America’s foreign policy elites don’t seem to care much about the people they kill. The post The Forgotten Casualties in Trump’s Wars appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Forgotten Casualties in Trump’s Wars America’s foreign policy elites don’t seem to care much about the people they kill. President Donald Trump views himself as a man of peace, so successful in settling wars that he should be the obvious winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This after a year of promiscuous and foolish military interventions , splenetic and unpredictable tariff impositions, and bizarre and costly foreign demands, all presented as somehow making America great again. Of course, the administration’s fervent, even fevered, justifications are almost always implausible, and usually untrue. Consider Trump’s splendid little war in Venezuela, supposedly undertaken to save, by the president’s…Open
After Venezuela, the White House has Iran, Cuba, Haiti, and Iraq in its sights. The post Regime Change Roll Call: Who’s Next? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Regime Change Roll Call: Who’s Next? After Venezuela, the White House has Iran, Cuba, Haiti, and Iraq in its sights. Following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba seem to be the next possible countries on the list. And, whether they be regime changes, as is hoped for in Cuba, or decapitation operations, as was undertaken in Venezuela, there may be even more. Last week, Donald Trump said the U.S. has “an armada” heading toward Iran. “We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case… I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely.” Watching closely for what? Trump has said he would order a second round of strikes if Iran restarted its…Open
Part one of two about how the left wants you to talk about enforcing the law. The post Which Victims of the Police Can You Slander? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Which Victims of the Police Can You Slander? Part one of two about how the left wants you to talk about enforcing the law. When is it okay to “slander” the victim of a police shooting? It all depends on the politics of the victim. Ever since Renee Good and Alex Pretti got themselves killed by interfering with federal law enforcement while in possession of deadly weapons, the media have been in a fit about the Trump administration’s plan to investigate the agitators’ ties to anti-ICE activist groups. The federal government is facing a militarized, highly disciplined, violent left-wing operation that will do anything to prevent a single illegal alien from being deported. This includes road-blocking, screaming, blowing…Open
The shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal agents in Minneapolis have enraged many people across the country. NPR wanted to know what supporters of President Trump's immigration policy think about the shootings.
