https://factandfreedom.com/en/Recent content on Fact & FreedomHugoenSun, 19 Apr 2026 18:36:27 -0700https://factandfreedom.com/en/the-chalabi-playbook-how-washington/Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:36:00 -0700https://factandfreedom.com/en/the-chalabi-playbook-how-washington/<p>** **</p> <hr> <p><strong><a href="https://factandfreedom.com/images/img-005.jpg"><img src="https://factandfreedom.com/images/img-005.jpg" alt=""></a></strong></p> <p>**</p> <p>**</p> <p>The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has temporarily halted the bombs, but it cannot undo the deep disillusionment of the Iranian-American community. We are watching Washington attempt to spin a $44 billion strategic defeat as a humanitarian intervention. As an Iranian-American watching my homeland be bombed back to the &ldquo;stone age,&rdquo; I must state the brutal truth: this war was never about freeing Iran.</p>https://factandfreedom.com/en/three-paths-for-country-on-brink-if/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:04:01 -0800https://factandfreedom.com/en/three-paths-for-country-on-brink-if/<p><a href="https://factandfreedom.com/images/img-001.jpg"><img src="https://factandfreedom.com/images/img-001.jpg" alt=""></a></p> <p>If there is one thing you learn from contemporary history of conflicts between empires and autocrats, it is how to read the silence. Right now, the silence coming out of the diplomatic backrooms in Geneva is deafening. But the roar of jet engines over the Persian Gulf is telling us everything we need to know.</p> <p>As of this morning, February 18, 2026, the American military buildup around Iran has reached a critical mass not seen since the prelude to the Iraq War. The USS Abraham Lincoln is on station. The Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group is days away. They are flanked by upwards of fifty F-35 and F-15E strike eagles operating out of forward bases in Jordan and additional missile defense batteries in Qatar.</p>