Trump’s Yemen Blunder

May 21, 2019 AFP Editor 1

President Trump’s recent veto of a congressional measure intended to pull the U.S. out of Yemen confirms the president’s seemingly unchecked power to wage war without congressional approval. Yet Congress cannot amass the the two-thirds […]

With Friends Like These

October 12, 2018 AFP Editor 2

Why is the U.S. still supporting the Saudi regime, which has evidently just murdered a Washington Post journalist. As Buchanan notes, “Any U.S.-backed “Arab NATO” to face down Iran, with Riyadh as central pillar, would […]

Syrian Showdown: Trump vs. the Generals

April 6, 2018 AFP Editor 4

Yet again, President Trump’s appointees are disagreeing with him, this time on his desire to bring U.S. troops back home from the Middle East. “It’s time,” he says. Centcom commander Gen. Joseph Votel and Defense Secretary […]

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