Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Washington Post reports on the latest effort to cut off U.S. support to the Saudi coalition:A group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers is making a new push to end the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen amid...
The Atrocious War on Yemen Continues
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Saudi coalition committed another horrific slaughter of Yemenis over the weekend with an airstrike that destroyed a prison and killed more than 100 of the people being held there:A Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a...
What Happened to Putting Americans First?
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Trump repeated his outrageous anti-Semitic statement yesterday:President Trump said Wednesday that Jewish Americans who vote for Democratic candidates are “very disloyal to Israel,” expanding on his remarks from the...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: All Coercion, No Diplomacy
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Matt Lee reports on the Trump administration obsessive use of sanctions:Call it the diplomacy of coercion. The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an...
The Saudi Coalition Is Tearing Itself Apart
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Saudi coalition and its proxies are once again fighting among themselves as the UAE-backed separatists rose up against the Hadi government and seized control of most of Aden:Yemeni separatists took over most of the...
Stop the Collective Punishment of the Iranian People
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Bobby Ghosh wants the U.S. to “stay the course” in its destructive Iran policy:For critics of the Trump administration’s Iran policy, all this is reason enough to declare the “maximum pressure” campaign a...
A Blockade of Venezuela Must Be Opposed
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.When Trump said he was considering a blockade of Venezuela yesterday, it was possible to dismiss it as a meaningless statement that would have no policy implications. Unfortunately, Trump seems to have meant what he...
Sestak’s Sensible Warning Against War With Iran
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Joe Sestak, a retired admiral and one of the many 2020 Democratic candidates for president, makes a solid case in favor of rejoining the JCPOA and against war with Iran:Having served in the military, I know that...
Feigning Interest in Arms Control To Kill New START
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.See if you can spot the flaw in the Trump administration’s new arms control initiative:President Trump is sending a high-level delegation to meet with Russian counterparts in Geneva this week to pursue an arms...
Driving Venezuela Towards Famine
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Warnings of famine are increasing in Venezuela, and U.S. sanctions are responsible for driving the country over the edge:In a new study, Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodriguez at New York brokerage Torino Capital set...


