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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
