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China Arms Iran to Kill Americans — While Trump Blockades It

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump vs Xi over Iran

iPINIONS warned days before CNN reported that the ceasefire with Iran was always likely to give China time to help Tehran rearm. This new commentary argues that Trump’s response exposes something even darker: a president more interested in courting autocrats and enriching himself than in defending the democratic alliance America built after World War II.… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: autocracy, china, geopolitics, Iran, Middle East, NATO, Russia, Trump, US foreign policy, Xi Jinping

Forget Antisemite Joe Kent. Jewish Bernie Sanders Says Israel Lobbied Trump into Iran War

Friday, March 20, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
ravages of Iran war with Netanyahu Trump Bernie and Joe Kent

Joe Kent may be a deeply flawed messenger. But when Bernie Sanders and Mark Warner both validate his core point, iPINIONS says the real scandal is no longer who said it. It’s how long Washington let Netanyahu drag America toward another disastrous war against Iran. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/forget-antisemite-joe-kent-jewish Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Antisemitism, Bernie Sanders, iPINIONS, Iran, Israel, Joe Kent, Mark Warner, Middle East, Netanyahu, Trump

Trump’s ‘Stupid War’ in Iran Is Causing a Blizzard of Higher Prices

Friday, March 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump ignoring high gas prices while energy bills rise

Trump promised lower prices and no stupid wars. Instead, he’s boasting about an Iran war that’s already threatening to raise oil, gas, and home energy costs for ordinary Americans. iPINIONS argues that this is yet another case of his reverse Robin Hood economics: sending poor “suckers and losers” to die in a war that he’s… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Energy Bills, gas prices, Inflation, iPINIONS, Iran, Middle East, oil prices, rump, U.S. politics, war

The Lockerbie Bomber: Scotland’s Compassionate Release Racket Exposed

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Blair and the Lockerbie Bomber release

Scotland claims its “compassionate release” system is about mercy. But Lockerbie proved it was about oil, money, and political bargaining. New data now shows Scotland is still freeing “terminal” prisoners who inconveniently keep living. iPINIONS revisits the Lockerbie bomber scandal to expose a pattern of corruption dressed up as compassion, and the powerful figures who… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: corruption, iPINIONS, Justice, Lockerbie, Middle East, oil politics, Scotland, Tony Blair

Trump Tells Iranians to Fight the Mullahs as He Dithers Over Bombing Them

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump vs Ayatollah with Iran protests in background

From January 6 to Tehran, Trump incites others to bleed while he stays safe. As Iranians face bullets in the streets, Trump blusters in Washington,  threatening force, urging revolt, and refusing responsibility. iPINIONS examines performative tyranny, political slaughter, and the dangerous hypocrisy of calling others to fight battles you won’t, or launching bombs without fully… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Authoritarianism, foreign policy, Iran, Middle East, Political Repression, protests, Trump

Trump’s Deal for Peace in the Middle East Collapsing Like a House of Cards

Monday, October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Gaza peace deal violations

Trump was all over TV touting the cease-fire he brokered between Hamas and Israel as “peace in the Middle East.” But less than a week later, his deal is collapsing in blood, hypocrisy, and self-promotion. iPINIONS exposes the war profiteers posing as peacemakers, and the media cheering them on. Read it on my Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trumps-deal-for-peace-in-the-middle Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: cease-fire, Gaza, Hamas, ICC, Kushner, Lesley Stahl, media bias, Middle East, Netanyahu, Trump, U.S. Foreign Policy, War Profiteering

Trump Parades While the Middle East Burns

Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
cartoon of Trump's military parade

So America’s closest ally is at war with its most formidable enemy in the Middle East. Not to mention that its most valiant ally in Europe is struggling to fend off another genocide. And yet the American president is throwing himself a birthday military parade, disguised as a tribute to the Army. Because iPINIONS contends… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Authoritarianism, draft dodger, Iran, Israel, MAGA, Middle East, military parade, optics, political theater, Trump, US Politics, war

Iran Is Coordinating with US for Goldilocks Retaliation Against Israel

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Iran telegraphing its intent to retaliate against Israel

If Iran wanted to retaliate with devastating effect, it would have done so long ago. Instead, as with the last time, Iran and its proxies are telegraphing it, challenging Israel to another round of ballistic skeet shooting. Once again, iPINIONS warns that the only winners will be the arms manufacturers, who will get tens of… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: arms manufacturers, ballistic missiles, Goldilocks retaliation, Iran, Israel, Middle East, military conflict

Biden Must Retaliate Against Iran-Backed Militias for Their Attacks

Monday, January 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Iranian militia protesting against America with image of USA as whale and of scorpion and frog inset.

Biden’s passivity invited this tragedy Yesterday, an Iran-backed militia launched a drone strike against US troops in Jordan, killing three and wounding over forty. But this was just the latest such attack. Because Iran-backed militias have launched over 160 attacks against US troops in Iraq, Syria, and now Jordan since October 7.  That, of course, is the day of infamy… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Biden, Iran, Israel-Palestine conflict, Middle East, Militia Attacks, Netanyahu, two-state solution, U.S. Foreign Policy

Iran Blames Israel for ISIS Attack

Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Cartoon of Iran blaming Israel for ISIS attack.

Blames Israel to avoid ISIS Iran is notorious for using proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis to do its dirty work. It was so humiliated during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) that it has cowered from confrontation ever since. Only that explains this:  ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack in Iran since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, which has shaken… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: geopolitics, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, ISIS, Middle East, Qasem Soleimani, Sunni-Shia conflict, terrorism, US-Iran relations

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