Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Saudi coalition struck and killed dozens of civilians in response to the apparent downing of one of their jets:Thirty-one people were killed in air strikes on Yemen Saturday, the United Nations said, the victims of...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Iraqi military and intelligence officials claim that the original December 27 attack that led to U.S. strikes on an Iraqi militia and Qassem Soleimani was probably not carried out by Kata’ib Hezbollah at all, but...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Tom Friedman’s latest column obviously wasn’t fact-checked before it was published:And then, a few weeks later, Trump ordered the killing of Suleimani, an action that required him to shift more troops into...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.John Kerry supports Biden for the Democratic nomination, and he has been acting as a campaign surrogate to defend Biden’s vote for the Iraq war authorization in 2002. Kerry also voted for the 2002 AUMF, so he has...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Trump’s remarks this morning show that his Iran policy remains as blinkered and reckless as ever. Following the Iranian retaliation last night that caused no casualties, the president does not appear to be...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The growing Iraqi backlash to the recent U.S. airstrikes escalated significantly with a massive protest that broke into the American embassy in Baghdad. Kelley Vlahos has already discussed this on our State of the Union...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Panama marked the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion with an official day of mourning for the first time this year:Panama declared a day of national mourning for Friday, the 30th anniversary of the US invasion that...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.An extensive investigation by The Washington Post into a trove of confidential documents has found that the government has been deliberately misleading the public about the war in Afghanistan with dishonest claims of...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The president’s response to the Pensacola Naval Air Station shooting reflects his ugly habit of shielding Saudi Arabia from all criticism:When a Saudi Air Force officer opened fire on his classmates at a naval...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.TAC contributor Gil Barndollar calls attention to the damage that endless war is doing to the military:The president has been rightly excoriated for these pardons, which dishonor the U.S. military and may degrade good...
