by Daniel Larison | Oct 10, 2019 | News
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld intends to mount a primary challenge against Trump. To that end, he spelled out his foreign policy views in a new article for Foreign Affairs. Unfortunately, Weld makes a number of...
by Gilbert Doctorow | Sep 16, 2019 | News
Starting in July and running to the present day, there have been repeated calls from mainstream media, from leading statesmen and from diplomats, in the United States and in Europe, for some kind of rapprochement with Russia to be put in place. This is remarkable...
by William Astore | Sep 10, 2019 | News
James Mattis is making the talk show rounds, promoting his new book, “Call Sign Chaos.” Interestingly, while openly critical of President George W. Bush for being unprepared for the Iraq War, and President Barack Obama for lacking a strategy and being too...
by Daniel Larison | Aug 12, 2019 | News
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Saudi coalition and its proxies are once again fighting among themselves as the UAE-backed separatists rose up against the Hadi government and seized control of most of Aden:Yemeni separatists took over most of the...
by Daniel Larison | Jun 18, 2019 | News
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Pompeo has just proven once again that there is nothing the Trump administration won’t do to cover for Saudi Arabia as it prosecutes the atrocious U.S.-backed war on Yemen:Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has...