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Monday, March 2, 2026

Starmer Iran, others from past few weeks

Keir Starmer smites the special relationship on Iran

from last few weeks... 

Khamenei is dead. We're about to learn how many terrorists crossed the U.S. border

Trump shakes Iran's tree to see what falls out

Keir Starmer takes another leap towards political oblivion

Support Iran regime change action? Admit the big costs to China war readiness

Mike Tilley and how Doctors are failing young GI cancer patients

Trump's UFO order will mean videos and reports

The battle between Kari Lake and her Iran broadcasting critics

Will Iran be 11 days late for Trump?

Trump and Rubio campaign for Orban, Xi's European pet

No country for free men

Gifting Xi a diplomatic opening, Trump must be ready to take advantage of his arrogance

Iran regime change would cost boots on the ground and China war readiness


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Friday, January 30, 2026

Latest guest pieces for Unherd and Wall Street Journal

WSJ: How to destroy Trump's presidency

Unherd: Sidelining Bovino plays to Trump's advantage

Unherd: Why Trump is now focused on Cuba regime change



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Iran strikes

The obvious risks of killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outweigh the theoretical benefits

Indications that Trump is about to bomb Iran




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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Recent pieces

Welcome to the District of Cluelessness

From this week:

China's embassy spy base in London poses specific threats

Imminent Iran idiocy

China military purge increases medium term Taiwan threat

From the rest of January (prior to Jan. 9):

China is toasting Trump's repellant Afghanistan rhetoric

Did Gen. Caine tell Trump the military wouldn't attack Greenland?

The Svalbard proof Trump wants Greenland for its energy resources

America's ICE-protester idiocy

What military options has the Pentagon presented to Trump?

UK faces a $38 billion test of its defense spending seriousness



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Friday, January 9, 2026

Russia ship

 Seizing sanctioned ship, Trump shows how to break Russian brinkmanship



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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Iran protests, Trump military force, Cuba-Maduro, Maduro capture

What will Trump do if Iran massacres protesters?

The rewards and risks in Trump's growing use of military force

from past few days...

Why Maduro's capture is such a major crisis for Cuba

Capturing Maduro was the challenging but easier part



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Friday, January 2, 2026

Russia-Ukraine, Xi Taiwan, CCP Islamism

Russia overextends its deception fetish with invented Ukrainian attack on Putin

from earlier this week

Xi teaches Trump two lessons on Taiwan

The Chinese Communist Party poses a greater threat than Islamism




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Monday, December 22, 2025

Trump Gaza plan

Hamas weapons and West Bank chaos threaten Trump's peace plan



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Friday, December 19, 2025

Free speech, Trump Venezuela, Europeans defense readiness

 Australia and UK sacrifice free speech over Bondi Beach atrocity

The objective of Trump's drip-drip Venezuela strategy

Germany, Poland and the Baltics prepare for war; the United Kingdom and France pretend to prepare



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Thursday, December 11, 2025

AHI/Havana Syndrome and various others

Raising cover-up fears, Department of War moves to weaken Havana Syndrome team

Today is easy for Trump in Venezuela, tomorrow is a different matter

Trump's strategy weakens alliances, bolsters China and Russia

from Tuesday

There's no question that the U.S. has freer speech than Europe

from last Friday

Trump's new weakness on China

from last Thursday

Will Trump give Albania's Edi Rama a pass on narcotrafficking ties?




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