Jonah Blank tries to make the case that Biden can somehow salvage something from the wreckage of his policies in the Middle East: Biden has so far failed to achieve his highest goals for the Middle East – but in his final days he can single-handedly reset the...
Who Takes International Law Seriously?
The Washington Post published a despicable editorial in response the International Criminal Court’s warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: But the arrest orders undermine the ICC’s credibility and give credence to accusations of hypocrisy and selective prosecution. The...
Gaza Is Still Being Deliberately Starved to Death
Alex de Waal calls for international action to halt the famines in Gaza and Sudan: The Gaza figures are particularly shocking because, before October last year, acute malnutrition levels were about 1% and general mortality was just a quarter of the background rates in...
Iran Hawks Rule the Roost
The Washington Post published an article Saturday with a headline saying that Iran hawks would have “less sway” in the next Trump administration, and then the article says this: Trump’s election victory has meant that the GOP’s traditionalist foreign policy hawks —...
Go Not Abroad To Arm and Defend Monsters
The Biden administration confirmed that it would do absolutely nothing while the Israeli government starves and ethnically cleanses north Gaza: Washington last month told Israel to take “urgent and sustained actions” to improve the catastrophic conditions in the...
Rubio Would Be a Terrible Choice for Secretary of State
Trump named the very hawkish Rep. Elise Stefanik to be the next ambassador to the United Nations. I discussed that in a new column today. As if that weren’t bad enough, Marco Rubio is being considered for Secretary of State and there are reports that he is likely to...
The Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza
The Israeli government’s intensifying siege of north Gaza continues, and conditions there have deteriorated even further. The leaked letter from the Biden administration from earlier this month had no effect: “The situation in northern Gaza is worse today than it was...
Harris’ Bizarre Hawkishness on Iran
Justin Logan criticizes Harris’ silly threat inflation regarding Iran: The best defense that can be mounted of Vice President Harris in this context is that she seemed to be groping around for an answer with the least political downside and the least offense to the...
Biden’s Absurd War in Yemen Continues
The Biden administration must want to demonstrate how absurd the ongoing illegal war in Yemen is by using strategic bombers to attack Houthi targets: The U.S. military conducted airstrikes in Yemen against the Iranian-backed Houthis, targeting five underground weapons...
Don’t Send US Troops to Israel
The Biden administration is putting U.S. troops in Israel as it continues to provide unconditional support for Israel’s wars: The United States is sending one of its most advanced missile defense systems and about 100 U.S. troops to Israel, deepening U.S. involvement...
