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...
Attending a high-profile security conference in the Bavarian city of Munich forced Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, and the German Defense Ministry, to take extreme measures to facilitate his arrival and departure. Zarif was warned by the private...
Sanders, Lee and Murphy to Introduce Yemen War Powers Resolution: Live Stream at 4:30pm ESTSens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) will introduce Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m. a bipartisan joint resolution to remove U.S. armed...
The U.S. Role in the War in Yemen: What You Can Do Thursday, March 1, 8 PM ESTSince March 2015, U.S.-supported airstrikes in Yemen have implicated us in what is now the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Military action by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition is the...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The U.N.’s humanitarian chief described the “catastrophic” conditions that exist in Yemen today:In a speech read by UN director of humanitarian operations John Ging, Lowcock said that 8.4 million...
