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Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”
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Is Trump getting US Troops out of Syria, another nail in the Coffin of Bush’s “War on Terror?”

Juan Cole

Trump now has a similar choice, of whether he wants to spend trillions of dollars on a Napoleonic gamble in Iran.

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

Now They’re Telling Professors what Posters they Can have on their Office Doors, and, no Palestine

02/19/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

Israel’s not-so-subtle Push to Annex the Entire Palestinian West Bank

02/19/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Lyons: The Crusades are Over; The West needs to Engage with the Muslims

Lyons: The Crusades are Over; The West needs to Engage with the Muslims

Jonathan Lyons writes in a guest op-ed for IC: With the change of administration in Washington, the time has come to acknowledge the so-called war […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza War! Hunh! What was it Good For?

Gaza War! Hunh! What was it Good For?

According to UNICEF, their preliminary estimate of the damage done by the Israeli military to Gaza infrastructure is $1.9 billion. Note that this is Gaza […]

Juan Cole

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Sunday Reading

Sunday Reading

Don’t miss Barney Rubin’s long and personal meditation in the Boston Review on his involvement in Afghanistan diplomacy over the past decades. The depth of […]

Juan Cole

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Ibrahim: Al-Qaeda wants to Hit the US Again and turn Obama into another Bush

Ibrahim: Al-Qaeda wants to Hit the US Again and turn Obama into another Bush

Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports in Arabic that Shaikh Najih Ibrahim, the leader of the fundamentalist group al-Gama’a al-Islamiya in Egypt, said Friday that his organization fears […]

Juan Cole

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Guest Comment: Afghanistan Can’t be Fixed Just by Changing its President

Guest Comment: Afghanistan Can’t be Fixed Just by Changing its President

An experienced observer writes with regard to rumors that President Obama may cease supporting Afghan President Hamid Karzai: “I read with interest the story about […]

Juan Cole

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Obama as Anti-Bush

Obama as Anti-Bush

President Barack Obama signalled on several fronts on Thursday that the new president is his own man and is eager to actively reverse Bush administration […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza Aftermath Raises Question of War Crimes: Obama Must Overcome Initial Muslim Distrust

Gaza Aftermath Raises Question of War Crimes: Obama Must Overcome Initial Muslim Distrust

The Israeli assault on Gaza has drawn to an end, now that its Great Enabler (W.) is no longer in the cockpit of the Calamity […]

Juan Cole

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Obama’s Pledge to Withdraw from Iraq and the Iraqi Reality; 2 US Soldiers Wounded; 7 Dead, 22 Injured in Bombings

Obama’s Pledge to Withdraw from Iraq and the Iraqi Reality; 2 US Soldiers Wounded; 7 Dead, 22 Injured in Bombings

President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday, his first day on the job, with his secretary of defense, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff […]

Juan Cole

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The Dream of Our Founders will Live On

The Dream of Our Founders will Live On

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that […]

Juan Cole

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