Bolton endorsed preemptive military strikes in North Korea and Iran in recent years, and lobbied for regime change in Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. When George W. Bush declared an “axis of evil” in 2002 consisting of Iran, Iraq,..…
The publication of the 2007 NIE was an important step in averting a U.S. war on Iran. As George W Bush wrote in his memoirs, “…after the NIE, how could I possibly explain using the military to destroy the nuclear facilities of a country the intelligence community said had no..…
This battle is bound to end one day but there remains this unavoidable mystery: Is it possible that the United States will continue to allow Iran to control and plunder Iraq? After all, it was George W. Bush who had offered Iraq to Iran on a silver platter. . ..…
German politics and the economy have an interest in trade relations with Iran and their opinions have a deescalating effect… Nevertheless, the reporting in the last years has demonized Iran. George W. Bush saw Iran as part of his 'axis of evil.' This caricature..…
So, let’s savor the victory, and praise our military, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that killing al-Baghdadi and a few thousand jihadis and retaking some desolate ground in the Near East ends the war political Islam, and Iran in particular, have declared on the West. ...…
Bolton came to the post best known for his ardent support of U.S of Iraq while serving in George W. Bolton sought to break Iran financially, shield Americans from the reach of International Criminal Court and toughen U.S toward Russia. ..…
The 10,000-word story details how close Israel came to attacking Iran, how Presidents Barack Obama and George W. ..…
The president can impose embargo on nation under IEEPA, said John Yoo, director of the law and policy program at University of California at Berkeley and former George W. The law has been used in the past to enact sanctions on hostile regimes such as Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and..…
Incidentally, this noble offer came after George W. Bush had included Iran as a member of the “axis of evil” in his January 2002 State of the Union address. . ..…
An unrepentant war hawk, Bolton is one of the architects of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and urged President George W. Bush to invade Iran as well. . Not a few analysts see parallels between what the Trump administration is doing now and the lead up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. ..…
The history of the myth begins with Vice President Dick Cheney's determination to attack Iran sometime before the end of George W. ..…
Just had The Netanyahu Israel solidified the alliance that's being established, all of this under U.S aegis, run by the triumvirate, Trump-Pompeo-Bolton triumvirate — could borrow phrase from George W. The Middle East alliance consists of the reactionary states of the region,..…
Speaking at a press conference Tuesday, Abrams, who is known for his leading role in the Iran-Contra scandal and advising George W. ..…
The George W. Bush administration never retaliated directly against Iran. ..…
But that obvious point did not stop former officials in Obama administration, bolstered by their like-minded allies Congress and the media, from decrying Trump administration's so-called efforts to push United States into war with Iran, repeating, in their view, George W. These..…
Several sources told Reuters that the report made them wonder if the administration was painting Iran in the darkest light possible, much as George W. ..…
They found supporters in the United States for this line of thinking: president George W. Bush called Iran part of the 'Axis of Evil', the recently deceased senator John McCain said many times the US should 'bomb, bomb, bomb Iran' and the current US National Security Advisor, John..…
It’s hard to imagine that even Trump would unleash a nuclear holocaust to literally “end” Iran. . ... The George W. Bush administration had no clue. Likewise, the Iran hawks today, in and out of the Trump administration, have no idea how a war with that country would..…
All must become complicit in the deliberate destruction of the Iranian economy, while the U.S. openly advertises plans to send 120,000 troops to the region to intimidate Iran. . Trump’s almost equally moronic presidential predecessor George W. Bush once declared, “You’re..…
Bolton, one of the administration’s most virulent Iran hawks, whose push for confrontation with Tehran was ignored more than a decade ago by President George W. ... There are sharp divisions in the administration over how to respond to Iran at a time when tensions are..…
Bolton, one of the administration’s most virulent Iran hawks, whose push for confrontation with Tehran was ignored more than a decade ago by President George W. ... The animus against Iran’s leaders dates back at least to his days as an official in the George..…
Ever since George W. Bush included Iraq, Iran, and North Korea in an “axis of evil,” speechmakers have been in search of the holy grail of geopolitical matchmaking (for instance, Condoleezza Rice’s “outposts of tyranny”). . ..…
One hopes his future requests will not include a demand that we cease dithering and deliver the same “shock and awe” to Iran that George W. ..…
For years, the world has heard steady drumbeat of anti- Iran bigotry and in the region and in West, George Bush, and Barack Obama have all spoken in one language pro-Zionist language of bigotry and anti- Iran.. ..…
Under precedents established by the George W. Bush and Obama regimes, an Iran-Contra investigation would not be possible today. ..…
