Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

March 6, 2018

Why is President Trump’s foreign policy so incomprehensible? He says he does not want to let the enemies know what he’s doing, but often he does not do what he says. He said we should get out of Syria just a few days ago, but in today’s press reporting he is apparently demanding a new […]

Daniel Larison

March 6, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Alex de Waal recently spoke to PBS Newshour about contemporary man-made famines, especially the one caused by the Saudi-led blockade of Yemen: MEGAN THOMPSON: How would you counsel the U.S., and other governments, to end this famine, or possible famine, in Yemen? ALEX DE WAAL: We should have a […]

William Astore

March 6, 2018

Over at Foreign Policy, there’s a good article on how the Pentagon gets so much money so easily. Basically, the Pentagon complains about lack of “readiness” for war, and Congress caves. But as the article’s author, Gordon Adams, notes, most of the boost in spending goes not to training and maintenance and other readiness issues […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

March 5, 2018

Over the weekend, President Trump told an audience at a fundraiser that the US attack on Iraq was the “worst decision ever.” As we approach 15 years since the launch of “shock and awe,” the truth of Trump’s words are evermore obvious. As president, however, he has the power to correct that terrible decision and […]

Eric Garris

March 5, 2018

Help End U.S. Complicity in Largest Global Humanitarian Crisis! During the month of March, the Senate will vote on ending U.S. military involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has plunged Yemen into the world's largest humanitarian crisis. S.J.Res. 54 would withdraw U.S. armed forces from this war that is now entering its third […]

Yves Engler

March 5, 2018

On Saturday the Leafs are playing an outdoor game against the Washington Capitals at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. To mark the occasion the team created a jersey with the Royal Canadian Navy’s "Ready, Aye, Ready" motto on it. The website unveiling the sweaters includes a brief history […]

Ray McGovern

March 3, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s State-of-the-Nation speech Thursday represents a liminal event in the East-West strategic balance – and an ominous one. That the strategic equation is precarious today comes through clearly in Putin’s words. The U.S. and Russia have walked backwards over the threshold of sanity first crossed in the right direction by their predecessors […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

March 2, 2018

Every special interest has a pitch on how to get government benefits at the expense of everyone else. This week we get the steel industry pitch. Americans are supposedly going to “Beat China” by paying a tax to the U.S. government. With enough propaganda, Americans will go along with it. But Ron Paul will tell […]

Daniel Larison

March 1, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. John Bolton defends preventive war against North Korea, but he won’t call it by that name: Pre-emption opponents argue that action is not justified because Pyongyang does not constitute an “imminent threat.” They are wrong. The threat is imminent, and the case against preemption rests on the misinterpretation of […]

Jason Ditz

February 28, 2018

Attending a high-profile security conference in the Bavarian city of Munich forced Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, and the German Defense Ministry, to take extreme measures to facilitate his arrival and departure. Zarif was warned by the private companies that operate Munich Airport that they would refuse to refuel his official jet to make […]