Trump invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify the Iran war. Iranian American women like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea.
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By channeling the Delphic spirits of his mentors, Lerner manages to avoid heavy-handed commentary in favor of stranger pursuits: finding the sense and nonsense in natural speech; intersplicing shards of citation and quotation; and contesting the very concept of a stable narratorial voice.
A weaker, angrier, more suspicious regime with a less cautious supreme leader and leverage over Hormuz. What could go wrong?
Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.
Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a reminder of how everything is fair game in an era of great-power competition.
“What President Trump is describing as the destruction of ‘a whole civilization’ would be a war crime, plain and simple. ”
Iran will likely control the waterway. The question is whether diplomats find a way of making that workable.
Washington thinks offensive cyber power will restore deterrence. It’s mistaken.