By accepting that different candidates hold different Middle East positions, Democrats can avoid having their primaries become divisive, de facto policy referendums.
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Posted inPolitics
Don’t Pin Trump’s Iran War on Netanyahu (Or Israel. Or the Jews.)
Joe Kent’s resignation letter is not a noble protest but an anti-Semitic screed that liberals shouldn’t echo.
Posted inForeign Policy
Asymmetric War in Iran: How Trump and the U.S. Are Being Played
We’re depleting our big, expensive, Cold War-inspired defensive weapons on Iran’s cheap drones, and if Tehran expands its underwater drone program, look out.
Posted inForeign Policy
All the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous
We should be deeply disturbed about what follows the targeted assassination of a foreign leader.
Posted inForeign Policy
Trump’s Iran Strike: What It Says About Russia—and Us
If Moscow were stronger, this never would have happened. If Trump weren’t so authoritarian, he might not have risked it.
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Iranian Gambit: It Didn’t Have to Come to This
He pulled us out of the imperfect but functional Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran, leaving us blind, without our strongest allies, and crossing our fingers.
Posted inPolitics
A New Path for a Free Palestine
Israel isn’t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There’s a better way.
Posted inMagazine
Elie Wiesel’s “Wounded Faith”
The late Nobel laureate’s lessons for an age of masked ICE raids, antisemitism, and dehumanization.
Posted inWar in the Mideast
Hezbollah Isn’t Finished
Lebanon’s failure to govern ensures the Iranian-backed militia won’t disappear.
Posted inPolitics
“Does Trump Deserve Credit for the Ceasefire?” Is the Wrong Question
The strategic failures of Israel and Hamas are far more important cautionary tales to learn from.
