Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Paul Pillar capably sums up why supporting the war on Yemen is not in America’s interest: Neither does the administration’s policy toward the Yemeni war accord with a realist perspective of where U.S....
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.USA Today published a very extensive report on conditions inside Iran this week. Here is a description of the response to the reimposition of U.S. sanctions:Still, despite rhetoric from the Trump administration and some...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The New York Times also calls for a halt to U.S. support for the war on Yemen:Saudi Arabia and its allies seem to have little compunction about slaughtering children as long as more bombs can be bought, so it’s up to...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Norwegian Refugee Council condemned yesterday’s airstrike on civilians fleeing Hodeidah: We are appalled by conflict that appears entirely ungoverned by the laws of war and astounded at the silence of the many...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Frederick Kagan invokes U.S. policy towards the USSR under Reagan as the model for a similar policy towards Iran today:The attractiveness of applying to Iran the set of policies that caused the relatively peaceful...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Ahmad Algohbary and Faisal Edroos report from Dahyan in the wake of the Saudi coalition massacre of dozens of children on August 9:Three days after the attack, victims’ families continued to throng to the scene of...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.There have been dozens of Saudi coalition airstrikes on civilian vehicles in Yemen this year, and coalition investigations almost never fault coalition forces:The bombing of a bus full of schoolchildren last week was...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Trump signed the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week. Among other things, the bill contained provisions that place conditions on U.S. support for the Saudi coalition. The president made clear in his...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Micah Zenko catches Secretary Mattis making an obviously false claim about U.S. involvement in the war on Yemen:Stunning assertion by Sec. Matts; 40 months into America's involvement in Yemen's civil war....
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The U.S. response to the massacre of dozens of children and other civilians earlier today was predictably feeble:The U.S. State Department called on Thursday for the Saudi-led coalition to investigate reported air...
