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The US is not confronting the lunatic state which Bolton and Pompeo have nightmared up for Trump, but a nation governed by bravely defiant, ruthless and calculating men
Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent of The Independent, is the author of Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War (London: André Deutsch, 1990). He holds numerous awards for journalism, including two Amnesty International UK Press Awards and seven British International Journalist of the Year awards. His other books include The Point of No Return: The Strike Which Broke the British in Ulster (Andre Deutsch, 1975); In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-45 (Andre Deutsch, 1983); and The Great War for Civilisation: the Conquest of the Middle East (4th Estate, 2005).
Ever since their migration from Iraq and Syria, Isis has become Washington’s target-of-choice in Afghanistan. And the Taliban – believe it or not – are America’s new best friend
We are growing accustomed to the sight of armies and paramilitary forces taking over other people’s property
In the Middle East and southeast Asia, at least one nation in every potential conflict is a nuclear power or a prospective one
How Boris Johnson’s fantasy world casts dark shadows in the Middle East
Let’s stop pretending that Middle East sanity can emerge from the current inhabitant of the White House
At Cologne’s Gestapo museum, visitors are drawing modern parallels – can we really say they’re being simplistic?
The betrayal of our man in Washington sends a message to every British diplomat: don’t criticise the dictators or their cops or their torturers. Stick to the cocktail circuit. And whatever you do, don’t tell the truth
But we should remember this startling US Middle East plan from 100 years ago
Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, is absolutely right about Donald Trump. One wonders how he might describe Boris Johnson