I’ll give you my answer up front… NO! Trump’s claims on Monday and Tuesday that the US and Iran are talking is false in my opinion. During previous talks with Iran — including the last round in Geneva on February 26 — the communications were indirect. An Oman government official was the intermediary… He would talk to Witkoff and Kushner in one room and then trundle off to another room where he would talk with the Iranian delegation. Any communication between Iran and the US is being carried...

Western propaganda machinery – the West’s most powerful strategic weapon – has repeatedly asserted that US forces have been winning a swift and sweeping victory over Iran. In tandem, Israeli intelligence officials are briefing western media saying they see increasing signs of disarray and “chaos” within the regime in Tehran, adding that the Iranian chain-of-command has become marred by serious breakdowns. And why not make such claims of sweeping victory? Trump presumably went into the war...

Donald Trump has posted yet another threat to his TruthSocial. If Iran does not open the Hormuz Strait in 48 hours, he will target the country’s power plants. The US has the ability to do this. It did it in Iraq. But Iran is not Iraq. Saddam Hussein was not able to do much beyond hide in a “spider hole” in the desert after the US invaded. His army was defeated in short order. Iran will not fold. It will fight on in the dark, without water and civilian infrastructure. On March 21, the spokesman...

As is becoming clearer from President Trump’s own statements and those of his staff, along with press reporting, the US has launched a major war without the input of the experts we pay to advise the President on such matters. The State Department, Pentagon, National Security Council Staff, Defense Intelligence Agency, and NSA were simply bypassed because, as White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said, President Trump “had a feeling” Iran would attack. The President’s real estate developer...

President Trump and his War Department confront a quandary. The effort to topple the government of Iran and destroy its ability to protect itself has stalled. It is common knowledge airstrikes alone are unable to accomplish the goal of unseating a government. The only option for Trump is to send ground troops. On March 11, Senator Richard Blumenthal, told reporters Trump “seems to be on a path” toward deploying troops to Iran. Initially, the Trump administration considered capturing Kharg...