Trump Administration Needlessly Provoking Iran

The following article was originally published by the author on Medium. Barely two weeks after Trump’s inauguration, his administration is already laying the groundwork for what could become a dangerous military confrontation with Iran. On Monday, Houthi fighters struck a Saudi naval vessel off the coast of Yemen (the Houthis claim it was a missile; the Saudis claim it was a suicide boat). Two sailors were killed. A video of the incident was taken. On Tuesday, a Fox News article claimed, citing unnamed U.S. defense officials, that the real target of the attack was an American ship. Their...

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Christian Evans

Christian Evans is a blogger and writer from Venice, California. He is a student of journalism at Brigham Young University-Idaho and writes about war, foreign policy, immigration, drugs and police. His work is published at medium.com/@christianevans


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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...

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