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Jed Babbin
American Spectator contributing editor Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the George H. W. Bush administration. He writes the “Loose Canons” column for The American Spectator and often appears as a talking warhead on television and radio. He is coauthor (with Herbert London) of the book The BDS War Against Israel. He is also the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think. You can follow him on Twitter@jedbabbin.
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The most current laughable thought is that the cease-fire with Iran is holding. It is a cease-fire in name only….
Is the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on or off? Is the parallel U.S. blockade of Iranian ports…
As Mark Twain said, history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. We seem to be living in one of…
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Jed Babbin | Apr 5, 2026
As we enter week six of the Iran war, we know a little more than when President Trump took us…
This column doesn’t make a practice of picking fights with other columnists. But once in a while, as I did…
At this point in our war against Iran, it’s impossible to tell when and how it’s going to end. Iran…
Our war against Iran is now in its third week. President Trump has said, “We took a little excursion” to…