Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The backlash to the Navy’s punishment of Capt. Crozier has been intense, and some influential members of Congress are denouncing the decision to relieve him of command:NEW: @RepSpeier, who chairs the House Armed...
Gil Barndollar and Sam Long do an excellent job of making the case against the noxious U.S.-Saudi relationship:These attacks on individuals, however, paled in comparison to the Kingdom’s military misjudgments. The war in Yemen, pushed by Mohammed bin Salman when he...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Jackson Diehl comments on Mike Pompeo’s terrible performance during the coronavirus crisis:Has any secretary of state been worse in an emergency? It’s impossible to think of a more feckless performance since World...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Wall Street Journal predictably rejects sanctions relief for Iran, but it is worth noting that they have to tell a lot of lies to make their argument:Easing sanctions would shore up the regime’s shaky position...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.This week marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. The war has not ended, and the humanitarian crisis created by the war has only grown worse over time. I...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Barbara Slavin comments on the dire situation in Iran that has been made worse by U.S. economic warfare:Iranian animosity toward the US is understandable, given the Trump administration’s decision to quit the 2015 Iran...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.U.S. forces in Iraq continues to come under fire with another rocket attack Saturday that targeted the same base that was hit earlier in the week. Iraqi officials are insisting that our troops withdraw from the...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The New York Times reports that U.S. “retaliatory” strikes in Iraq ended up killing regular Iraqi soldiers and policemen and one civilian:Iraqi military officials strongly condemned the United States...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Van Jackson comments on the comparisons being made between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, especially in this article by George Herring. Jackson notes that ending U.S. involvement in these unwinnable wars has a...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Stephen Wertheim considers Biden’s restorationist foreign policy and finds it seriously wanting:Biden deserves credit for stating flatly that he would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. But he does...
