Andrew Bracevich writes in The American Conservative that the U.S.’s backing of Saudi Arabia is positively bizarre. Saudi is one of the world’s worst regimes. Bracevich suggests that the entire plan for U.S. engagement in the Persian Gulf needs to change if America is looking for a win. He writes (abridged): The House of Saud […]
Is the Islamic Revolution Failing Iran’s Rising Generation?
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan tells readers that with a population mostly born after Iran’s Islamic Revolution, time is not on the side of the ayatollahs. Young Iranians are looking for the same things most young people are looking for, freedom and opportunity. The Islamic Revolution hasn’t delivered either of those things and time […]
Tax Cuts are Great, Non-Intervention is Better
Michael Scheuer, the former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, wrote at his blog last week that, while Americans are happy to see tax cuts, what would be even better is avoiding any more wars that cost the country trillions of dollars, and most tragically, the lives of its young men and women. President […]
Jon Basil Utley Guides Thinking on America’s Proper Defense Planning
My friend Jon Basil Utley, who I have known since we met years ago at functions hosted by the Cato Institute, took time recently on The American Conservative website to address some disturbing events in the world of foreign policy. Jon discusses a conference on terrorism held by the Jamestown Foundation. At the conference, Gen. […]
The Cotton Doctrine Will Give America More War and Less Security Says Cato’s Chris Preble
My friend Chris Preble, the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, and author of The Power Problem, has written that Senator Tom Cotton’s foreign policy doctrine includes more of the war that has defined the twenty-first century for America. Implementing such a policy though, says Chris, would mean less security […]
Trump Administration Opens a Channel to the Iranians with a Warning
CIA Director Mike Pompeo has opened a channel of communications with his counterpart in Iran, Major General Qassem Soleimani, with a warning that Iran would be held accountable for any attacks on American forces in Iraq by Iranian-controlled troops. This was a warning, but it was better than no dialogue at all. Perhaps it can […]
Could a War with Iran Mean Defeat for Trump in 2020?
Writing in The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan notes the disastrous electoral results that have befallen the presidents—and their parties—who have gone to war. If Trump starts a war with Iran, could that lead to his ouster in 2020? Trump complained on Twitter that we have “foolishly spent $7 trillion in the Middle East.” What then […]
Is No Country Safe from Ballistic Missiles?
Former Marine Corps intelligence officer, Scott Ritter warns in The American Conservative that if Houthi rebels can fire missiles into Saudi Arabia at will, despite the Saudis’ sophisticated weaponry, any conflict with a more advanced nation such as Russia, China, Iran, or even North Korea would see mobile ballistic missiles in service throughout the hostilities. […]
What’s the Benefit of Fighting in Afghanistan?
In The American Conservative, Scott Horton writes that America’s war in Afghanistan does more to endanger Americans than it does to keep them safe. He writes (abridged): In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan and quickly smashed the Taliban government. It also killed hundreds of members of the al Qaeda group […]
Putin Wants to Liquidate Terrorists on the Spot
On Wednesday, St. Petersburg, Russia was hit by a terrorist’s bomb in a supermarket. The bomb, loaded with shrapnel injured 13 people. When giving orders to find the terrorists, Vladimir Putin told law enforcement to “liquidate the bandits on the spot.” It is possible that Russians from the predominantly Muslim southern areas of the country […]
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