Behind all of Trump’s boneheaded policies in the Middle East is an unmistakable urge for confrontation with Iran.
All Signs from Trump Point to a Coming Conflict with Iran
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Saudi Arabia Is a Terrible Choice for Trump’s First Overseas Visit
If the Trump administration truly wants to find a way out of the wars in the Middle East, it should stop arming, aiding, and abetting the ruthless Saudi regime.
The Hunger President
As famine descends on a huge swath of the globe, the White House is rolling back aid, ramping up conflict, and risking more climate chaos.
Is Trump Moderating on Foreign Policy? Not in the Least.
Trump’s leading foreign policy advisers are obsessed with Iran and making dangerous moves from East Asia to the Middle East.
Hillary Clinton’s State Department Armed Saudi Arabia to the Teeth
While Saudi Arabia and Boeing poured cash into the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved enormous sales of Boeing fighter jets to the kingdom.
Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East
On foreign policy, the Vermont independent’s “political revolution” hasn’t done much to distinguish itself from Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
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.
Saudi Arabia Executed a Nonviolent Shiite Cleric. It’s Going to Cost Them Big.
By raising sectarian temperatures throughout the Middle East, the Saudis risk escalating the unaffordable proxy wars they’ve already bogged themselves down in.
By Funding Foreign Militaries, the U.S. Is Spreading Terrorism
Nothing recruits terrorists like corrupt security forces committing human rights abuses with impunity.
After Paris and Beirut, It’s Time to Rein in Saudi Arabia
America’s leading Sunni ally was propagating a violent, sectarian religious ideology long before ISIS came on the scene.