After Just One Month In Office, Biden Orders Airstrike In Syria
Just weeks after President Biden promised that “diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy,” he ordered a U.S.-led airstrike in Syria targeting a building used by Iranian-backed militant groups on Thursday.
Americans Voted To End War In Syria, But This Unelected Bureaucrat Lied To Overrule Them
One factor in a bunch of Americans opting for Donald Trump in 2016 was his promise not to start a new war in the Middle East — but the D.C. establishment secretly kept troops in Syria, and lied about it to the president.
Defense Experts: President Trump Could Do More To ‘End America’s Longest War’
Several defense experts lauded the Trump administration’s lame-duck decision to proceed with troop draw-downs in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying more should be done.
A Post-Trump Foreign Policy Should Keep America First. Here’s How
Whenever Trump leaves office, the GOP should flesh out elements of his agenda that went unfulfilled. Foremost among these should be foreign policy.
Deep State Diplomat Lied To Trump About Syria On Behalf Of Military-Industrial Complex
‘We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,’ James Jeffrey said in an interview.
New Book Reveals Trump’s Secret Visit To Soldiers In Iraq, Frustration With Military Establishment’s Refusal To Take Out ISIS
Sarah Huckabee Sanders writes that Trump commanded leading military officers to speed up a mission against ISIS and to bring US soldiers home.
Would A President Biden Support Sending American ISIS Fighters To Prison?
What the strategy toward ISIS returnees might look like under a Joe Biden administration isn’t hard to imagine.
As Ambassador, Douglas Macgregor Would Finally Bring Trump’s Foreign Policy To Life
Fluency in German, familiarity with Germany thanks to spending years there, positive rapport with his European counterparts during staff assignments — what’s not to like?
In Oval Office Interview, Trump Blasts Mattis, ‘Military-Industrial Complex’
Trump criticized Mattis’ demand of a permanent U.S. military presence on the border of Syria and Turkey, and noted that predictions of a slaughter of Kurds following the withdrawal of U.S. troops never materialized.
Killing Soleimani Was The Right Move, And Shows Precisely Why It’s Time To Leave Iraq
That President Trump had to make this call, how, and the mortal danger to American assets it presents, illustrate exactly why U.S. forces should not spend a day longer in Iraq.
No, Combat Troops In The Middle East Don’t Counter China’s Rise
Chinese activity beyond its borders does not inherently threaten America. The twin narratives of Trump ‘abandoning’ the Middle East and any Chinese presence as a threat to America are false.
5 Predictions For The Next Five Years Of Global Power Struggles
If these predictions come to pass, their fulfillment will have lasting effects upon America in the 2020s and beyond.
2019 Caps Yet Another Decade Of Endless, Fruitless Foreign Wars
Three years gone, thousands of lives lost, tens of billions in debt-funded spending, and we’re right back where we started, with a permanent entanglement in the longest war in U.S. history.
Podcast: Looking Inside The Battle Against ISIS In Iraq And Syria
Journalist Mike Giglio joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss his new book on the rise and fall of the ISIS caliphate in the Middle East.
Obama Was Wrong To Get Us Into Syria, And Trump Is Wrong To Keep Us There
Remaining actively engaged militarily in the Middle East only deepens our strategic failure and extends the forever war that Trump has repeatedly criticized.
How Our Endless Wars Are Helping Bankrupt American Taxpayers
As long as the Pentagon is a sacred cow, the United States will never balance its budget. If our military stops being the world police, it can have all the ships and planes it needs to keep us and the troops safe.
Why Drug Legalization And Hugs For Terrorists Won’t Solve The Border Crisis
At best, Mexico is a failed state. At worst, it is a rogue state, hostile to regional peace. The silence from politicians who would have otherwise cried intervention speaks volumes.