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...
Withdrawal from Syria? Don’t Bet On It
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Wall Street Journal and other outlets are reporting that the U.S. is preparing to withdraw its forces from Syria:The U.S. military is preparing to withdraw its forces from Syria, people familiar with the matter said...
The Costs of the War on the People of Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Guardian published three accounts from Yemeni aid workers working with the Norwegian Refugee Council about their experience of the war and the humanitarian crisis. This comes from Marwan Al-Sabri, a 32-year old...
Send Trump and the Saudis a Message: End Support for the War on Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.A State Department official restated that the administration very much wants to continue backing the Saudi coalition war on Yemen:“There are pressures in our system … to either withdraw from the conflict or...
Why Lies About the War on Yemen Matter
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Tony Badran takes another crack at justifyingTrump’s subservience to Saudi Arabia. Inevitably, this means telling lots of lies about Iran and Yemen:The lead paragraph of Trump’s statement identifies Iran’s...


