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...
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...
Yemen’s Cholera Outbreak Is About To Get Worse
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Yemen’s cholera epidemic and humanitarian crisis threaten to get even worse:A children’s advocacy group is warning of a spike in cholera cases in northern Yemen affecting hundreds of thousands of children and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New Sanctions Strangle the Iranian People Even More
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The latest Iran sanctions imposed by the Trump administration are yet another attack on the civilian population. Brian O’Toole explains:The CBI has already been sanctioned for at least two decades, generally...
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...
Trump Makes Another Bad Choice for National Security Advisor
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Trump announced the selection of his fourth National Security Advisor:President Trump announced Wednesday that Robert O’Brien, the special envoy for hostage affairs at the State Department, will be his next national...


