The Middle East mess has nothing to do with Donald Trump
On every count, other than creating permanent war, the Bush Doctrine failed
Iraq war
Monday
Thursday
Few have ‘empowered’ Iran more than Lindsey Graham
Graham accused Mike Lee and Rand Paul of ‘empowering’ Iran
Tuesday
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t working
America First realism has been a cypher
Monday
Six poems for Veterans Day
By a British veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts
Gunning it into al-Amarah
The insurgents did the sensible thing and left before our armored column arrived
Friday
The Cheneys have always put war first and America last
If you are for regime change wars, you are putting terrorists first
Tuesday
A new ‘War on Terror’ is a terrible idea
Now is not the time to do away with civil liberties
Thursday
The uneasy legacy of Christopher Hitchens
What will become of the Hitch?
Monday
After 30 years of bad wars, who thinks one with Iran will be good?
Trump, Bolton, and the pathological cycle of failed conflicts
Friday
To win, the Democrats need to be more like Trump
Beyond hating the president, the party has little to offer. That needs to change if they want success in 2020
Tuesday
Trump should use the State of the Union to end the Afghanistan war
We’ve spent trillions of dollars on years of war. And for what?
Wednesday
15 years after Iraq, regime change has come to Washington
This week marks 15 years since the start of America’s war in Iraq. Regime change was George W. Bush’s objective, and Saddam Hussein was duly removed, tried, and executed. But Bush could not have counted on how much regime change would also come to Washington as a result of the war. It contributed to the … Read more
