The American Public Was Never Asked Whether They Wanted a War With Iran
No, the American public was never asked whether they wanted a war with Iran — and the polling makes clear that if they had been, the answer would have...
Steve Levine
The Iran War Changed the Middle East Forever — The Only Question Is How
The Iran war has already changed the Middle East forever. Three days into the US-Israeli joint strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
Whether Operation Epic Fury Was Worth It Depends Entirely on What Happens Next
Whether Operation Epic Fury was worth it is not a question anyone can answer on March 2, 2026 — two days into a war that President Trump himself says...
The Iran War Will Cost American Lives, Trillions of Dollars, and Decades of Attention
Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli joint military strike on Iran launched on February 28, 2026, has already cost three American service members their...
The Pattern Is Always the Same: Strike, Declare Victory, Then Watch It Fall Apart
The pattern is straightforward, and it has repeated itself with almost mechanical precision across two decades of American foreign policy: launch a...
This Is America’s Fifth Major Military Operation in a Muslim Country Since 2001
The United States military operation in Yemen, launched in March 2025 under the Trump administration's campaign against the Houthis, marks the fifth major...
The Think Tanks That Advocated for Iran Regime Change for Decades Got Their Wish
For decades, a handful of Washington think tanks spent millions of dollars and countless hours pushing for one outcome in the Middle East: the fall of the...
Neoconservatives Celebrate the Iran Strikes — Progressives and Libertarians Are United in Opposition
The U.S. and Israeli joint strikes on Iran, launched on February 28, 2026, have produced one of the strangest political realignments in recent memory.
The Iran Hawks Have Wanted This War for Over 20 Years — They Finally Got It
The network of neoconservative policy architects, military contractors, and ideologically driven officials who have pushed for regime change in Iran since...
Every President Since Carter Has Dealt With Iran — Trump Is the First to Launch a Full Campaign
Every president since Jimmy Carter has confronted Iran through some combination of sanctions, diplomacy, covert operations, or limited military action.