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When America Steps in without Strategy, the World Burns

We got here by design — through years of undermining diplomacy, undercutting alliances, and mocking the very institutions that made American leadership possible.

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Jun 23, 2025
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President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Grand Parade and Celebration in Washington, D.C., Saturday, June 14, 2025. | Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

By Trygve Olson

The United States bombed Iran Saturday.

This didn’t come out of nowhere — but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous.

Missile exc…

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