Laura Clawson at Daily Kos writes, Trump killed Soleimani to win support in impeachment trial, Wall Street Journal casually mentions: Way to bury the lede, Wall Street Journal! The newspaper did a deep dive into Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, but you have to read 29 paragraphs in to get to … Read more
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has had a change of heart and suddenly says he is willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, after stiffing the House Intelligence Committee Ukraine investigation last year. Bolton Is Willing to Testify in Trump Impeachment Trial, Raising Pressure for Witnesses. This is an evil … Read more
Tess Bridgeman is Senior Editor at Just Security blog, with a lengthy resumé in national security. Ms. Bridgeman breaks down the Trump administration’s recent escalation of hostilities with Iran which puts the U.S. on a war footing with Iran. The Soleimani Strike and War Powers: With the targeted killing [i.e., assassination] of Iranian Maj. Gen. … Read more
When readers last heard from Paul Gosar, he had tweeted holiday greetings to his Twitter followers with a video of a news camera nearly falling on the Clintons. Now, not even a week into 2020, Mr. Gosar has again demonstrated his imbecilic and duplicitous nature by tweeting this image of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shaking … Read more
There has been virtual unanimity in the political world that Qassim Suleimani was a murdering terrorist that no one should mourn. Thomas Friedman, in a piece for the New York Times, offered an interesting perspective, that Suleimani was also dumb and overrated with his actions resulting in blowback against Iran by anti-Iranian-pro Democracy citizens in … Read more