Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Yemen reported that the Saudi coalition bombed one of the cholera treatment centers earlier today:The Yemen War is spiraling out of control. The Saudi/UAE/U.S. coalition bombed a Doctors...
The Trump Administration Is Backing the Saudi Coalition Attack on Hodeidah
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The UAE-led attack on the port of Hodeidah in Yemen appears to going ahead, and the U.S. isn’t trying to prevent it and is going to support it:The Trump administration is now reluctantly getting behind the...
The US Must Oppose a Saudi Coalition Attack on Hodeidah
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration is considering lending additional support to the atrocious Saudi-led war on Yemen:The Trump administration is weighing an appeal from the United Arab Emirates for direct U.S. support to seize...
Bolton Adds Another Hardliner to the NSC
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Curt Mills explains who Fred Fleitz is and why it matters that he has been hired as John Bolton’s chief of staff on the National Security Council:But Fleitz’s hiring signals three developments clearly: Bolton’s...
Making Yemen’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Even Worse
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Washington Post calls on the Trump administration to pressure the Saudi coalition to halt its offensive against the port of Hodeidah:The world’s worst humanitarian crisis may be about to get much worse. In...
Stop Comparing North Korea to Libya
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Marc Thiessen has more awful advice for Trump on North Korea:Trump should make clear to both North Korea and China, absent an agreement, that sanctions will get tighter and military action is possible. And that means...
Massacring Palestinians with Impunity
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Israeli forces have shot and killed at least three dozen unarmed Palestinians and wounded many hundreds more in the latest attack on Gaza protests:Gaza’s Health Ministry says the number of Palestinians killed by...
A Saudi Assassination and the War on Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Nicholas Niarchos comments on the recent assassination of a top Houthi leader by a Saudi coalition airstrike:On Twitter, members of the Saudi royal family celebrated Sammad’s killing and touted it as a success for the...
Saudi Coalition Kills Scores at a Yemeni Wedding Party
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Updated below: Reports now say 33-40 killed.The latest Saudi coalition atrocity against Yemeni civilians was another attack on a wedding party, killing 20 people including the bride and wounding dozens more:At least 20...
The Bogus ‘Credibility’ Argument Returns
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Trump reportedly deferred to Mattis’ advice and ordered a smaller attack on Syria than he and Bolton had originally wanted:President Donald Trump deferred to his Pentagon chief’s caution and tempered his...