Reasons the Conflict With Iran Is Giving US Iraq War Flashbacksby Tim Dickinson, 1/7/2020 Cable News Turns to Iraq War Flunkies Like Judith Miller for Iran Insightby Justin Baragona, 1/7/2020
The Roots of US Hatred Toward Iran Jacob G. Hornberger, 1/7/2020 US Media Outlets Fail to Disclose US Government Ties of 'Iranian Journalist' Eli Clifton, 1/7/2020
Congress, Don't Stop at Passing a Strong War Powers Resolution John Nichols, 1/7/2020 If Americans Die in the Iran Crisis, Remember Pompeo Called It 'A Little Noise' Joan Walsh, 1/7/2020
Trump's Iran Aggression Deserves Full-Throated Oppositionby Peter Certo, 1/7/2020 US Actions in Iraq Could Plunge the Country Into Crisis Once Again Patrick Cockburn, 1/6/2020
The Middle East Is More Stable When the United States Stays Away Trita Parsi, 1/6/2020 Blood on Whose Hands?by Brett Wilkins, 1/6/2020
Anti-War Conservatives Join Protests Against Trump's Iran Confrontationby Hunter DeRensis, 1/6/2020 Trump Is Doing the Bidding of Washington's Most Vile Cabal Jeremy Scahill, 1/6/2020
Why I Don't Trust Trump on Iranby Ron Paul, 1/6/2020 US Empire's Passion for Iraqi Democracy Magically Disappearsby Caitlin Johnstone, 1/6/2020
Iraqi PM Exposes Trump's Lie of Soleimani Plotting 'Imminent Attacks'by Max Blumenthal, 1/6/2020 The Soleimani Assassination: Worse Than a Crime, a Mistakeby Thomas Knapp, 1/6/2020
Who Started It?: A (Reverse) Timeline of US/Iran Retaliationsby Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.), 1/5/2020 America's Plans to 'Win' the Afghan Warby Nick Turse, 1/5/2020
Iraq War IV?by Scott Horton, 1/5/2020 Five Lessons Afghanistan Teaches US About Iranby Cliff Maloney, 1/5/2020
Trump's Suleimani Strike Is More of the Same Losing US Game Plan in the Mideastby Andrew Bacevich, 1/5/2020 Donald Trump's Iran Policy Comes Down to One Word: Chaos Doug Bandow, 1/5/2020
Did Donald Trump Just Start a War With Iran? Ted Galen Carpenter, 1/5/2020 Trump and His Team Are Lying Their Way to War With Iran Ryan Costello, 1/5/2020
Iranian Revenge Will Be a Dish Best Served Cold Scott Ritter, 1/4/2020 Suleimani Air Strike Escalates US Assassination Policy Luca Trenta, 1/4/2020
For a New Isolationism by Murray Rothbard, 4/1/59 War is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne, 1918
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