Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Earlier this week, I said that we would be hearing more exaggerations warnings about minor nuisances around the world. One example of these nuisances has been the recent “harassment” by Iranian boats in the...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Edelman/Takeyh article on Iran had so many bad ideas in it that it will take a second post to respond properly to some of the rest. One of the sillier claims that they make is that regime collapse won’t cause...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Eric Edeleman and Ray Takeyh dispense with the usual hawkish smokescreens and evasions and call for regime change in Iran:“Regime change” is a toxic phrase in Washington. It conjures up images of the Iraq...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Trump administration’s attempt to strongarm South Korea into a large increase in spending on the basing of U.S. troops has failed:Trump, they say, already rejected what was probably Seoul’s best offer...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Iran has been seeking a loan from the International Monetary Fund for the first time in almost sixty years to help them fight the pandemic. The U.S. is expected to block the loan:The US plans to block Iran’s requested...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly just made things much worse for himself and the Navy by delivering an attack on Capt. Crozier in a speech to the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. It will come as no surprise...
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...
