Does America fear confronting Iran? – opinion
Amid the regional and international meltdown, the million-dollar question seems to be: Does the US fear a direct military confrontation with Iran,
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On October 7, Hamas carried out a heinous attack against civilian targets in Israel. And their tactics—torturing and murdering over 1,000 civilians,
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Moving to ‘deterrence’ to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran
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And they’re off: The US is driving a Middle East nuclear arms race
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Out of Weakness? The Saudi-Iranian Normalization and U.S. Interests
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The United States and Iran Are Headed Toward a New Nuclear Normal
President Joe Biden was not betraying any secret when he was recently caught on a live mic observing that the effort to