The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison tells readers, “The real shame of Obama’s Syria policy is not that he has mocked his hawkish detractors, but that he has made the mistake of listening to them at all.” Daniel writes, “The truth is that the mostly hawkish objections to current Syria policy are “half-baked” and always have […]
Conflicts the U.S. Should Avoid
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison writes that the fact the U.S cannot support any of the major groups vying for control of Damascus should make it clear that the U.S. has no business being involved in the conflict at all. Hawks just wanted to inflict a loss on Iran. Now fighting ISIS has taken priority, but […]
Vladimir Putin on Charlie Rose’s “60 Minutes”
The American Conservative outlines for readers that Putin referred refreshingly during an interview with Charlie Rose to terms of Realpolitik, such as “national interest.” Also noted: “There was little if any of the Wilsonian globaloney favored by members of our foreign policy establishment—Democrats and Republicans alike—who seem to share the belief that the only thing missing […]
The Case For Realism & Restraint
The American Conservative will offer a summit on an alternative foreign policy view, favoring realism and restraint, as opposed to the big-government, neocon model currently popular in Washington. The AC describes the event here: “Conservative realism” has emerged as the crucial question of Republican foreign policy. Mainstream conservatives and policymakers on the right are rejecting […]
No Formal Alliance With Israel
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison explains to readers, “The U.S.- Israel relationship is already a net liability for America.” Larison writes: There are a few obvious reasons why the U.S. shouldn’t do this. First, the U.S. already has far too many formal security commitments around the world, and adding another would needlessly add to U.S. […]
No U.S. Stake or Allies
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison points out the ongoing folly of the neocon “War Dogs.” Arms provided by the Obama administration to the Syrian opposition end up in the hands of the jihadists. Were no lessons learned by the U.S. in Afghanistan? As could have been expected, taking out Saddam in Iraq and Gaddafi in […]
War With Russia?
Writing at The American Conservative, founding editor Scott McConnell tells readers: Americans will fairly soon come to see Iran both as a market for American goods and ideas and as a valuable ally against ISIS, the Sunni jihadist group that controls much of Iraq and Syria. … Everyone in Washington knows that Obama and his […]
Chalk One Up for American History
The College Board has just rewritten the 2015 teaching guidelines for American history for high-school students. And as Daniel Henninger writes in the WSJ, they “are about as balanced as one could hope for. The framework itself, on the College Board website inside the AP tab, is worth a look.” What happened? In a word—federalism. […]
The Most Expensive Weapons Program in American History?
Writing in the July/August issue of The American Conservative, William S. Lind, director of the American Conservative Center for Public Action, tells readers it is the F-35 airplane: “Procuring the F-35 will cost nearly $400 billion and require annual funding of an average $12.4 billion a year through 2038.” [W]e are buying F-35s before we […]
The Real Jeb Bush?
Writing in The American Conservative, founding editor Scott McConnell offers some interesting perspective on Jeb Bush. Among Scott’s highlights are the following. Jeb has now reversed himself on Iraq, saying that he would “not have gone to war.” Jeb has added both leading neocon Paul Wolfowitz as well as “realist” James Baker to his list […]
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