Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Secretary of State issued a terse, woefully inadequate message about the floods in Iran, and used most of the message to pin blame for the disaster on Iran:On behalf of the American people, we offer our condolences...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.During his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mike Pompeo said the following about Yemen and Saudi Arabia (around 4:10:15 here):The challenges that you’ve cited, the death that you just cited in...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.This week marks the fourth year since the beginning of the Saudi coalition’s war on Yemen. In the last four years, the coalition has destroyed much of the country’s infrastructure, devastated its economy,...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration’s destructive Iran policy may be about to get even worse:Under plans recommended by Mr. Pompeo and some White House officials, the State Department would designate Iran’s military Islamic...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Andrew Sullivan comments on the U.S.-Israel relationship and the role of “pro-Israel” lobbying groups in our politics in a new essay. There are several things that I think Sullivan gets wrong, but perhaps...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.When Mohammed bin Salman carried out his “anti-corruption” purge in November 2017, we already knew that many of the detainees were subjected to torture, and at least one of the detainees died from his...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration is running into the stubborn reality that the “government” they recognize in Venezuela doesn’t actually control anything:It is a risky gamble for Mr. Maduro’s adversaries, who...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Ariane Tabatabai reviews Iran’s foreign policy ahead of the 40th anniversary of the revolution, and explains that Tehran’s foreign policy isn’t as ideologically-driven as the administration thinks:This...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.A new survey finds broad public support for staying in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty that Trump is killing:Two-thirds of survey respondents oppose abandoning the treaty, and instead favor pursuing...

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The president’s interview on Face the Nation this morning contained some remarkable revisionism on his part on the Iraq war:MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to move on here but I should say your intel chiefs do say...