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...
Don’t Fall for the Chemical Weapons Convention Justification
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Jack Goldsmith and Oona Hathaway review the preposterous legal “arguments” in support of yesterday’s illegal attack. Here they address the erroneous claim that the attack was justified under...
Trump’s Illegal Attack on Syria Has Started
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The illegal attack on Syria that the Trump administration has been threatening for the last week has started:President Trump ordered a military attack against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, joining allies...
Britain Debates the Illegal Attack on Syria
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Isabel Hardman reports on how the Syria intervention debate is developing in Britain:Theresa May is holding an emergency Cabinet meeting today on how to respond to the latest chemical weapons attack in Syria. Already...
The Costs of an Illegal Attack on Syria
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Jack Goldsmith and Oona Hathaway explain at length why an attack on Syria would be illegal: Bottom line: If you support the coming air strike in Syria, you are supporting a rationale that allows the president to use air...
Bolton’s Terrible Ideas for Syria
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.To get some idea of what John Bolton will tell Trump about Syria, it is useful to revisit an old Bolton op-ed from a few years ago. It may give us some clues about the position he’ll take on Syria today, and it is...
Trump Should Withdraw US Forces from Syria, But He Won’t
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Max Boot rails against the possibility that our illegal, unnecessary war in Syria might come to an end:If the United States leaves both Syria and Iraq, it will be an incalculable windfall for Iran, a rogue state that...


