Day: January 9, 2020
The Endless War With Iran
Just like the cold war with the Soviet Union, the conflict between Washington and Tehran has been fought largely through proxies: in Yemen, in Syria, in Iraq. Iranian-aligned organizations like Hezbollah have attacked U.S. targets, such as the 1984 embassy bombing in Beirut. U.S. allies, like Israel, have assassinated Iranian scientists. …
Iranian Messages Behind Attacking US Bases in Iraq and the Consequences
Just after midnight local time today, Iranian ballistic missiles “Fateh 313” hit two military bases in Iraq that host a significant concentration of US forces, along with other allies. The Iranian direct hit was the retaliation for the US assassination of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds brigade Sardar Qassem Soleimani and his companions, killed by a US drone at Baghdad airport last week. …
Juan Guaidó’s Parallel Reality Show
Fistfights and screaming matches broke out at Venezuela’s National Assembly on January 5th, when the assembly was scheduled to elect its leader. But it wasn’t what you might think. The fights weren’t between chavistas (those who support the Bolivarian Revolution and President Maduro) and oppositionists, but between members of the opposition itself. …