US News Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger gets ten years for murdering an unarmed man. Guyger entered the wrong apartment and then shot the unarmed man she claimed she believed was breaking into her apartment. [Link] Customs and Border Patrol is spending $1.2...
Nasser Arrabyee is back with an important update from Yemen, where Houthi forces are now claiming to have captured thousands of Saudi soldiers in a battle in August. They likely view this as leverage in a possible peace negotiation, but Scott fears that it could also...
Mark Perry discusses some of the disasters of America's foreign policy for the last 20 years, particularly U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in their war in Yemen and repeated cases of empowering Iran by starting or supporting ill-advised conflicts that end up making Iran...
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey talks about President Trump's close relationship with Saudi Arabia and his corresponding push against Iran. Trump seems uniquely willing to come out and say his real reasons for this closeness—that it's all about money. Trump likes that Saudi...
Ali Demirdas talks about the Syrian YPG, a Kurdish organization associated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which America has supported against Assad in Syria. Demirdas thinks this partnership is ill-advised, and that the YPG's chances of ruling significant parts of...
Patrick Cockburn discusses the recent attacks on a Saudi oil facility, an American drone, and two Japanese tankers, all of which have been pinned to various degrees on Iran. It's unclear to what extent Iran actually was involved—it's always possible that this is a...
US News Trump places travel sanctions on several members of the Castro family for supporting Maduro. [Link] Russia summoned the US ambassador because the US did not grant visas to ten members of the Russian UN delegation. The UN General Assembly meeting is held in New...
Nasser Arrabyee comes back for an update on the war in Yemen. Saudi forces continue to bomb Yemeni cities, and American neocons continue to insist that the war is being justly prosecuted against the Iran-backed Houthis. Arrabyee says these claims of Iranian support...
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