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George W. Bush got the world's attention by drawing a line after 9/11. "You're either with us or against us," Bush warned when it came to radical Islamic terrorism. It provided a clarifying moment in American foreign policy, and carried enough of a military and economic threat that forced cooperation from unlikely sources.This morning, Donald Trump played the same card Bush did, and against the same type of threat. Trump didn't use precisely the same formulation, but the point comes through clearly. Anyone doing business with Iran will have to choose between the IRGC and having access to Western financial...

The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen targeted Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil company on Saturday with missiles and drones, marking a significant escalation in the second front of the ongoing Iran conflict. President Trump issued new warnings against Iran this week, threatening to hit one power plant or bridge for every ship they hit in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacked another tanker near the coast of Oman on Tuesday. The President has further said that he is weighing a “massive” attack on Iran, which would be “bigger than ever before,” he said. “They haven’t received enough pain yet,” Trump said...

Donald Trump revealed that he has 1,000 missiles 'locked and loaded' and aimed at Iran in the event he is assassinated by the Islamic republic. The president shared details of his plans for a massive military retaliation warning Iran would be 'completely decimated' if it ever carried out its long-running threats against him. He issued the extraordinary warning on Friday night in a fiery Truth Social post following renewed calls for his death during the funeral of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In one of his most explicit threats yet against Tehran, Trump revealed he has already instructed military...

President Trump on Saturday threatened to wipe Iran off the face of the Earth after US forces launched strikes against the country for its violations of the 60-day memorandum of understanding and ceasefire. “It is very possible that they will never learn!” Trump said, noting that Iranian missile, drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites were hit by US aircraft. “There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” he continued. “If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no...