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… and neither is the solution. The thing that has stuck with me the most about being in Benghazi in the aftermath of the 9/11 US mission attacks was watching the euphoria of society after ousting that ball of bad hair Muammar Gaddafi atomize into a civil war as the factions all hustled to get a piece of the action. Power vacuums are like that. That feeling returned last week and I wasn’t able to quite shake in the long 72 hours after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced

This story was updated 24 June 2025 It seems that everyone involved in this apocalyptic three-way is promising a lively week. Leaders are...

Good news from Syria? How the beleaguered nation could go right.

Israel v. the World is inching closer to disaster.

The possibly killing of Mohammed Deif will damage the Hamas network.

The death of Iran's president is going to trigger an internal blood bath in Tehran.

What is Israel v Iran's old new normal going to cost you?

Iran's seizure of a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz may be a bigger problem than its attacks on Israel.

Israel's strike on Iranian targets in Syria wasn't the fog of war, but its inertia.

With Iran in a shoot fight with Pakistan, can it continue fund the three H's?

Lebanon and Hezbollah are not the same thing, although they are both train-wrecks.

Leaving Ukraine - and Europe - to it's fate will trigger a chain reaction that we are not going to like.

No one with a soul wants to ask what the Israel/Hamas conflict is going to cost them, but someone is asking it.

Egypt doesn't want an influx of Palestinian refugees - the country can barely feed itself.

The parallels are being drawn between the conflict in Israel and the troubles in Northern Ireland. And with good reason.

What is going on in Israel, why Iran cares, and how much is it going to cost you?

What is the Octopus Doctrine, why does it matter and is this the end of endless proxy wars?