Finally there’s an award that President Trump deserves to win. The post A New Nobel Prize for War appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs A New Nobel Prize for War Finally there’s an award that President Trump deserves to win. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) With the Middle East in flames, President Donald Trump’s desperate lobbying campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize looks ever more bizarre. Of course, his claim to have ended and prevented numerous wars is more fantasy than reality. Worse, his surprise bombing of Iran amid negotiations, twice, demonstrated that his goal is anything but peace. Moreover, his proposal for a massive military buildup with no connection to American security suggests he is preparing even more reckless…Open
U.S. Africa Command hosted dual opening ceremonies in Libya and Côte d'Ivoire, officially beginning Exercise Flintlock 2026, its annual combined special operations exercise.
The president probably hasn’t read Thucydides, but he can still see when it’s time to cut losses. The post The Donald’s Doomed Persian Adventure appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Donald’s Doomed Persian Adventure The president probably hasn’t read Thucydides, but he can still see when it’s time to cut losses. TakiMag Predicting the outcome of war is a tricky business, especially nowadays with the Donald at the helm playing Alexander the Great while listening to Iago Netanyahu. So, any wisdom offered is from the past, Athens and Sparta to be exact, the former back then being the equivalent of the United States today. We all know the result: Athens, the Greek superpower, took on more than it could accomplish. Back in 431 BC, when the Peloponnesian War began, Athens was the richest and…Open
Shalom Baranes, who arrived in the U.S. as a Libyan refugee and went on to renovate the Pentagon, is baffling fellow architects for accepting the job. But he said some of his previous projects have drawn outrage too.
The Iran intervention could well turn into an open-ended misadventure. The post Not So ‘Mission Accomplished’? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Not So ‘Mission Accomplished’? The Iran intervention could well turn into an open-ended misadventure. (CARLOS BARRIA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) In the wake of the 1991 Gulf War victory, then-President George H.W. Bush rode on a wave of public opinion that would not carry him to reelection. Celebrating the recent victory in Kuwait, he uttered one of the most famous remarks of his administration : “It’s a proud day for America. And, by God, we’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all.” American wariness over war stemmed from the quagmire that was Vietnam, along with its domestic protest…Open
A war in Iran will inevitably bring about the same conditions that have distorted regional and European politics for a generation. The post Who’s Afraid of Another Refugee Crisis? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Who’s Afraid of Another Refugee Crisis? A war in Iran will inevitably bring about the same conditions that have distorted regional and European politics for a generation. Recent reporting suggests that President Donald Trump is considering a wider attack on Iran. There is of course a chance of another bloody nose, akin to the drone strike on General Qassem Soleimani or the bombing of the Fordow nuclear facility. But there is also a chance for a lot more than that—there is in some corners a desire for sustained strikes or possibly even supporting or participating in a ground operation. Yet if the…Open
“Justice was delayed, but it’s no longer denied.” Lidia Curanaj on “Sunday Agenda” spoke about the recent arrest of a key participant in the Benghazi attack, fourteen years later.
