Mohammed bin Salman’s Latest Purge

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Wall Street Journal reports on Mohammed bin Salman’s latest purge:Saudi Arabian authorities detained two of the kingdom’s most prominent figures for an alleged coup attempt, further consolidating the power of...

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The ‘Well-Meaning’ Warmongers

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Samuel Moyn reviews Samantha Power’s memoir to devastating effect. He begins his essay with a withering observation and never lets up:At her first dinner with future president Barack Obama, a forty-five-minute...

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Foreign Policy? What’s That?

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.As Rod Dreher has already observed, Warren destroyed Bloomberg in the debate last night with her attacks on him. She has shown would-be Bloomberg voters what a terrible candidate he is, and that does everyone a great...

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Dozens Killed in Another Saudi Massacre in Yemen

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...

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Tom Friedman’s Hapless Fear-Mongering

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...

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Trump’s Awful, Dishonest Iran Speech

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...

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Remembering the Invasion of Panama

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...

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