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Juan Cole

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"Hypocritical Clergymen"- How the Trump-Pompeo Slam of Iran Backfires

“Hypocritical Clergymen”- How the Trump-Pompeo Slam of Iran Backfires

Juan Cole

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s rant against Iran on Sunday accused the leadership of that country of hoarding the country’s wealth, behaving like a mafia, and being hypocritical clergymen. While these allegations are not without basis in fact, Pompeo’s own record undermines the critique. The Trump administration is itself a government of billionaires, by billionaires […]

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Trump and Iran’s Rouhani Threaten each other with the Mother of all Wars

Trump and Iran’s Rouhani Threaten each other with the Mother of all Wars

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In remarks Saturday to the Iranian foreign policy establishment in Tehran, President Hassan Rouhani gave some warnings to Donald Trump. He said, “Mr. Trump, do not play with the lion’s tail. The only result of such a course will be profound regret.” With regard to Washington’s current attempts to sow […]

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Haider Ali, Pakistan’s Truck Art, and Islam’s Message of Peace

Haider Ali, Pakistan’s Truck Art, and Islam’s Message of Peace

Juan Cole

A sort of Muslim pacifist, the artist maintains that Islam is all about peace

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Iran’s Khamenei endorses Closing Gulf Oil Shipping if US Blockades

Iran’s Khamenei endorses Closing Gulf Oil Shipping if US Blockades

Juan Cole

Khamenei criticized those pragmatists who sought to separate diplomacy and ideology

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Surprise!  On how Muhammad never preached “Jihad”

Surprise! On how Muhammad never preached “Jihad”

Juan Cole

There is no ‘holy war’ in the Qur’an and ‘jihad’ means trying to be a good person

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With Nationality Law, Israel openly Declares Apartheid and Racial Supremacy

With Nationality Law, Israel openly Declares Apartheid and Racial Supremacy

Juan Cole

The Israeli parliament or Knesset has passed a law openly declaring Palestinians to be second-class citizens

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Benedict Trump

Benedict Trump

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Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Donald Trump to let Russian security forces interrogate former US ambassador in Moscow

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What exactly did Trump Promise Putin on Syria, START Nuclear Treaty?

What exactly did Trump Promise Putin on Syria, START Nuclear Treaty?

Juan Cole

The Russian press disagreed about whether the Putin-Trump Helsinki summit was contentless or whether new agreements were reached

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DC Elites Shocked at Trump Bromance with Putin but Give Israel's Netanyahu a Pass

DC Elites Shocked at Trump Bromance with Putin but Give Israel’s Netanyahu a Pass

Juan Cole

There is something profoundly hypocritical about US elites pretending that the US doesn’t embrace people like Putin all the time

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