Daniel Larison

March 24, 2020

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. This week marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. The war has not ended, and the humanitarian crisis created by the war has only grown worse over time. I have to apologize to my readers and to the people of Yemen, […]

Eric Garris

March 23, 2020

If you haven’t read my tribute to my long-time great friend Jon Utley, please do. Jon was not only a close and dear friend, but he was a dedicated fighter for peace and one of the earliest supporters of Antiwar.com. American Conservative editor Kelley Vlahos just published a wonderful article on Jon and his life […]

Edward Hasbrouck

March 23, 2020

This week the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) plans to release its final report including recommendations to Congress on whether Selective Service registration should be ended or extended to young women as well as young men. Whatever the NCMNPS recommends, the release of its report is unlikely to get much attention […]

Eric Garris

March 22, 2020

My good friend Jon Basil Utley died on Friday. Jon had been fighting lymphoma for a few years. I believe he was 87. He was one of the sweetest men I ever met. For the last several years, he served as Publisher of The American Conservative magazine and website. Last year, he wrote a brief […]

Eric Garris

March 20, 2020

Scott interviews William Arkin about his recent Newsweek article discussing the the government’s various contingency plans—both public and secret—to keep a functioning, constitutional government alive during a national crisis. He is not so concerned about the introduction of martial law as usually conceived, which he considers unlikely, but worries about something called devolving succession, a […]

Daniel Larison

March 17, 2020

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. Barbara Slavin comments on the dire situation in Iran that has been made worse by U.S. economic warfare: Iranian animosity toward the US is understandable, given the Trump administration’s decision to quit the 2015 Iran nuclear deal despite Tehran being in compliance with it and to impose crushing sanctions. […]

Daniel Larison

March 16, 2020

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. U.S. forces in Iraq continues to come under fire with another rocket attack Saturday that targeted the same base that was hit earlier in the week. Iraqi officials are insisting that our troops withdraw from the country: The US retaliation prompted protest from the Iraqi government, which called it […]

Gilbert Doctorow

March 13, 2020

There are many in mainstream media who insist that the dissonant voices about Vladimir Putin’s Russia whom they derogatively call “useful idiots” are no more than propagandists for the Kremlin. As a card-carrying member of the “friends of Russia” club, I have in the past never hesitated to acknowledge that perhaps 10% of our number […]

Daniel Larison

March 13, 2020

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. The New York Times reports that U.S. “retaliatory” strikes in Iraq ended up killing regular Iraqi soldiers and policemen and one civilian: Iraqi military officials strongly condemned the United States military on Friday for airstrikes launched overnight that they said killed three Iraqi soldiers, two police officers and a […]

Win Without War

March 13, 2020

Win Without War Executive Director Stephen Miles released the following statement regarding the recent escalation of military action in Iraq: “We are in the midst of a pandemic. But instead of addressing it — instead of ensuring that there are adequate tests, that everyone has access to healthcare, or that the average worker has protection […]