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Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab

With Iran War, Trump has Grabbed a Polecat He Can’t Put Down or Avoid Its Stink

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U.S. troops are engulfed by a sandstorm during the 2003 Iraq invasion. Trump is caught in the same trap. (Photo: U.S. Marines)

Trump’s Failure to Learn the Lessons of Bush’s Iraq War Has Turned His Illegal Iran War Into a Quagmire

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President Trump is briefed on the Iranian attack at Mar-a-Lago. (White House photo by Daniel Torok)

Trump Iran War: Questions He Never Answered Before Blundering Into a World Crisis

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U.S. Airforce F-105 jets heading for North Vietnam in 1965, a year after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution widened the war. (Photo: USAF)

Trump Is the Worst in a Long History of Presidential Lying to Justify Wars

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