Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The House passed two amendments to the defense authorization bill yesterday related to the war on Yemen. The first prohibited the administration from using funds to support the Saudi coalition:But the most consequential...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently released the results of a new survey on U.S. public opinion on arms sales and the U.S.-Saudi relationship:As Congress weighs the decision by the Trump Administration to...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Stephen Kinzer comments on the creation of a new think tank, The Quincy Institute, committed to promoting a foreign policy of restraint and non-interventionism:Since peaceful foreign policy was a founding principle of...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.If Bolton gets his way, New START is not long for this world:At the same time, the administration has signaled in recent days that it plans to let the New Start treaty, negotiated by Barack Obama, expire in February...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Pompeo has just proven once again that there is nothing the Trump administration won’t do to cover for Saudi Arabia as it prosecutes the atrocious U.S.-backed war on Yemen:Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Iran hawks are always saying that they don’t want war with Iran, but somehow they always end up advocating for attacking Iran. Bret Stephens did that again yesterday:Nobody wants a war with Iran. But not wanting a...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The New York Times reports that Trump’s bogus arms sales “emergency” is even more of a giveaway to Saudi Arabia than we suspected:When the Trump administration declared an emergency last month and...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Timecalls attention to one of Mike Pompeo’s many lies:Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim that Iran and Al Qaeda are collaborating is at best an exaggeration that is not supported by any available...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Bruce Riedel reports that the Saudi government is agitating for a U.S. attack on Iran, and the crown prince is the leading supporter of a new war:Saudi Arabia is eager for the United States to take military action...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Wall Street Journal reports some unsubstantiated speculation coming from a single anonymous administration official about alleged sabotage of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf:An initial U.S. assessment indicated Iran...
