by Martin Accad | Jan 23, 2020 | Opinion
The targeted assassination of Qasem Soleimani and of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at Baghdad Airport, authorized by President Donald Trump in the early morning of Jan. 3, officially baptized the new year of 2020 with blood. The elimination of the major general of the Quds...
by Ken Sehested | Jan 9, 2020 | Opinion
The U.S. has been itching for a brawl with Iran for 40 years, ever since U.S. embassy personnel in Tehran were taken hostage in 1979. Now, with the assassination of one of Iran’s top military and political leaders, Gen. Qasem Soleimani, along with top Iraqi military...
by Ruth Rosell | Jan 9, 2020 | Opinion
It was still Christmastide – a season for celebrating the birth of Christ. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, we had heard words from the prophet Isaiah declaring that God’s anointed one would be the “Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6) and the reign of God would be one...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 8, 2020 | Opinion
The United States government is rattling the war sabre with the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. President Donald Trump and Secretary Mike Pompeo justified the strike on Soleimani over the weekend, arguing that the commander was an “imminent” threat to...
by Brian Kaylor | Oct 20, 2017 | Opinion
President Donald Trump on Friday, Oct. 13, announced he would decertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. I wonder if one of his evangelical advisers could show him a passage in the Bible about responding to the worst deal ever? Trump previously called the deal between...