A truce that prioritised immediate de-escalation over durable conflict resolution left critical disputes unresolved, ensuring that military confrontation would return sooner rather than later.
There did not always seem to be “tremendous chemistry” — or anything close to it — between President Donald Trump and [Ali] al-Zaidi, Iraq’s new prime minister.
[T]he enormous wealth that Trump and his family have amassed since their arrival at the White House ... could cost the Republican Party and its leader dearly.
There did not always seem to be “tremendous chemistry” — or anything close to it — between President Donald Trump and [Ali] al-Zaidi, Iraq’s new prime minister.
[T]he enormous wealth that Trump and his family have amassed since their arrival at the White House ... could cost the Republican Party and its leader dearly.
A truce that prioritised immediate de-escalation over durable conflict resolution left critical disputes unresolved, ensuring that military confrontation would return sooner rather than later.
There did not always seem to be “tremendous chemistry” — or anything close to it — between President Donald Trump and [Ali] al-Zaidi, Iraq’s new prime minister.
[W]hen ethics are abandoned for epics, and when political power subverts rational military decision-making, it is not surprising that symptoms of strategic fatigue begin to develop.
But with a maniacal president who cannot tolerate even a simple difference of opinion, a country that dares not to comply with his demands turns into an enemy that must be eliminated.