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Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for  an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies
Donald Trump

Trump Pledges F-35s to Saudi Arabia in return for an unlikely $1 trillion in Investment, Angering Israel Lobbies

Juan Cole

Like most things in Trumpworld these investment figures are pure fantasies, and it is disturbing that he is apparently making geopolitical policy

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The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

The UN’s Acquiescence in Trump’s Colonial Plan for Gaza Betrays the Palestinians yet Again

11/19/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

Trump Luxuriates in Golden Ballroom Plans as Americans Scrimp By

11/19/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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al-Qaeda
Top Ten Reasons Radical Jihadis shouldn’t have Threatened David Letterman

Top Ten Reasons Radical Jihadis shouldn’t have Threatened David Letterman

Top Ten Reasons Radical Jihadis shouldn’t have Threatened David Letterman 10. David is The Man 9. You really don’t want David relentlessly making fun of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Campbell: Egypt’s Spring Becomes a Long Hot Summer

Campbell: Egypt’s Spring Becomes a Long Hot Summer

Dennis Campbell writes in a guest column for Informed Comment : Egypt’s Spring Becomes a Long Hot Summer Democracy is messy. Freedom is contagious. For […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi Explores Routes to Flee Libya as Rebels Advance

Qaddafi Explores Routes to Flee Libya as Rebels Advance

Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi is ill and is seeking a way to flee the country, according to the Arabic news site Albawaba.com. This report is […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Historical Question for Governor Perry

Historical Question for Governor Perry

Dear Rick Perry: I am a historian and if you will indulge me, I’d just like to ask you a question about historical parallels. So […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Tripoli Surrounded, Cut Off

Tripoli Surrounded, Cut Off

Aljazeera Arabic is reporting directly from Zawiya (to the west of Tripoli along the Mediterranean), where Free Libya forces have liberated some 80 percent of […]

Juan Cole

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President Bachmann as Mideast Prophet: Cole/ Truthdig

President Bachmann as Mideast Prophet: Cole/ Truthdig

My column in Truthdig is now out, “President Bachmann: Another Mideast Messiah” Excerpt: “Bachmann recently alleged that Iran had been “delivered a nuclear warhead” (this […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq Bombings unlikely to Change Minds on US Troop Withdrawal

Iraq Bombings unlikely to Change Minds on US Troop Withdrawal

Some 80 people were killed and over two hundred wounded on Monday in a clearly coordinated set of bombings and attacks in 17 Iraqi cities. […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Rebels Advance, Surround Tripoli, as Qaddafi Totters

Rebels Advance, Surround Tripoli, as Qaddafi Totters

The long slow slog of the Libyan struggle to throw off the rule of Muammar Qaddafi, accelerated this weekend, possibly decisively, with rebel forces making […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Rick Perry and the Hucksterism of the Rich

Rick Perry and the Hucksterism of the Rich

Rick Perry’s announcement of his presidential ambitions marks the triumph of fantasy over reality in American politics. Among our more pressing problems are global climate […]

Juan Cole

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