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...
Venezuela and Our Regime Change Addiction
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Associated Press reports on Bolton’s efforts to undo the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria: Noah Feldman helpfully rips off the fig leaf that the Trump administration and other governments are using...
How ‘President Bolton’ Gets His Way
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Associated Press reports on Bolton’s efforts to undo the decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria:According to seven administration officials, Bolton’s influence was central to the...
Congress Can End US Involvement in the War on Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Guardian reports on the efforts in the House and Senate to cut off U.S. support for the war on Yemen:Congress is expected to make an unprecedented challenge to Donald Trump’s authority to take the US into a...
Bolton’s Eagerness to Attack Iran
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Wall Street Journal reports on Bolton’s eagerness to attack Iran last year:President Trump’s National Security Council asked the Pentagon to provide the White House with military options to strike Iran last...
Bolton Won’t Give Up on Illegal War in Syria
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Bolton is not giving up on keeping our illegal war in Syria going one way or another:Some U.S. troops could remain in southern Syria for an undetermined amount of time even as American forces withdraw in coming months...
An Iran Policy of Regime Change in All But Name
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Mike Pompeo removes any doubt about the purpose of the administration’s Iran policy of regime change in all but name:U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that “the sanctions on Iran have an ultimate...
The US Is On the Side of Terrorists and War Criminals in Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Washington Post reminds us how the Saudi coalition war on Yemen helps Al Qaeda:Last year, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on a powerful Yemeni Islamist warlord, accusing him of being a “prominent military...
Mattis’ Yemen Legacy
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Micah Zenko takes a closer look at Mattis’ tenure as Secretary of Defense and finds lots to criticize:In October and December, Mattis claimed that the United States was providing in-air refueling to the Saudi-led...
The Cruelty of Sanctions
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Los Angeles Times reports on the harm that sanctions on Syria do to civilians there:The result, said Damascus-based businessman Naji Adeeb, is that legitimate business owners are being punished while close...


