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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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The $100 Billion That Flowed to Iran Under the JCPOA Funded the Weapons America Is Now Destroying
The claim that $100 billion flowed to Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and funded the weapons America is now destroying contains...
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Trump Pulled Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018 — 8 Years Later He’s Bombing Tehran
In May 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, dismissing it as "defective at its core" and promising...
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Reagan Almost Struck Iran — Trump Actually Did It
The title says it plainly: Ronald Reagan came close to a full-scale military confrontation with Iran in 1988 but deliberately pulled back from the...
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From Carter to Trump: 47 Years of U.S.-Iran Conflict Reaches Its Climax
After 47 years of escalating hostility between Washington and Tehran, the U.S.-Iran conflict has reached its most dangerous inflection point with...
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Trump’s Iran War Could Push Dozens of Countries Closer to China and Russia
A military conflict between the United States and Iran under a second Trump administration would almost certainly accelerate the global realignment...
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Anti-American Sentiment Is Surging Across the Middle East and South Asia
Anti-American sentiment across the Middle East and South Asia has exploded into deadly violence following the coordinated US-Israel military strikes on...
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Only Israel, Saudi Arabia, and UAE Have Clearly Supported the Military Operation
The claim that only Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE clearly supported Operation Epic Fury — the massive U.S.
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Most Countries in the World Have Not Endorsed the U.S. Strikes on Iran
Of the nearly 200 recognized nations on earth, only three — the United States, Israel, and Canada — have offered explicit support for Operation...
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The “Coalition of the Willing” for Iran Is Much Smaller Than It Was for Iraq
The so-called "coalition of the willing" that the Trump administration could assemble for military action against Iran is dramatically smaller than the...
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America’s European Allies Did Not Sign Up for This War and Are Not Participating
America's European allies did not sign up for the war with Iran, and they are making that fact loudly and publicly clear.
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NATO’s Official Position on the Iran Strikes Is Deliberately Vague
NATO's official position on the US and Israeli strikes against Iran — dubbed "Operation Epic Fury" — is deliberately vague, and that vagueness is...
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China’s Global Position Strengthens Every Time America Opens a New Military Front
Every time the United States opens or escalates a military front abroad, China gains ground — not by firing a single shot, but by...
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Putin’s Strategic Calculation Just Changed Because of Operation Epic Fury
Operation Epic Fury has fundamentally altered Putin's strategic calculation by destroying Russia's most important Middle Eastern ally, disrupting a...
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Russia Benefits Directly From U.S. Attention and Resources Shifting to Iran
Russia benefits directly from U.S. attention and resources shifting to Iran because every dollar, diplomatic hour, and military asset directed toward...
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