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August 24, 2026
Good morning! Today is Monday, August 24th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Liam Childers argues that Trump's decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea reflects sound strategic logic, opening room for diplomacy with a more capable North Korea while acknowledging Seoul's growing independence in defining its own defense interests. Kourosh Ziabari traces the unpopular Iran war, now in its 177th day with just 35 percent approval and a $37.5 billion price tag, to decades of fearmongering by hawkish think tanks and self-styled Iran experts who sold…
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