Advertisements A stunning report has revealed that the Trump Administration wants to use Palestinian criminal gangs, some of which have ties to ISIL, as a new police force in Gaza. This is all a prelude to Israel reigniting the full-blown genocide there, as this video explains. Watch On YouTubeContinue Reading
Advertisements The latest edition of the Cutting Through newsletter is out. In it, I take a critical look at the way the Biden administration has handled the Russia-Ukraine crisis, with a special focus on the highly questionable approaches its taken with Putin and also with domestic media. Check it outContinue Reading
Advertisements There has long been an unfortunate tendency on the left–mostly, but not exclusively, the American left–to reduce anti-imperialism to “the United States is bad.” While the U.S. is, obviously and axiomatically, the worst purveyor of imperialist crimes and its proxies and allies eagerly follow suit, there are other imperialContinue Reading
Syria is just the latest example of why we must take advantage of the opportunity a post-Trump world presents to rethink our foreign policy from the ground up. American interests are best served by working with allies and promoting international law and human rights. That’s a far cry from what U.S. foreign policy has been, but those are ideals most Americans would support.Continue Reading
The EU find a way for Trump to back off of his “maximum pressure” strategy while allowing him to claim a victory, even if he lies about it, as the president did with Mexico. That path is risky, because it calls for a firmer, more direct stance from the European Union. We know how Trump treats allies who stand up to him. But it is a far smaller risk than the current situation, where one mistake could lead to the widest Mideast war yet, threatening the lives of millions and crippling the global economy.Continue Reading
