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If Saudi Arabia fails

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By Jordan Friedman
| Intermountain Jewish News Verified
Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote, “war is a continuation of politics by other means.” He meant by this that wars are conducted by political leaders making rational choices to achieve goals using war as a tool because other means are not as effective or efficient. While choosing war might appear irrational, von Clausewitz was saying that even leaders we perceive to be madmen who start destructive, murderous wars still have in mind rational political objectives.
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How a 1952 Plane Crash Changed Airline Safety

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By Jordan Friedman
| The History Channel Verified
The tragedy of Pan Am Flight 526A helped pave the way for safety briefings and other measures passengers know today. Pan American Airways clipper sits on the runway at the airport circa 1947 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo by Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Published: September 24, 2026Last Updated: September 24, 2026 On a sunny afternoon in April 1952, Pan Am Flight 526A took off from San Juan’s Isla Grande Airport.
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This Social Worker Was Supposed to Help Orphans Find Homes. Instead, She Abducted Children Who Already Had Families and Sold Them for Profit

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By Jordan Friedman
| Smithsonian Magazine Verified
Between 1924 and 1950, Georgia Tann placed more than 5,000 children—many of them seized from their parents without permission—with wealthy families across the U.S In 1949, a young, pregnant mother dropped off her three children outside a courthouse in rural Tiptonville, Tennessee, then drove away with a man who’d promised her marriage and a new life. Three-year-old Sue Nell Dycus and her brothers, ages 5 and 6, sat waiting, confused and uncertain of what was to come.
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