The Dangers Posed by the Killing of Qassem Suleimani

Plus: a Democratic congresswoman on why Trump has made her rethink how America should conduct foreign policy. View in browser | Update your preferences Daily Comment The Dangers Posed by the Killing of Qassem Suleimani By assassinating the Iranian commander, the Trump Administration has risked a wider, more unpredictable conflict, which could flare in many places and in many ways. By Dexter Filkins The New Yorker Radio Hour Dexter Filkins on the Air Strike that Killed Qassem Suleimani Previous Administrations had considered the Iranian military commander too dangerous to touch. Is the U.S. prepared for war with Iran? Q. & A. A Democratic Lawmaker on Trump’s Iran Policy Representative Elissa Slotkin, a former C.I.A. analyst and Defense Department official, discusses why the President has made her rethink her views on how America should conduct itself abroad. By Isaac Chotiner Culture Fiction “Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain” “You’ve been shooting at Afghans in your games for so long that you’ve become oddly immune to the self-loathing you felt when you were first massacring wave after wave of militant fighters who looked just like your father.” By Jamil Jan Kochai This Week in Fiction Jamil Jan Kochai on the Intimate Alienation of Video Games The author discusses “Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” his story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Stagefright Dept. Maria Bamford Melds Speed Dating and Standup Comedy The comic combats her performance anxiety by practicing her set with a stranger over coffee. In Brooklyn, she chose someone with the Twitter handle @nugget_queen_. By Lizzie Feidelson Humor and More Daily Shouts For the Person Who’s Fixing My Laptop In my Documents folder, you will find some of my writing. Much of it is bad and sure to give you and the gang over there a good laugh. By Lucas Gardner Puzzles and Games Dept. The Weekend Crossword Looney Tunes’ gunslinging, bloviating cowboy: eleven letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.