Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Jason Rezaian describes what renewed U.S. sanctions will do to the Iranian people:Although sanctions won’t target food and medicine directly, Iran will be cut from the international financial system, so imports...
With the Syrian army's liberation of the southwest complete, there remains just a single province in control of ISIS and al-Qaeda in the country. The "bloodbath" that the "experts" warned about if Assad regained control not only did not come to pass, but tens and...
Recently, the State Department held a conference on religious freedom. Our friends at The Committee for Responsible Foreign Policy were invited to present a series of talks on the impact of war on religious liberty. Individual videos from this three-hour presentation...
After a firey, all-caps Tweet warning Iran, President Trump did a 180 and said he'd meet with Iranian president Rouhani with no pre-conditions. Then his neocon Secretary of State Pompeo got wind of it and added a list of conditions to the meeting. Unsurprisingly, the...
As a military officer, I was trained to strictly observe security protocols. So when I first heard of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, I was instinctively critical. But upon reading his released documents, I saw how Julian gave people accurate insights into the inner...
Last week, US State Department officials met with Taliban leaders in Qatar. At the request of the Taliban, the US-backed Afghan government was not invited. The officials discussed ceasefires and an end to the war. Meanwhile, the US inspector general charged with...
Over the weekend, several news report have suggested that the US is planning an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. Other reports suggest that the US is going to unleash the Saudis to do the fighting. What's behind the relentless – going back 60 years – US drive to...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Matt Taibbi comments on the widespread ignorance and lack of coverage of the war on Yemen and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis:Yemen features the wrong kinds of victims, lacks a useful partisan angle and,...
I was looking at some old military history notes today and came across this photo of Lieutenant General Hubert Reilly Harmon, known today as the father of the Air Force Academy and its first superintendent:I love the simplicity of this photo. General Harmon is wearing...
In brief, you will find that the illogical direction the Pentagon and Department of State have directed this nation's foreign affairs and military has its roots in the defeat of the United States Military in Vietnam. The Vietnamese used terrain and guerrilla...
