Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Washington Post reminds us how the Saudi coalition war on Yemen helps Al Qaeda:Last year, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on a powerful Yemeni Islamist warlord, accusing him of being a “prominent military...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Micah Zenko takes a closer look at Mattis’ tenure as Secretary of Defense and finds lots to criticize:In October and December, Mattis claimed that the United States was providing in-air refueling to the Saudi-led...
President Trump’s foreign policy appointments have frequently been difficult to reconcile with the views he has often expressed. The most disappointing was the appointment of John Bolton as National Security Advisor.Bolton is a longtime and very vocal advocate...
The brilliant and funny Jimmy Dore on Hillary Clinton tweeting for more war:
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Los Angeles Times reports on the harm that sanctions on Syria do to civilians there:The result, said Damascus-based businessman Naji Adeeb, is that legitimate business owners are being punished while close...
The brilliant Jimmy Dore exposes the latest BS about Russian "agents" sewing discord in America by promoting sex toys.
The idea Mattis was the “adult in the room,” the moral and intellectual restraint on Trump’s evil wishes, is tired. We’ve been recycling that one for two years and more now, as various “adults” were christened as such and rose and...
Issues of war and peace should not be a partisan game. When Trump calls for pulling US troops out of Syria and Afghanistan, are Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer simply upset about the process (and we agree, the process was terrible), or really upset...
Veterans For Peace is pleased to hear that President Trump has ordered a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, where they had no legal right to be in the first place. Whatever the reasoning, withdrawing US troops is the right thing to do.It is incorrect to...
Good news: President Trump is withdrawing troops from Syria and Afghanistan. While the President’s stated reason for the Syrian withdrawal – that Isis is totally defeated in the region – is dubious, it’s hard to tell how the presence of a couple of...
