Not just cringeworthy but dangerous. How can we trust a CIA director this political and obsequious to tell the President, the rest of the administration, or the U.S. public, the truth should it prove inconvenient?

This missing stockpile of HEU would not even exist had Trump not withdrawn from JCPOA which banned it til 2031. Yet by June 2025 Iran’s stockpile of 60% HEU (400kg) was bigger than the amount of allowable 3.67% LEU (300kg) under the deal. nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/… via @NYTimes

Excellent on NATO summit by Max Bergmann. Big allied pledges designed to satisfy Trump in desperate hope that making them will keep US committed to Europe (and make implementation unnecessary). But could have opposite effect. csis.org/analysis/natos…

Those wondering whether Rutte's sycophancy and the headlines created at the NATO summit would have a lasting impact on Trump's approach to European security have their answer.

Which was entirely predictable. Trump admin and Israel will now demand access to determine what happened to Iran's HEU and LEU stockpiles, residual enrichment capacity and uranium metal work, and Iran will likely refuse, leading to period of new threats or use of military force.

I have acknowledged that the Biden administration failed to do enough to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza while supporting Israel's response to October 7. But Trump has now been president for over six months, more than ample time to test the theory that unconstrained

Insightful piece by former US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman. It's not just what strongman does but how citizens react. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…

US policy big factor in this terrible Ukrainian decision. Biden made anti-corruption central to case for maintaining US support and Zelenskyy didn’t dare risk it. But he knows Trump doesn’t care. Ukrainians will now have to fight for their democracy without US help.

This is an admission that the US-Israeli premise for months--that intensified military action and growing civilian suffering will help free the hostages--has been tragically misguided. There is no defensible rationale for a policy that is causing so much human suffering and