Proposals All Involve Sending Thousands More Troops to Afghanistan The latest in a series of Pentagon proposals on changing US policy in its assorted wars, a series of options are expected to be delivered to President Trump next week on Afghanistan. The options being...
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TGIF: The War Party Talks Nonsense on Korea
The Really Serious People -- you know, the politicians and pundits who have been wrong on every call on foreign policy in recent memory -- think that talking to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un would be foolish because it would "legitimate" him and his brutal regime....
The Tyranny of the Distance
The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program by Jeremy Scahill and the Staff of The Intercept (Simon & Schuster, 2016); 256 pages. Last summer, the Obama administration finally made good on its promise to provide some...
Saudi Land Push in Yemen Would Cause Heavy Casualties: DM
Insists Saudis Could Quickly Win If They Wanted To Offering rare comments on the invasion of Yemen in a public interview, Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman defended the 2015 invasion as “necessary” ti restore former President Abd Rabbu...
Wilson’s War and its Legacy
It has been nearly a century since the end of the First World War. While the conflict receives less attention and glamorization in Hollywood and popular culture than its successor, it is arguably the most significant event of the twentieth century, setting the stage...
Takeaways from Trump’s First 100 Days
For foreign policy wonks, Trump’s first hundred days have been a bit like a roller coaster ride. In just over three months, the new administration has veered from one crisis to another, from Syria to North Korea, China to Canada. Sudden Trumpian reversals on various...
The Horrors of Communist China
It's a scandal that few Westerners are even aware, or, if they are aware, they are not conscious, of the bloody reality that prevailed in China between the years 1949 and 1976, the years of communist rule by Mao Zedong. How many died as a result of persecutions and...
Trump Surrenders to the Iron Law of Oligarchy
Did the Deep State deep-six Trump’s populist revolution? Many observers, especially among his fans, suspect that the seemingly untamable Trump has already been housebroken by the Washington, “globalist” establishment. If true, the downfall of Trump’s National Security...
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