On foreign policy, the Vermont independent’s “political revolution” hasn’t done much to distinguish itself from Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East
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Iraq
Adding Up the Costs of Hillary Clinton’s Wars
Clinton’s foreign policy is more polite than the “make the sands glow” atavism of the GOP. But in the end, it’s death and destruction in a different packaging.
If Ramadi Is What ‘Victory’ Against ISIS Looks Like, We’re in Trouble
City by city, state by state, the Middle East is being laid to waste — and then we’re bombing the rubble.
Life in the Gray Zone
While ISIS makes war on the world’s vast majority of “moderate Muslims,” hardliners in the West pretend they don’t exist.
We May Look Back at the Islamic State as a Time When Islamic Extremism Was Under Control
Future generations of Islamic extremists may surpass the Islamic State in brutality.
The Five Lamest Excuses for Hillary Clinton’s Vote to Invade Iraq
Clinton supporters want Democratic voters to forgive their candidate’s support for the most disastrous foreign policy decision in decades. They shouldn’t.
No, Trump, We Can’t Just ‘Take Their Oil’
Trump’s signature slogan on how to deal with ISIS is delusional.
This Month Marks 25 Years the U.S. Has Been at War in Iraq
A region at war, a rash of terrorist attacks, and the worst refugee crisis since World War II: These are the legacies of America’s quarter-century-and-counting war in Iraq.
Removing Cancer of the Islamic State Can Kill the Patient
The efforts of the U.S. and Iraq to extract the Islamic State have left Ramadi uninhabitable.
Islamic State Seeks to Lure West Into Ground War
Just like bin Laden and Al Qaeda, the Islamic State views attacks on it as a means to win recruit more fighters and suicide bombers.