The US Has Too Many ‘Allies’

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.There are a lot of questionable assumptions informing this New York Times piece about Syria and U.S. support for the YPG. This quote from Stavridis sets the tone for the entire article:“In the course of American...

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Weld’s Underwhelming Foreign Policy Alternative

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld intends to mount a primary challenge against Trump. To that end, he spelled out his foreign policy views in a new article for Foreign Affairs. Unfortunately, Weld makes a number of...

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The ‘Isolationists’ Are Coming!

Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Lindsey Graham is an incorrigible warmonger, and he is also pig-ignorant about U.S. history:American isolationism: * Did not work before WWII. * Did not work before 9/11. * Will not work now. When it comes to fighting...

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