What the U.S. Has Accomplished in Iran
The regime is much weaker, and time is on the side of the U.S. and its allies that want a more stable region.
ET
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Tony Sanchez: Condy is neither intelligent, nor informed, nor rational regarding this illegal, wrong-headed Israeli/US war on Iran. i) Time is not on the US side. Oil prices have been mitigated by reserves which will be functionally exhausted by July. ii) To protect the Jewish state, the US foolishly wasted extremely expensive interceptors and missiles which cannot be quickly replaced. This has left the US and her allies in Asia unable to present a reasonable deterrent to China and her allies. iii) US credibility is in complete shambles. As Friedrich Merz has pointed out Iran's clever use of asymmetric warfare has given it a more practical weapon than a nuke, control of the Strait of Hormuz, Bab-el-Mandeb (applied with the Houthis) and a veto over what the US and Gulf states can do if they want to keep their bases and critical infrastructure. iv) About 8,000 Iranians and Lebanese have been killed illegally and unnecessarily along with about 50,000 seriously wounded and millions forcibly displaced from their homes. This tragedy is not on Callous Condy's Neo-Con radar v) The Pentagon has asked for $200 billion whilst your fuel and grocery bills are increasing. Condy thinks that is a big win! vi) Who knows, apart from the IRGC, exactly what the status of Iran's nuclear program is? Yet Condy pretends to have knowledge of this which she does not. Pure disingenuousness by her! In sum, except for US Neo-Cons like Condy, right-wing Israeli extremists like Ben-Gvir, and IRGC, this has been a debacle!
Has the counter to Bibi Netanyahu's belligerence been war gamed with Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants stop shipping in Red Sea in support of Hezbollah in Lebanon?
War Games and Warnings on Strait of Hormuz Went Unheeded by Trump
Over the past two decades, Iran repeatedly threatened to close down the waterway. President Trump underestimated Iran’s ability to do so.
Reporting from Washington
The display of force that Russia rained on Ukraine early Tuesday, with hundreds of drones and missiles, cannot mask the increasing signs of Moscow’s weakness in the four-year war. Weakness because wars are not won by bombing civilians
Russia Is Showing Signs of Weakness in Ukraine. So It Hits Harder.
The war has not been going the Kremlin’s way, with battleground losses and growing casualties. With fiercer strikes, Moscow hopes to gain a better position for negotiations.
Lara Jakes covers European defense and diplomacy.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Having a president who behaves like a commander in thief — not a commander in chief — is costing us dearly at home and abroad. This perversion of the American presidency is undermining the very alliance structure that won two world wars and the Cold War and generated one of history’s longest ages of peace and prosperity. Every day we tolerate such behavior we endanger our children’s future.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
However triumphantly the White House portrays any deal, officials shouldn’t mistake this for anything but a strategic debacle. The war, launched without a coherent strategy or realistic endgame, has produced a more hard-line regime in Tehran — one that now knows it can strangle the world economy with a few drones, mines and fast boats. Gulf neighbors that once sought to isolate the Islamic Republic are now looking to mend ties. The threat of US and Israeli attack no longer carries the same potency.
Monday, June 1, 2026
It’s hard to imagine the three debutantes delivering a post-IPO payoff anywhere near what publicly traded technology giants have produced in recent decades.The math is laughable, in fact. Median market capitalization at IPO for the Magnificent Seven was $1.2 billion. Their median market cap is now $3.1 trillion, more than a 2,500-fold increase. For SpaceX to achieve comparable growth from a $1.8 trillion starting valuation, it would have to approach a value of $5 quadrillion.
SpaceX Needs to Get to $5 Quadrillion to Rival Mag Seven Magic
I can't stop laughing at the absurd valuation of the SpaceX IPO
Sunday, May 31, 2026
The beating heart of the American experiment is the social contract theory of government, the idea that the leader derives his legitimacy not by divine right but through the will of the people. That is not to say that the people are always right when they approve of a war, but when the elected representatives vote to send men and women into combat, a clear message is sent: We are in this together.
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Democrats need to face a hard truth. While Republicans’ approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has failed, so has ours. The Democratic Party has provided reflexive and unconditional support to Israeli governments, even as their actions have increasingly undermined American interests and values.
“Given all the hype,” Gary Black, a managing partner at The Future Fund, which manages hundreds of millions in exchange traded funds, wrote on social media that SpaceX was “likely to be way overpriced”
For Wall Street, the Only Thing Worse Than SpaceX Flopping Is Missing Out
Elon Musk and his bankers are working to create a self-fulfilling prophecy for the massive public offering: Make investors feel that the risks of passing it up outweigh those of buying into it.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
So in the coming weeks, if the Mets fan in your life remains irrationally optimistic, please just smile and nod and let us have this moment. Save your pity, your memes and your concern for our sanity, and just leave us be. And if you simply can’t resist, get your jokes in now. Because when it actually happens — when the Mets stop losing, make the playoffs, then win the World Series and shock the world — you know I’m never going to shut up about it.
The Only People I Don’t Want to Hear From Are Yankees Fans
Mr. Gordon is the author of “So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets — the Best Worst Team in Sports.”
Trump and his clown-car team did none of that. Yes, they brought immense military force to bear and damaged Iran’s nuclear and conventional military capabilities. Those are very good things. And if Trump can get the near bomb-grade uranium out, that would be an even better thing. But his supporters shouldn’t fool themselves or our allies: Even if he achieves those things, we will now have to pay for them by giving one of the world’s worst regimes a new lease on life, a permanent stranglehold over critical world oil supplies — and the resources to continue making terrible mischief in the region.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Ukraine is shifting warfare from multimillion dollar rockets to thousand dollar drones and exposes the Pentagon's shortcomings
How the War in Iran Helped Ukraine Go From Problem to Solution
The Middle East quagmire has given Kyiv an unexpected lifeline—and a new hand to play
May 22, 2026 8:00 pm ET
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking on a problem that the Pentagon and Congress have tried, and mostly failed, to address for years.
Reporting from Washington
President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly toured the Gulf in recent months, sending some 200 troops to showcase Ukrainian drone-interception technologies and to ink deals that could lead to investment and co-production. This followed the establishment of Ukrainian drone-manufacturing plants across Europe earlier this year, and the growing adoption of Ukrainian military innovation by Western militaries, particularly in Europe.
“Our technological game-changers have transformed the war. There is now a shift from seeing Ukraine as just a recipient of aid, as a consumer of security, to viewing it as a subject, a contributor to security,” Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister Mariana Betsa said in an interview. “Ukraine has shown leadership not just in the war against Russia, but also in the global conflict that now involves the Middle East.”
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