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...
A Worthless ‘Peace Plan’ for Israel and Palestine
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration is pressing ahead with its worthless “peace plan” for Israel and Palestine:Asked by the newspaper’s editor, Walid Abu-Zalaf, about an Abbas spokesman’s dismissal of Mr....
‘Relief Plan’ Issued By Saudi Arabia Is a Gimmick
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The International Rescue Committee dismissed Saudi coalition “relief” plan for Yemen as a public relations gimmick:The “relief” plan announced by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to...
The US Doesn’t Need a ‘Space Force’
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Trump announced that he is ordering the creation of a “Space Force” as a new branch of the military. Among other problems with this proposal is that creating a new branch is entirely unnecessary:But the idea...
The US-Backed Assault on Yemeni Port Has Started
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.ABC News reports on the start of the Saudi coalition’s attack on the port of Hodeidah:As many as 22 million people – three-quarters of Yemen’s population – could be at risk of losing access to...
The Saudi Coalition Bombed a Cholera Treatment Center in Yemen
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...


