The U.S. struck a wedding in Kuhestak, Iran in the latest round of strikes in the president’s criminal war: Around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the wedding was struck by a bomb that, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The New York Times, had been released...
A Murder Spree Without End
Some of the more than 220 people murdered by our government at sea were likely not involved in drug trafficking at all: The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine...
Hawks Whitewash Graham’s Ghoulish Record
The Wall Street Journal predictably whitewashes Lindsey Graham’s monstrous foreign policy record: But his memory shouldn’t pass without recalling the principles he fought for. Above all, he believed that America is a force for good in the world. If there was one...
Trump’s Saudi Deal Is a Terrible Idea
The U.S. will be helping to build a nuclear program for Saudi Arabia under a new agreement approved by Trump: President Trump has formally approved a landmark agreement with Saudi Arabia that will provide the country with a civilian nuclear program and potentially...
Lindsey Graham and Our Vile Pro-War Culture
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the arch-warmonger from South Carolina, has died. He leaves behind a legacy of death, destruction, and massive human suffering. Graham cheered on every foreign war and every sanctions regime for at least the last thirty years, and he was among the...
War Isn’t Won on ‘Points’
Matt Kroenig has wanted the U.S. to attack Iran for more than a decade. Now that he got the war he wanted and it failed, he is reduced to arguing this: To be sure, the United States did not register a knockout punch against the Islamic Republic, but to continue the...
Stop the Unhinged Threats Against Oman
The Trump administration continues to threaten Oman over its role as a trusted mediator with Iran: Three months later, that neutral stance is beginning to backfire. Washington increasingly interprets Oman’s approach toward Tehran as hostile to America and, according...
Escalation in Iran Would Be Madness
Seth Cropsey makes another deranged appeal for escalation against Iran: Mr. Trump’s objective shouldn’t be to bluff the Iranians out. Instead it should be to demonstrate that if push comes to shove, the U.S. will commit to an overwhelming confrontation that breaks the...
It’s Time for the US to Acknowledge Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal
Some members of Congress are finally calling attention to Israel’s illegal nuclear weapons program: A group of House Democrats is urging the Trump administration to publicly acknowledge Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program, a move that would abandon decades of...
Daniel Larison on Two Months of Senseless, Unnecessary War
The U.S. and Israel started a senseless, criminal war of aggression against Iran two months ago, and that war set much of the rest of the region on fire. The aggressors failed to achieve anything beyond inflicting death and destruction while causing massive damage to...


