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Forget Lucy and the Football. Iran Keeps Moving the Goalposts on Trump

Monday, August 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump kicks a football toward a goalpost as an Iran-flagged hand yanks the uprights away over the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump thought overwhelming American military power meant he held all the cards. Instead, Iran keeps moving the goalposts, tightening its grip on Hormuz and raising the price every time Trump thinks he has found a way out. Now he is reportedly even considering walking away without the nuclear deal he claimed this war was supposed… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Donald Trump, foreign policy, geopolitics, Iran, iran nuclear program, JCPOA, Middle East, North Korea diplomacy, Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine War, US-Iran War, Vladimir Putin

Israel’s Mossad strikes again

Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Two years ago, agents from Israel’s revered Mossad were caught on CCTV in Dubai carrying out a hit on a senior Hamas leader. They were universally ridiculed, and I duly piled on: It’s bad enough that these spies can be seen in Technicolor going into public bathrooms and coming out in their laughable disguises (some… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Iran, iran nuclear program, Israel, Mossad

Ahmadinejad Playing Americans Like a Violin

Monday, September 24, 2007 at 1:17 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have tipped his hand unwittingly during his interview on 60 Minutes last night. Because he manifested a classic case of projection when he ascribed to President George W. Bush the intent to use the threat of attack as psychological warfare against his people. One wonders, after all, what his repeated… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: 60 Minutes, Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Ground Zero, Hugo Chavez, iran nuclear program, Iranian propaganda, psychological warfare, United Nations

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