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No One Knows How to End the War with Iran
The United States and Iran appear locked into their six-month-old war, with both lacking a clear path to victory and each clinging to unrealistic ideas about what their adversary will…
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Trump’s Poll Numbers Crash Amid Iran War Woes
If you’re an optimistic person, 33 percent can look pretty good. If you’re buying a raffle ticket, say, a one in three chance to win is incredible. Unfortunately for the…
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Trump and Hegseth Are the Bros of the Iran War
Back in early March at an Exxon in northern Virginia, a man at the pump beside me looks over as we wait for our tanks to fill. He gives me…
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Trump’s Iran War Is Using Up the Military’s Stockpiles
In 2022 and 2023, shortly before the portable drone changed armed conflict forever, the war in Ukraine was defined largely by a single, simple statistic: which side could shoot more…
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Pentagon Seeks ‘Creative’ Ideas for How to Win Iran War
The Pentagon, nexus of American military might, the institution that holds the brightest martial minds in the world, whose resources are greater than any warchest the greatest killers of history…
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Trump’s Polling Craters as Iran War, Cost of Living Crisis Intensify
It’s no secret that Donald Trump likes big numbers. But right now, his approval ratings are anything but. In three separate, independent, high-quality polls released this week, Trump’s overall approval…
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Pentagon Says Some Servicemember Deaths Don’t Count in Iran War
Soldiers die in war. But ever since the death toll in Vietnam broke a generation’s appetite for war, the American public has been uniquely sensitive to casualty counts as a…
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Hegseth Tells Senators Trump Should Be Praised for Iran War
President Donald Trump has weathered fierce criticism over the past five months after beginning a devastating, never-ending war in Iran. But throughout it all, there’s been one brave man firmly…
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Trump Is Leading a ‘Forever War’ in Iran. You’re Paying for It
Is the United States at war in Iran? The simplest answer is yes, although you’d be forgiven for being confused these days. On Monday, after days of bombing between the…
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Trump Orders Bombing of Iran After Disastrous NATO Summit
The United States has resumed offensive strikes against Iran, as supposed peace negotiations between the two nations once again collapse. On Wednesday, U.S. Central Command announced that at the direction…