Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Analysis: Trump calls Iranian shootdown of Navy drone a 'fly in the ointment,' leaving critics mystified

    by Eli Stokols and Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times Jun 20, 2019 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - When Donald Trump ran for the White House in 2016, he blamed previous presidents for sending U.S. troops into endless, grinding wars, and vowed to stay out of foreign conflicts.

    This week, he twice showed he meant it. On Monday, he dismissed explosions aboard two oil tankers that the U.S. had blamed on Iran as "very minor." And on Thursday he shrugged off a more serious provocation, a predawn Iranian missile strike that downed a high-flying U.S. Navy surveillance drone.

    While he could still order retaliation, Trump initially sounded unruffled, calling the Iranian ground-to-air missile launch an inadvertent error by a rogue unit or general, someone "loose and stupid," rather than

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
    Carvalho Faults Alleged Actions Of School Safety Worker Who Failed To Stop Fatal Fight
    LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school district has removed a campus-safety contractor from Washington Preparatory High School after an adult — who apparently worked for the contractor — refused to intervene before a fight that ended with the death of
    Los Angeles Times8 min read
    Beyond Erewhon: Inside The LA Grocery Store Where All The Cool Vegans Are Flocking
    LOS ANGELES -- On a rainy Saturday afternoon in late March, a block of East Hollywood is unusually quiet but for the corner of Fountain Avenue and North Edgemont Street. There, a line snakes halfway around the perimeter of a little vegan grocery stor
    Los Angeles Times3 min read
    Commentary: USC’s ‘Security Risk’ Rationale To Thwart Peaceful Protest Is Not Justified
    During Vietnam War protests, the Nixon administration called them “outside agitators.” Now my university’s provost prefers “participants — many of whom do not appear to be affiliated with USC.” Beyond Andrew Guzman’s misdemeanor of wordiness, the pla

    Related Books & Audiobooks