It’s unpopular at home and abroad, and regional politics don’t favor it. But we should take neocons like Bolton at their word.

It’s unpopular at home and abroad, and regional politics don’t favor it. But we should take neocons like Bolton at their word.
The California senator’s hardline positions on Israel-Palestine point to a dangerous disregard for international law.
The forever war in the Middle East is far from over.
Kurds have established a democratic state in Syria. Can the United States help it survive?
A small detachment of U.S. troops won’t protect the Kurds from Turkish aggression, but putting conditions on arms transfers might.
To keep U.S. troops in Syria now implies a forever war, with no realistic ending imaginable, and no authorization from Congress.
The outgoing House speaker’s entire career was a cash grab for billionaires, capped off by a low trick to literally starve children in Yemen.
The war is winding down but very little progress has been made on addressing the underlying causes.
On everything from climate to trade to the international order itself, the failure of the White House’s powers of persuasion were on full display at the G20.