Trump’s Belligerent U.N. Speech
Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly this morning contained a lot of ill-advised and dangerous remarks, but this one stood out: If the righteous many don’t confront the wicked few, then evil...
View ArticleTrump’s Irresponsible North Korea Rhetoric
Reading over the text of Trump’s U.N. speech, I was most struck by the impossible goal he has set for U.S. policy towards North Korea: It is time for North Korea to realize that the denuclearization is...
View ArticleThe Glaring Omissions in Trump’s U.N. Speech
Trump said a lot of harmful and dangerous things in this U.N. speech today, but it is also worth noting the things that he chose to leave out. Many observers have already pointed out how the worsening...
View ArticleThe Stupidity of Netanyahu’s ‘Fix It or Nix It’ Complaint
Benjamin Netanyahu wants you to know that he doesn’t understand how international agreements work: The Iran nuclear deal should be changed to eliminate provisions removing restrictions on Tehran’s...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘Principled Realism’ Is Neither Principled Nor Realist (II)
Trump invoked so-called “principled realism” during his U.N. speech: We are guided by outcomes, not ideology. We have a policy of principled realism, rooted in shared goals, interests and values. Trump...
View ArticleThe Latest Saudi Attempt to Conceal War Crimes in Yemen
Saudi Arabia is trying once again to conceal their coalition’s crimes in Yemen by threatening states that support an independent international investigation: Saudi Arabia has threatened other countries...
View ArticleNo Accountability for Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
The latest effort at the U.N. to establish an independent investigation into war crimes committed in Yemen by all sides has failed: The Netherlands and several Western allies have dropped their call...
View ArticleTrump’s Weird Offer to Meet Rouhani
The Post reports on a very strange story that has been making the rounds this week: Just hours after President Trump finished calling Iran a “murderous regime” in his Sept. 19 speech at the United...
View ArticleYemen Faces Largest Famine in Decades Because of Saudi Blockade
The U.N. warns that famine in Yemen will be the largest in decades if the Saudi-led coalition doesn’t lift its blockade of the country’s ports: United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock warned on Wednesday...
View ArticleFamine Caused by the Saudi Blockade Threatens to Kill Millions
The Washington Post condemned the Saudi-led coalition decision to tighten its blockade of Yemen: Saudi officials say the siege is meant to prevent what they claim was the smuggling of missile parts...
View ArticleYemen Is Being Strangled to Death
The Saudi-led coalition bombed Sanaa’s international airport and rendered it unusable for humanitarian aid flights: Air raids destroyed radio navigation station for aircraft, civil aviation authorities...
View ArticleSaudi Propaganda and the Starvation of Yemen
Samuel Oakford reports that a U.N. panel finds no evidence to support the Saudi-led coalition’s claims about missile transfers to the Houthis and questions the justification for tightening the...
View ArticleU.N.: ‘Untold Thousands’ Will Die in Yemen Because of Blockade
The huge cholera epidemic was beginning to wane in Yemen before the tightening of the Saudi-led blockade. That is likely to change now that Yemeni cities are starting to run out of clean water because...
View ArticleThe Saudi Blockade Keeps Killing Yemenis with Starvation and Disease
Dan de Luce and Robbie Gramer report on the latest effort in the Senate to pressure the Trump administration on Yemen: One Republican lawmaker is waging a quiet battle to persuade the Donald Trump...
View ArticleHaley’s Petty Threats at the U.N.
Nikki Haley offered up her latest reminder that she’s not a good diplomat: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned the international body on Tuesday that the U.S. “will be taking...
View ArticleThe U.N. General Assembly Rebukes the Trump Administration
As expected, the U.N. General Assembly delivered a clear rejection of the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: The overwhelming majority of the world’s nations delivered a stinging rebuke...
View ArticleIgnoring Saudi War Crimes at the U.N.
Derek Davison criticizes the draft U.N. resolution for ignoring the Saudi-led coalition’s crimes and the Western governments that have made those crimes possible: The draft resolution’s many silences...
View ArticleThree Years of the Senseless, Unnecessary War on Yemen
The U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war on Yemen began three years ago today. I wrote one of my first posts on the war a few days later, and I said this: It is bad enough that U.S. clients are doing this, but...
View ArticleU.N.: A Coalition Attack on Hodeidah Could Cause 250,000 Deaths
The U.N. has warned that a Saudi coalition attack on Hodeidah could result in as many as 250,000 deaths: “A military attack or siege on Hodeidah will impact hundreds of thousands of innocent...
View ArticleThe Week’s Most Interesting Reads
UAE says it can’t control Yemeni forces–even as it hands them bags of cash. Iona Craig reports on the likely attack on the port of Hodeidah by UAE and proxy forces in Yemen and the disastrous...
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