Zombie NATO Expansion Stumbles On

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.NATO expansion stumbles on mindlessly like a zombie:The U.S. Senate approved the accession of North Macedonia to NATO in a 91-2 vote Tuesday, meaning the small Balkan nation is a step closer to becoming NATO’s...

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Trump’s Plunder Doctrine Comes to Syria

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Part of the small residual U.S. force that the Trump administration is keeping in Syria serves no real military purpose:“Al-Tanf has no obvious military purpose,” added Sam Heller of the International Crisis Group. “The...

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The US Has Too Many ‘Allies’

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.There are a lot of questionable assumptions informing this New York Times piece about Syria and U.S. support for the YPG. This quote from Stavridis sets the tone for the entire article:“In the course of American...

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Weld’s Underwhelming Foreign Policy Alternative

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld intends to mount a primary challenge against Trump. To that end, he spelled out his foreign policy views in a new article for Foreign Affairs. Unfortunately, Weld makes a number of...

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The ‘Isolationists’ Are Coming!

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Lindsey Graham is an incorrigible warmonger, and he is also pig-ignorant about U.S. history:American isolationism: * Did not work before WWII. * Did not work before 9/11. * Will not work now. When it comes to fighting...

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Sanctions Are Strangling the Venezuelan People

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.U.S. sanctions on Venezuela continue to take a terrible toll on the civilian population. Michael Fox reports:“We understand that the Pan American Health Organization has had to change the accounts [used to...

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Threat Hyperinflation at Centcom

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Buried in this New York Timesreport is a very revealing detail about the current head of Central Command, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, and his absurdly exaggerated view of Iranian power:Military planners are also advancing...

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