Iran's Trump card is the Gulf states' nightmare scenario

INTO THE FRAY: Helvetian Hypocrisy and Iran - A glimpse behind the 'chocolate-box' image

Picturesque Switzerland's murky history with unsavory regimes is not a recent phenomenon. Indeed, it can be traced back as far as the mid-1700s. However, its international attraction began to emerge at the turn of the 20th century, when Swiss financiers became a magnet for foreign investors wishing to stash their increasingly mobile wealth in what was perceived as a politically neutral state.

Egypt increases Sinai military presence, violates peace treaty

Egypt's manufactured refugee crisis

Egypt’s refugee numbers scheme is not an isolated distortion. It fits the same pattern of duplicity Cairo has displayed on Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood, and US-led peace efforts: publicly posturing as a partner for stability while quietly undermining American interests and manufacturing crises to preserve its leverage and lifeline of aid.

This is what a US attack on Iran would look like

INTO THE FRAY: Iran-Why the war must be won

As the conflict in Iran drags on, perhaps longer than its initial supporters expected, it seems that a sound understanding of the founding rationale for its conduct has become increasingly obscure. Accordingly, it is crucial to underscore what the stakes in this conflict are, and why nothing less than the total capitulation of the theocrats in Tehran will suffice as an acceptable outcome.