Sarah Chayes has written what may be one of the most dastardly op-eds I have ever read. She warns against providing aid to Afghanistan too quickly because that would reduce Western “leverage” over the Taliban:Western countries should not move too fast. Just because...
Some of the lingering costs of the January 2020 Soleimani assassination include the injuries to U.S. personnel that suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in the retaliatory Iranian missile attack:He used to help run armed drone operations as part of the unit, but...
Joe Lieberman reminds us that he absolutely does not want any agreement with Iran:Akbar Shahid Ahmed reports on the Biden administration’s unwillingness to hold the Saudi government accountable for its crimes, including the crimes of the crown prince:For now, Biden’s...
Joe Lieberman reminds us that he absolutely does not want any agreement with Iran:Achieving an agreement with Iran that could get 67 votes in the Senate wouldn’t be easy, but it is worth the effort. It would restore the longtime bipartisan consensus in Washington...
Michael Gerson doesn’t like Geoffrey Wheatcroft’s new book on Churchill:The charge that he maliciously caused the Bengal famine – in the sense that Joseph Stalin caused the Ukrainian famine – seems half-baked.Gerson’s complaint against the book is that he thinks the...
The Wall Street Journal ran a propaganda hit piece against critics of normalization agreements with Israel that was ridiculous even by their extremely low standards:The question is why the regime is getting an intellectual assist from advocacy groups on the American...
I was watching this conversation between Bob Wright and Tom Wright, and I found it to be very frustrating. The discussion about the meaning and definition of the “Blob” could have been productive, but I don’t think it was. The conversation kept coming back to the...
Mike Pence joins the long and growing list of current and former elected officials and retired officers to discredit themselves by shilling for the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), the deranged cult and “former” terrorist organization that seeks regime change in Iran and...
Michael Singh wants the Biden administration to threaten Iran with preventive war:But the Biden administration should also prepare for the eventuality that diplomatic and economic pressure will not be enough to deter Iran’s leadership from its pursuit of nuclear...
The Washington Times reports rather melodramatically about Lloyd Austin’s scheduled visits to Ukraine and Georgia this week:Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will stress this week that there is an “open door to NATO” for Ukraine and Georgia, the two nations on the front...
