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Juan Cole is an American academic and commentator on the modern Middle East and South Asia. He is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. Since 2002, he has written a weblog, Informed Comment (juancole.com) which is also syndicated on Truthdig.com.
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Sunday, August 16, 2020Iran: "Isolated" US Regime must learn from its Humiliation at UN, as Trump rejects Putin Plan Trump cannot make the other members of the UN boycott Iran, though he can threaten them, as he already has, with third party sanctions for trading with Iran.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020How did Americans become such Wimps? Silence as Trump kills tens of Thousands, Destroys Social Security and Post Office Not only are we perfectly willing to toss grandma in an early grave on Trump's say-so, but we are supine as he openly engineers the destruction of social security and medicare, and of the post office, on behalf of himself and the billionaire class he represents
Saturday, August 8, 2020Will Trump's Maximum Pressure on UNSC against Lifting Iran Arms Embargo Backfire Big Time? The Trump administration may be set to shoot itself in the foot at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) next week by pressing for an over-ambitious resolution against lifting the arms embargo on Iran.
Thursday, August 6, 2020Beirut's Destruction was a Crime of Evil Negligence, the same Crime being Committed Against our Climate Some 300,000 people in Beirut have been left homeless by the enormous explosion at the city's port on Tuesday, which left it without a means of importing by sea.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020A Warning Signal for US? Corruption, Gov't Gridlock, Pandemic, drive half a Million Lebanese Children into Hunger Lebanon, a small country of 4.7 million citizens and another 1.5 million Syrian refugees and 400,000 Palestinian refugees, is facing a perfect storm. Its corrupt political elite has permitted a near-collapse of a once-solid banking system.
Saturday, August 1, 2020How Trump broke America: Economy plummets historic 33%, Covid Deaths at 1500/day, and 40 mn could lose Homes Trump's refusal last winter to pull out all the stops to mount an effective national coronavirus response has broken the legs of America.
Wednesday, July 29, 20203 Dead as Iraqi Crowds Protest Electricity Outages in 124° Heat; Have US and Climate Crisis left Iraq Unviable? These temperatures and higher will become more and more common in the coming century if we don't immediately stop burning coal and petroleum, Iraq's very viability as a country is in doubt.
Saturday, July 25, 2020First the National Security State Surged Baghdad, now it is Surging Portland and Seattle For those of us old enough to remember George W. Bush's Iraq War, the use of the word "surge" to describe Federal agents sent into Democratic cities to break heads chills the soul.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020Biden: Muslim Americans took full Brunt of Vile Trump Hatred of Minorities; Pledges to Reverse Muslim Ban In the context of the extreme hatred for Muslims of the Trump administration and the wider Trump movement, Biden's remarks were crucially significant but probably won't be noticed on cable news.
Sunday, July 19, 2020Barriers, Water Canons, Arrests: Netanyahu Treats Israeli Protesters against his Corruption like Palestinians Thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, while some 1500 people gathered outside Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. They chanted for Netanyahu to resign, and that "Your corruption is killing us."
Friday, July 17, 2020GOP Death Cult Forbids Mandatory Masks, Keeping US in Crisis, as China Grows 3.2% Georgia governor Brian Kemp is attempting to prevent municipalities in Georgia from fining people for refusing to wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. He is suing Atlanta over it. The question is not whether his obstructionism will kill Americans. The question is only how many.
Thursday, July 16, 2020Dangerous Delusions: Top 3 Reasons Trump/Navarro are trying to Kneecap Dr. Fauci on Coronavirus Policy Trump is upset that while most Americans tell pollsters that they trust Fauci on handling the coronavirus, they mostly say they don't trust Trump.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020The Beinart Controversy over the End of the Two-State Solution and Juan Cole On Palestinian Statelessness Somebody has to give citizenship to the Palestinians. Increasingly, the only one that could plausibly do that is the Israelis.
Sunday, July 12, 2020Israel cuts Electricity to Palestinian Hamlets in Apparent Pressure to accept Annexation Since Palestinians live under Israeli military occupation, they have no control over their own land, water or air, and are not allowed to run their own infrastructure.
Saturday, July 11, 2020Trump, Convicted of University Fraud, wants to Defund the Universities to Stop People Thinking Trump notoriously set up a phony "university" to bilk prospective students of millions of dollars. He lost a civil suit to the outraged victims and had to pay them $25 million. Now the stable genius is coming for America's universities.
Sunday, July 5, 2020When will Palestine have its Declaration of Independence? Citizenship in a state and popular sovereignty over the land, air and water of that state were started as an ideal by Americans. That ideal is denied to the Palestinians, one of the few peoples in the world to lack citizenship or basic human rights.
Friday, July 3, 2020Baghdad Bob on the Potomac: Trump's Hoaxes, from "Disappearing" Covid-19 to Climate to Russiagate Authoritarian regimes breed lies like rotting meat breeds maggots, and as Trump marches the United States into an imperial presidency beyond accountability, his rate of lying has become astronomical.
Thursday, July 2, 2020What Blocked Netanyahu from Beginning Planned Theft of Swathes of Palestinian West Bank on July 1? Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu failed to begin the theft of substantial swathes of the Palestinian West Bank on July 1, as he had once pledged, according to UPI.
Sunday, June 28, 2020Trump Likely did Throw US Troops in Afghanistan under the Bus, but Why would the Russians have Targeted Them? the NYT said its sources in US intelligence alleged that Trump was briefed on this intelligence in March and that a menu of options was presented to him, from lodging a diplomatic complaint to specific sanctions (presumably in GRU commanders).
Friday, June 26, 2020Trump's incompetence has Reduced Americans to Lepers whom Europe won't Let in Trump ran for office in 2016 on a platform of denigrating Mexican and Muslim immigrants to the US as criminals and undesirables, and now he has turned Americans into the ones against whom the world is building walls.
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