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The Iran war will be assessed in the usual ways—targets hit, systems degraded, and what the ceasefire froze in place. That accounting misses where...
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The Iran war will be assessed in the usual ways—targets hit, systems degraded, and what the ceasefire froze in place. That accounting misses where...
Iran’s remaining arsenal, high gas prices, Strait of Hormuz passage, and terrorism threats are all emphasized focal points for assessments of Operation Epic Fury,...
Will Donald Trump Pull the United States Out of NATO? As the world focused on a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East between the...
The Iowa-Class Battleship Will Never Leave Museum Duty: Back in August of 2025, I toured the Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, California. Going...
Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Moment on Iran? President Donald Trump has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Declaring the United States had already achieved...
The Psychology of Fear That Surrounds the Strait of Hormuz: The Strait of Hormuz remains at the center of the conflict in Iran. Breaking...
The Iran Ceasefire Might Not Hold: For the moment, we have a ceasefire between Iran and the United States. At around 7 pm on...
Israel’s Lebanon Gamble is Spiraling Toward Strategic Defeat – With the two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan holding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and...
Israel Is the Wild Card in U.S.-Iran Ceasefire – We assume Israel will coordinate closely with the United States during the upcoming two-week ceasefire....
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Might Not Be Over: One important aspect of the two-week ceasefire negotiated by the United States and Iran is...