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1. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Jed Babbin

   The Iran War: Trump Must Choose Between Victory and Defeat – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics (opens the original)

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   It’s not always easy to tell when President Trump is making a joke. What started as his claim to the “Gulf of America” turned out to be entirely serious, though not many map makers have signed on. Now Mr. Trump is going on about the Strait of Hormuz, saying that he may eventually declare the Strait to be American territory. Iran, to say the least, is not amused. It claims the Strait as its own territorial waters and has effectively closed the Strait for several months. Only a few ships go throug

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2. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Jed Babbin

   The War With Iran Is Exposing America’s Missile Production Problem – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics (opens the original)

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   One thing American forces never run out of is munitions — bullets, bombs and missiles — needed to fight a war. But now, we hear, we may be. The problem isn’t that we’re running out of rifle or pistol ammunition but that we are running out of the sophisticated missiles and other systems we use for offense and defense. A large part of the problem is that our forces now rely on the super-sophisticated weapons such as the Patriot missile. The Patriot is a defensive missile that is used to shoot down

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