Yes, Putin could use biochemical weapons in Ukraine
An army barbaric enough to ignore the rules of war will not much care what horrors it inflicts
Syria
Tuesday
Saturday
Sanctions on Russia won’t work
Politicians love them because they’re cheap and easy but they end up entrenching regimes rather than dislodging them
Monday
Why is the US still in Syria?
American troops have completed the objective set out by President Obama in 2014
Stop all the clocks, Baghdadi is dead
My thoughts are with yet another victim of Trump’s toxic prejudice.
Wednesday
Biden stole Trump’s foreign policy
He promised a sea change but he’s done next to nothing different
Tuesday
Biden’s big UN whopper
He says America doesn’t want to fight ‘the wars of the past’, but we still are
Friday
Stephen Miller: here comes the Afghan refugee crisis
‘Somewhere in the realm of a million people’
Wednesday
Can Joe Biden get real about Russia?
US hostility to Putin may be hardwired. But a little American humility could go a long way
Tuesday
Adios, AUMF
The votes and the stars appear aligned to sweep the authorized use of military force legislation
Wednesday
Back to tit-for-tat in the Middle East
The kabuki theater of America’s armed engagement in the region is undeniable
Saturday
Western states have failed the Palestinian ‘right of return’
Time to shut down UNWRA
Monday
After the Americans
The SDF look like city hipsters in an Arab village, blasting Kurdish revolutionary music from civilian cars
Monday
Hungary isn’t afraid to call ‘Christian persecution’ what it is
Their approach is unprecedented in its humility
Friday
In defense of journalism
‘Citizen journalists’ are no such thing
Tuesday
Trump’s Syria missile strike was a scandal
But almost nobody dares say so
Wednesday
Turkish delight at the White House
Trump recognizes that Turkey’s prosperity and stability are an American interest
Tuesday
When will the Syria conversation turn to Trump’s ‘betrayal’ of Israel?
The media mantra of ‘Trump betrayed the Kurds’ will soon make way for ‘Trump betrayed Israel’
Does Trump have a better idea than endless wars?
Few in Washington acknowledge the scope of the self-inflicted wounds the US has sustained since 9/11
Tuesday
Pulling US troops out of Syria will prove to be the right decision
Donald Trump, peacemaker?
Thursday
Syria’s Christians are suffering in silence
The Assyrians hang in limbo
