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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...

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Trump’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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Trump’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...

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The 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...

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No 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...

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Trump’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...

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Yemen 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...

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Famine 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...

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Yemen 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...

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Saudi 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...

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U.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...

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The 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...

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Haley’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...

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The 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...

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Ignoring 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...

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Three 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...

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U.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...

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The 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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