Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Associated Press reports on the Saudi coalition’s cooperation with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen:A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States has cut secret...
The Cruel Collective Punishment of Sanctions
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Jason Rezaian describes what renewed U.S. sanctions will do to the Iranian people:Although sanctions won’t target food and medicine directly, Iran will be cut from the international financial system, so imports...
Yemen Is the Most Important and Most Ignored Story in the World
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Matt Taibbi comments on the widespread ignorance and lack of coverage of the war on Yemen and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis:Yemen features the wrong kinds of victims, lacks a useful partisan angle and,...
The Aftermath of a Saudi Coalition Wedding Massacre in Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Washington Post reports on the aftermath of the April 23 wedding massacre Alex Potter reported on last month:The 22 fatalities included 12 of the dancers, four musicians and six villagers, including one who played...
The US Enables Deliberate Saudi Attacks on Civilian Targets in Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.UNICEF reports on the latest Saudi coalition attack on a water system in Saada. This is the third time that the same site has been bombed:UNICEF deplores in the strongest terms yet another attack on vital and lifesaving...
New START and the Helsinki Summit
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Jon Wolfsthal makes the case that the Helsinki summit is the right time to begin talks with Russia on extending New START:The July 16 summit in Helsinki between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin presents a...
‘America Is the Whole Thing’: US Complicity in the Destruction of Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.PBS NewsHour aired the second of Jane Ferguson’s three reports on the war on Yemen earlier this week. Her first report can be found here. The second report focuses on U.S. support for the Saudi coalition:Here is...
Another Saudi Coalition Wedding Massacre in Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Saudi coalition slaughtered more Yemeni wedding-goers in another massacre today:First photos of aftermath of #Saudi-led Coalition airstrike on a wedding party today in #Saada north #Yemen. New update of the...
The War on Yemen and Pompeo’s Pathetic Propaganda
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration keeps desperately trying to shift the blame for the catastrophe in Yemen away from the Saudi coalition and the U.S.:#Iran’s support for Houthis in Yemen not only enables attacks on Saudi Arabia...
A ‘Peace Plan’ That Has Nothing to Do With Peace
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Philip Gordon and Prem Kumar explain why Kushner’s worthless “peace plan” has no chance of winning Palestinian support:His administration has offered unconstrained support for settlements, with an...


