Feckless and clueless, Donald Trump is lost in Iran, unable to find a way out of the disastrous war he started. Once again, the US military is pummelling the country and, increasingly, its civilian infrastructure. As before, this unlawful bludgeoning strengthens the resistance of a hardline regime that cares little for its people’s suffering. How…
On a rainy September morning at the start of this school year, Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kansas, celebrated the unveiling of its new Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, located directly across from the school’s student entrance. Archbishop William Shawn McKnight of Kansas City, Kansas, blessed the stonecut grotto with holy water from…
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The cruise missile-killing high-energy laser weapon the U.S. Defense Department envisions as part of its “Golden Dome for America” domestic missile defense shield is beginning to take shape. The new Joint Laser Weapon…
With every bomb dropped, ship seized and blood-curdling threat of annihilation, Donald Trump increases Iran’s incentive to reject his “grand bargain” peace deal and sprint instead to acquire nuclear weapons for future self-defence. Justifying his declaration of war on 28 February, Trump claimed that Iran – and primarily its nuclear programme – posed an “imminent…
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Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer has backed Donald Trump’s dramatic decision to bomb Iran overnight. The US president said the attacks carried out at Fordow, Natanz and…
Shorouk Express Details still need to be hammered out, including the deadline for reaching that threshold and the definition of what qualifies for both spending categories. Rutte has suggested a 2032 deadline for the new spending goal, but Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said ahead of the meeting that 2032 was too late and that…
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