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Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq as a State Department Foreign Service Officer serving as Team Leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Now in Washington, he writes about Iraq and the Middle East at his blog, We Meant Well. He authored of HOOPER'S WAR: A Novel of WWII Japan, GHOSTS OF TOM JOAD, and WE MEANT WELL: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts + Minds of the Iraqi People.

The US is Playing with Fire if it Walks Away from the Iran Deal on May 12

The chance of terminating Iran’s nuclear program is held against the risk of full-on war in the region. The United States is playing with real fire if it walks away from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on May 12.

May 07th, 2018

By Peter Van Buren

The US is Playing with Fire if it Walks Away from the Iran Deal on May 12

A foreign policy crisis is coming May 12. President Donald Trump’s likely decision on that day to not continue waiving sanctions on Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will significantly increase the chances of war. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed by

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Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq as a State Department Foreign Service Officer serving as Team Leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Now in Washington, he writes about Iraq and the Middle East at his blog, We Meant Well. He authored of HOOPER'S WAR: A Novel of WWII Japan, GHOSTS OF TOM JOAD, and WE MEANT WELL: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts + Minds of the Iraqi People.

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Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq as a State Department Foreign Service Officer serving as Team Leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Now in Washington, he writes about Iraq and the Middle East at his blog, We Meant Well. He authored of HOOPER'S WAR: A Novel of WWII Japan, GHOSTS OF TOM JOAD, and WE MEANT WELL: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts + Minds of the Iraqi People.

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What if every National Security Agency (NSA) document Snowden released, every interview he gave, every documented trace of a national security state careening out of control could be made to disappear in real-time?

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Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren

Peter Van Buren spent a year in Iraq as a State Department Foreign Service Officer serving as Team Leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Now in Washington, he writes about Iraq and the Middle East at his blog, We Meant Well. He authored of HOOPER'S WAR: A Novel of WWII Japan, GHOSTS OF TOM JOAD, and WE MEANT WELL: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts + Minds of the Iraqi People.

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