Originally appeared on The American Conservative.James Jay Carafano must assume that his audience doesn’t know anything about the war on Yemen:Instead of turning our back on Yemen, the U.S. should focus on ending the war. If US support for the Saudi-led...
Why is President Trump's foreign policy so incomprehensible? He says he does not want to let the enemies know what he's doing, but often he does not do what he says. He said we should get out of Syria just a few days ago, but in today's press reporting he is...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Alex de Waal recently spoke to PBS Newshour about contemporary man-made famines, especially the one caused by the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen:MEGAN THOMPSON:How would you counsel the U.S., and other governments, to end...
Over at Foreign Policy, there’s a good article on how the Pentagon gets so much money so easily. Basically, the Pentagon complains about lack of “readiness” for war, and Congress caves. But as the article’s author, Gordon Adams, notes, most of the boost in spending...
Over the weekend, President Trump told an audience at a fundraiser that the US attack on Iraq was the "worst decision ever." As we approach 15 years since the launch of "shock and awe," the truth of Trump's words are evermore obvious. As president, however, he has the...
Help End U.S. Complicity in Largest Global Humanitarian Crisis!During the month of March, the Senate will vote on ending U.S. military involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has plunged Yemen into the world's largest humanitarian crisis.S.J.Res. 54 would...
On Saturday the Leafs are playing an outdoor game against the Washington Capitals at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. To mark the occasion the team created a jersey with the Royal Canadian Navy’s "Ready, Aye,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s State-of-the-Nation speech Thursday represents a liminal event in the East-West strategic balance – and an ominous one.That the strategic equation is precarious today comes through clearly in Putin’s words. The U.S. and Russia...
Every special interest has a pitch on how to get government benefits at the expense of everyone else. This week we get the steel industry pitch. Americans are supposedly going to "Beat China" by paying a tax to the U.S. government. With enough propaganda, Americans...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.John Bolton defends preventive war against North Korea, but he won’t call it by that name:Pre-emption opponents argue that action is not justified because Pyongyang does not constitute an “imminent threat.” They...
