For decades, Rod Nordland covered conflicts from Somalia to Iraq. Only in fighting cancer did he find peace.
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Stop Thanking Vets and Start Listening To Them
The National Book Award winner for fiction offers essays that help explain and bind our post-9/11 wounds.
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The Democrats Need Forward Thinking on Iran
Presidential candidates won’t have the luxury of looking solely through the rear-view mirror.
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The Iran-Contra Affair Never Ended
Why Trump’s escalation with Iran goes all the way back to 1983.
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Trump’s Iran Escalation Makes Him Guilty of Reckless Endangerment
By killing Qassem Soleimani, the president has put American lives at risk.
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Trump Ends Decade By Inviting New Hostage Crisis
The U.S. response to the attack on an Iraqi military base is eerily resonant of the Iran Hostage Crisis.
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With Passing of Joe Wilson, Let’s Pause to Celebrate Whistleblowers
No one should be shocked that a person who evidently believed Barack Obama was not born in Honolulu and was somehow, therefore, ineligible to be president, would also believe other idiotic conspiracy theories that don’t hold up to the barest scrutiny. President Trump was repeatedly warned by his own staff that the Ukraine conspiracy theory […]
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Escalation Against Iran Could Lead to Tragedy or an Unintended War
If President Trump isn’t careful, he may cause a needless tragedy or “lead” us into a war he had no intention of starting.
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Why We Shouldn’t Designate the Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization
The Islamist group is the best available alternative to truly dangerous organizations like ISIS and al-Qaeda.
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Why Did Trump Place Sanctions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard?
The move pleased the governments in Riyadh and Tel Aviv, but was opposed by the CIA and Pentagon.
