The media is reporting today that the US will send 500 troops to Saudi Arabia to confront the Iran "threat" to the region. Just over a decade ago the US pulled its troops out of Saudi Arabia after acknowledging what Bin Laden had said about his motivation for the 9/11...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.See if you can spot the flaw in the Trump administration’s new arms control initiative:President Trump is sending a high-level delegation to meet with Russian counterparts in Geneva this week to pursue an arms...
Turkey's decision to purchase a Russian-made missile defense system has led the Trump Administration to cancel its planned sale of 100 F-35 fighters to Turkey. Also under a 2017 law to punish Russia for "meddling" in US elections, Trump will be obligated to apply...
Iran announced last week they will be enriching uranium to 5% which is over the 3.67% limit set by the Joint Comprehension Plan of Action signed in 2015 under the Obama administration. Iran has every right to go over that cap, since the US pulled out of the deal over...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told Fox News over the weekend that the repeal of the 2001 war authorization after 9/11 and the 2002 war authorization for Iraq would "illegalize" the entire war on terror. Are we in a time...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Warnings of famine are increasing in Venezuela, and U.S. sanctions are responsible for driving the country over the edge:In a new study, Venezuelan economist Francisco Rodriguez at New York brokerage Torino Capital set...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The House passed two amendments to the defense authorization bill yesterday related to the war on Yemen. The first prohibited the administration from using funds to support the Saudi coalition:But the most consequential...
The NY Rep. finally says something reasonable, so the conservatives — led by the vile Liz Cheney — denounce her as treasonous. Cross-posted at the Institute.
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently released the results of a new survey on U.S. public opinion on arms sales and the U.S.-Saudi relationship:As Congress weighs the decision by the Trump Administration to...
Yesterday CNN was the sole source of an article accusing Iran's Revolutionary Guard of trying to seize a UK tanker in the Persian Gulf. Though CNN claimed there was video of the attempt, none has surfaced. Iran strongly denies any such attempt. Is this another psy-op...
