Snatching war from the jaws of peace, the long-worked on peace deal negotiated between the US and Taliban leaders has apparently been tossed into the trash can and the US will return to its 18 year losing battle in Afghanistan. The deal's demise was blamed on an...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Trump’s abrupt announcement over the weekend that he was canceling a meeting with Taliban leaders at Camp David has displayed much of what is wrong with the president’s handling of foreign policy:What would...
Despite an early chivalrous ring, World War I was not "the war to end all wars," it was a harbinger. Western civilization emerged from the ruins of the "Great War" more belligerent than ever before, now for the sake of prognostications by so-called experts or in...
". . . and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore."These lost words – Isaiah 2:4 – are nearly 3,000 years old. Did they ever...
Through the summer the world has watched as protests shook Hong Kong. As early as April they began as peaceful demonstrations which peaked in early June, with hundreds of thousands, in protest of an extradition bill. That bill would have allowed Hong Kong, a Special...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Former Vice President Biden has foolishly tried to claim that he immediately turned against the Iraq war after it started:"Immediately, that moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment," Biden...
Those hoping for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan after 18 years of pointless war and a new peace deal with the Taliban are going to be disappointed. According to press reports, the US will be keeping more troops in Afghanistan than it is removing. Will 8,000 troops...
The US Navy's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is so over-budget and riddled with errors that it's practically useless. Never is it asked whether we need such a ship for the defense of this country. It is about spending and maintaining steady growth in...
The Pentagon has unveiled a new plan to combat record high military suicides, including more government bureaucracy and record-collecting. But is the US government missing the real point on military suicides? Are they so determined to treat the symptoms that they are...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Washington Post reports on the latest effort to cut off U.S. support to the Saudi coalition:A group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers is making a new push to end the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen amid...
