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...
Churchill and the Atrocity of Famine
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 Arms Sales and Apartheid Accords
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...
What We Talk About When We Talk About the ‘Blob’
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...
Pence’s Despicable Shilling for the MEK
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...
Dressing Up Unprovoked Aggression as ‘Plan B’
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...
Shut the Door on NATO Expansion
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...
Intervention in Haiti Is Still the Wrong Answer
The Washington Post is still banging the drum for foreign intervention in Haiti:Those who called for international intervention following Mr. Moïse’s killing, including this page, have been criticized for overlooking the checkered history of such attempts in the past,...
Nikki Haley’s Ridiculous Demand to Escalate Economic War Against Iran and China
Nikki Haley reminds us why we are fortunate that she is no longer representing our country at the U.N.:Iran and China have recently taken their alliance a step further. Last year, they finalized a “strategic partnership” that commits Beijing to investing $400 billion...
Misjudging the Balance of Interests in Taiwan
Matthew Kroenig cannot make a case that Taiwan matters more to the U.S. than it does to China, so he tries to make a war over Taiwan into being about something much broader than it would be:I wouldn’t be so quick to cede the balance of interests to Beijing. The United...


