Iran

Iran Defeats America
Trump’s war may be remembered as the moment America surrendered its strategic advantage in the Middle East.
 • The Steady State and Harry I. Hannah
America First? History Says Otherwise.
On our 250th Anniversary, remember who stood beside America at its birth.
 • The Steady State and Michael Eiland
Has America Lost Europe?
From “leader of the free world” to object of distrust, America’s standing abroad has suffered a profound and self-inflicted decline.
 • The Steady State and Robert Bruce Adolph
Just…Because He Can?
Trump, military force, and the moral limits of war
 • The Steady State and Charles A. Ray
Who Will Stand for the Republic?
Every democracy eventually faces the same test: whether enough people will defend it before it is too late.
 • The Steady State and Jennifer Gregg
The Constitution or Commander-in-Chief?
Reflections on duty in an age of autocratic rule
 • The Steady State and Robert Bruce Adolph
“The Thin Red Line” - An Open Letter to Non-MAGA Republicans
Will Republicans Defend Trump — or Democracy?
 • The Steady State and Mike Mozur
How Our Republic Dies
Endless war, executive overreach, and the betrayal of the American soldier.
 • The Steady State and Robert Bruce Adolph
"1776 Is Not for Sale"--The Revolution’s Lessons Stand in Stark Contrast to Today’s Politics of Isolation and Arrogance.
The Steady State | by Adam Wasserman
 • The Steady State
FREDONIA PROJECT SITREP 25: U.S. POLICY DEVELOPMENTS 28 Feb - 29 Apr 2026
CABLE ID: 2026-0429-FRED/WASH/SITREP-025
 • The Steady State
Juggling Toward Collapse
How Overload, Not Outrage, Breaks Authoritarian Power
 • The Steady State and Steven Cash
The Weekly: The Erosion Is the Event
Democracy doesn’t fall all at once—it wears down in plain sight
 • The Steady State and Jennifer Gregg
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