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Trump Fell into a Trap With Iran War Like Bush Did with His Unnecessary Global War on Terror
The Pentagon burning after a passenger jet hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists rammed into it. Thankfully the building has armored walls or else the damage would have been much more extensive. It continued to smoulder for two full weeks as I dr...
Trump Dispatches CIA Director Ratcliffe on Urgent Mission to Moscow to Warn Russia Not to Attack NATO
CIA Director John Ratcliffe with Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago Situation Room on January 3rd. Both are reportedly worried that Russia will take advantage of the US being bogged down fighting the war on Iran and invade the Baltic states pot...
TRUMP'S IRAN STRATEGY IS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY - w/ David Pyne
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Trump Pledged to Be a Transformational Peace President But Became a Neocon War President Instead
President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi meeting on October 13, 2025 soon after he succeeded in getting Israel and Hamas to sign his landmark Gaza Peace Agreement. Trump claimed the agreement would ensure “eternal...
Trump Suspends Planned Escalatory Strikes on Iran Offering Tehran "One Last Chance" to Make a Deal
An Iranian oil refinery burning in Tehran during the Twelve Day War. President Trump was reportedly persuaded to suspend his plans to bomb Iran’s civilian infrastructure in part because it could lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands o...
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Deputy Executive Director of the Task Force on National & Homeland Security; Former US Army HQ Staff Officer; Published National Security Strategist & Military Historian, Russia & Nuclear Weapons Expert
Geopolitics, IR & Economics. Anglo-Russian, shaped by time in Africa and across global institutions. Host of The Global Gambit. Former UN, World Bank & ICG; SAIS alum 2019.
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