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1987: My USA Today Oped – Pull U.S. Out of Persian Gulf

March 3, 2026: Another Mideast War, so I’m sending this piece around the track again. August 22, 2020: U.S. government policy in the Middle East has been consistently idiotic for more than a third of a century.  Here’s  the first article I wrote calling for U.S. military withdrawal from that area – an “opposing view” […]

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Trump & Iran: My Barbs, 2017-2026

Only thing this pro-war video is missing is a cameo of Kristi Noem shooting a puppy https://t.co/B2gmjd7X7z— James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 6, 2026 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing: Reagan-appointed military commission blamed the disaster in part on Marine guards being prohibited from carrying loaded weapons to stop attackers. https://t.co/ZzdK0XL6TC— James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 6, 2026 Hoopla […]

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Trump Wore Wrong Hat for the “I Declare War on Iran” Video

So why didn’t Trump wear this hat for his “I declare war on Iran” 8 minute video last night? The quality of that video was even more pathetic than Trump’s BS claim that “All I want is freedom for the [Iranian] people.”  Trump made that revelation in a 4 a.m. phone call this morning to […]

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Trump Tariff Meltdown

In a press conference today, Trump proclaimed: “I can destroy the [foreign] country.” Trump was outraged that the Supreme Court struck down his primary tariff scheme as an illegal abuse of power. Vice President Vance condemned the “lawlessness” of the decision – as if any limit on Trump’s dictatorial power over imports was lawless. How […]

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N.Y. Post: Your Bucks Stop with the TSA

New York Post, February 15, 2026 A class-action lawsuit seeks to stop TSA from unlawfully seizing flyers’ cash by James Bovard If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, Transportation Security Administration agents can fleece you. TSA has stripped more than 10,000 travelers of their money since 2014, […]

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Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War

Also published by Zero Hedge (39,000 views, 340 comments), Counterpunch, Eurasia Review,          Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War By James Bovard A few presidencies ago, Washington politicians used boundless political and intellectual chicanery to drag America into a ruinous war.  Thousands of Americans died and scores of thousands of Iraqis perished […]

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