Iran’s president at the time, the reformist politician Mohamed Khatami, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned the attack, and Iran helped the ensuing US-led invasion of Afghanistan. However, by January 2002, US President George W. Bush declared Iran as part..…
Narwani, along with other Middle East pundits, have raised the prospect that the attacks on critical Venezuelan infrastructure may be related to an adoption of an earlier plan developed under the administration of former US president George W. Bush against Iran. . Known by its..…
Durbin said that Trump might wage war on Iran based on justification like the one the administration of former President George W. By the nuclear deal it reached with the world powers, They said Trump administration claims that Iran has not abided, Tehran has rejected...…
Udall and Durbin say Trump administration is pushing United States toward conflict based on faulty and misleading logic, comparing its conduct today to George W. Trump Iran policy, built on the ashes of Iraq strategy, is pushing us to take military action aimed at regime change..…
Durbin said that Trump might wage war on Iran based on justification like the one the administration of former President George W. By the nuclear deal it reached with the world powers, Durbin They said Trump administration claims that Iran has not abided, Tehran has..…
“As his “special envoy to Venezuela” (coup master), Trump has appointed a convicted felon, Elliot Abrams, whose intrigues in the service of Presidents Reagan and George W. Bush helped produce the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s and plunge central America into years..…
Instead of relying entirely on internal Iranian dynamics to topple the regime, the administration’s Iran strategy has now begun to resemble the one pursued by Cheney and the neoconservatives, who sought an excuse to provoke war with Iran during the George W. ... Trump may be more..…
As his “special envoy to Venezuela” (coup master), Trump has appointed a convicted felon, Elliot Abrams, whose intrigues in the service of Presidents Reagan and George W. Bush helped produce the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s and plunge central America into years of..…
Former President George W. Bush classified Iran as a member of an “Axis of Evil” in his2002 State of the Union address, and though many of the threats to America have changed in the ensuing 17 years, Iran remains the world’slargest state sponsor of terror in the Middle East..…
Did you know, for example, that we still live under Jimmy Carter’s national emergency declaration responding to the taking of hostages in Iran in 1979? Or under George W. Bush’s 2006 “national emergency with respect to blocking property of certain persons undermining..…
U.S government lies can have consequences Never forget that hundreds of thousands of Iraqi, children, and women, not to mention more than 4,400 U.S military personnel, by George W. Last month, Iran's, Javad Zarif, announced that the country's stockpiles of enriched low-grade..…
His successors, none of whom served in the military and all of whom have wrestled with post-Cold War challenges, have been vexed not only by Iraq, but by challenges posed by nonstate actors while trying to manage regional threats emanating from China, Russia and Iran. While Bill Clinton,..…
His successors, none of whom served in the military and all of whom have wrestled with post-Cold War challenges, have been vexed not only by Iraq, but by challenges posed by nonstate actors while trying to manage regional threats emanating from China, Russia and Iran. While Bill Clinton,..…
Indeed, even before plunging into Iraq, looking beyond an expected easy win over Saddam, George W. Bush had identified Iran as a key member of an “Axis of Evil” and implicitly next in line for liberation. ..…
Indeed, even before plunging into Iraq, looking beyond an expected easy win over Saddam, George W. Bush had identified Iran as a key member of an “Axis of Evil” and implicitly next in line for liberation. ..…
Bush ordered U.S military to conduct devastating aerial assault on Baghdad, Iraq, known as At the urging of American neoconservatives in 2003, President George W. ... Certain voices call for restraint, urging Congress not to act now lest Iran walk away from the negotiating table,..…
Bush’s successors had their own charmed moments – Clinton in the Balkans, George W. Bush’s initial intervention in Afghanistan, and Obama’s Iran deal – but they became enamored with idea of transforming the world in America’s image. . ..…
Israel wanted to do the same with Iran in 2008. President George W. Bush refused to cooperate with that scenario. Saudi Arabia tried to persuade the U.S. to bomb Iran in the same year. ..…
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Special Assistant to President on National Security Council, both under President George W. Bush, believes the framework of the agreement on diplomatic discussions between Iran and United States over the..…
Who says the United States, Iran and North Korea cannot agree on anything? Most of us remember one of George W. Bush’s “classic” speeches in front of the United Nations when he defined Iran, Venezuela and North Korea as “the Axis of Evil”. ..…
And no majority that wins the election has the right to tap telephone calls, check e-mail like what happened in United States, Â she said reference to warrantless wiretapping during the administration of President George W. Improving the human rights Iran is the duty of every..…
On the one side is United States and George W. On the other is Iran, who could turn Iraq upside down at the drop of hat.. ..…
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