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...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Gideon Rachman tries to find similarities between the foreign policies of Trump and Obama:Both men would detest the thought. But, in crucial respects, the foreign policies of Donald Trump and Barack Obama are looking...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Trump threatened to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups this week:President Trump said in an interview posted online Tuesday that he planned to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations,...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Trump administration is about to hand Israel another gift in support of its illegal occupation:Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to announce on Monday that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.A new AP report calls attention to the illegality of the U.S. military mission in Syria:President Donald Trump has approved an expanded military mission to secure an expanse of oil fields across eastern Syria, raising a...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.New START is the last major arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, and the Trump administration is going to let it die:New Start expires in February 2021, just weeks after the next presidential inauguration in...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.U.S. troops sent into Syria on an illegal and pointless mission to “take the oil” don’t know what they are supposed to be doing:US military commanders overseeing Syria operations are still waiting for...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Pentagon used the president’s fixation on plunder to get him to agree to maintaining a U.S. military presence in Syria:A US official with knowledge of operations in Syria said that Trump’s interest in...
