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Steven Bucci: We Should Have Just Taken the Strait of Hormuz by Force
The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Bucci questions why the U.S. didn't take a more aggressive approach to removing Iran's grip on…
Joel Pollak: Trump’s Iran Strategy Is Driven by Midterm Politics Not a Clear Plan
Opinion editor at The California Post, Joel Pollak, argues Iran chose confrontation over prosperity, proving there is no partner for…
Andrew Latham: Iran Settlement Earns a C-Minus, Only Addresses the Problem Created Two Months Ago
Senior Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy Andrew Latham argues the Iran deal may reopen the Strait…
Trump’s Suggestion That Syria Handle Hezbollah Is One of the Worst Foreign Policy Ideas I’ve Heard
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, on the Iran peace deal and Trading Away…
Eugene Kontorovich: Iran Deal Strengthens Tehran, $300 Billion Will Rebuild the Military
Professor at George Mason University Scalia Law School and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Eugene Kontorovich, weighs in on…
Michael Rubin: Iran Deal Makes Neville Chamberlain Look Like Winston Churchill
Director of Policy Analysis for the Middle East Forum, Michael Rubin, says he hates to throw cold water over it,…
Liel Leibovitz: Trump Lost His Nerve and Rescued Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
Tablet editor-at-large Liel Leibovitz argues the conflict with Iran is one the U.S. must win to send a message to…
Doug Bandow: Iran Deal Gets Us Back to Where We Were Before the War Started
Cato Institute Senior Fellow and former Reagan administration official Doug Bandow welcomes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but…
Robert Farley: Iran Deal Details Remain Unclear, Kharg Island Threat Was Probably Jawboning
University of Kentucky senior lecturer Robert Farley is skeptical of President Donald Trump’s peace deal announcement, arguing that recent threats…