Go Ahead, President Trump, Please Withdraw from Syria Already!
We shouldn't have been there (or Iraq) in the first place.
Middle East
Mueller Mulls Middle East Meddling: Reason Roundup
Plus: Trump inauguration spending also under scrutiny, feds want fentanyl cases out of state court, and Twitter's stock is surging.
No More Vietnam Syndrome
If only the lessons of Vietnam, or even of Iraq, would actually stick.
Last Column From Khashoggi Warns About State-Spread Fake News. Americans Should Take Note: Reason Roundup
Plus: Rep. Amash moves to limit weapons sales to Saudis while evangelical leaders defend them.
Did Saudi Arabia Murder This Expat Journalist for Criticizing the Government?
Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last week. He hasn't been seen since.
Faisal Al Mutar Fights Radical Islam with Western Bestsellers
The head of Ideas Beyond Borders is translating books by Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, and others into Arabic and distributing them for free.
New Iran Sanctions Inflame Tensions, Isolate U.S.
If you want to make Iranians poorer and more hostile to America, we've got a policy for you!
Bloody Libyan Conflict Still Claiming Victims, Raising Questions About America's Role
At least 242 civilians have been killed and at least 324 wounded by over 2,000 airstrikes, some of which were carried out by the American military.
John McCain: Iraq War 'Can't Be Judged as Anything Other Than a Mistake'
"I have to accept my share of the blame for it," the ailing senator writes in a new book, even while defending several other interventions and surges.
Trump Decides to Tear Up Iran Nuclear Deal, Reimpose Sanctions
The move pisses off America's allies, and makes military confrontation with Iran more likely.
Trump Should Resist Pressure to Drop Out of the Iran Deal
Ending the deal would clear the way for Iran's nuclear weapons program and increase the likelihood of war.
Intervention: A Success Story!
Let's look back at our nation's questionable adventures in the Middle East.
How the United States Can—And Cannot—Help Iranian Protesters: Podcast
"Millions of Iranians...don't want to live under a corrupt clerical fascist state" says Bloomberg's Eli Lake. Are the Islamic Republic's days finally numbered?
Egyptian Dissident Cynthia Farahat: The Middle East Is Hungry for Free Markets and Free Speech
She started the first secular, pro-market party in Egypt. Then the government sent the secret police after her.
The Truth About Niger
Jihadists would be no threat to Americans who were left to mind their own business.
Don't Be Fooled. Airstrikes Are War.
Despite evidence they may make things worse, airstrikes are mistakenly seen as a perfectly reasonable response.
City of Ghosts Tells the Story of the Citizen Journalists Fighting ISIS Propaganda
A new film tells the story behind the website Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.
Bassem Youssef Was 'Egypt's Jon Stewart.' Then He Was Forced To Flee.
How the Arab world's top satirist was censored, persecuted, and driven out.
On Trump, Jr., Governments Lying, and A World in Disarray: The New Fifth Column
Big foreign policy heave, featuring Bloomberg's Eli Lake
The Foolishness of Pursuing Regime Change in Iran
A certain amount of danger is unavoidable in a multinational world. And the dangers of trying to achieve total security are the worst dangers of all.
Trump's Saudi Trip Wasn't a Break From Tradition
But it revealed a split between America's actual foreign policy and Americans' self-image.
Trump To Muslim World: Peace Only Possible "if your Nations Drive Out the Terrorists and Extremists"
The president's speech articulates non-interventionist principles despite fiery rhetoric.
Trump's Dangerous Syria Missile Strike
The rush to war in Syria will do more harm than good.
Islam Without Extremes: The Muslim Case for Liberty
Q&A with author and New York Times columnist Mustafa Akyol.
Donald Trump Doesn't Care If Israel and the Palestinians Make Peace
With an off-hand remark, the president indicates the status quo of U.S.-supported Israeli occupation is fine with him.
How Trump's Refugee Order Is Playing out in the World
Matt Welch talks with Borzou Daragahi and Pejman Yousefzadeh on SiriusXM Insight's The Dean Obeidallah Show 12-1 ET
Number of Americans Killed by Terrorists Who've Entered U.S. as Refugees? ZERO.
Donald Trump's poorly designed and xenophobic executive order is attempting to improve on a perfect record. Republicans need to push back.
Trump's First Counter-Terrorism Operation Leads to U.S. Combat Death in Yemen
It's the first such death on the new president's watch.
Death from Above
Whistleblowers reveal the truth about the drone war to a nation that struggles to listen.
President-Elect Trump Will Likely Not Oppose Israeli Settlement Expansion in West Bank
Every U.S. president since 1967 has officially opposed settlements as an obstacle to peace.
Government-Sponsored Hacking of Activists Should Give Authorities Pause, Not Inspiration
How an oppressive Middle Eastern country led to everybody's iPhones getting a security update.
PBS Explores the Origins of the Islamic State's Terror Campaign
Frontline details the history of ISIS.
Trump's Foreign Policy Contradictions
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee wants a bigger military but says he'll use it less.
Middle East State-Run Media Blame Brussels Attack on Their Regimes' Enemies
The Middle East's hew hidden hands
Clinton, the Worst Warmonger Running for President, Warns That Trump or Cruz Might Start a War
Clinton and Cruz both condemn Trump's "isolationism," code for asking why America must police the planet.
Bernie Sanders Skipped AIPAC, But Gave a Middle East Policy Speech Anyway
Unlike Hillary Clinton and the Republicans at the pro-Israel lobby conference, Sanders acknowledged there are two sides to peace negotiations.
Clinton on Libya: 'Too Soon to Tell'; Everyone Else: 'This Was a Disaster'
The former secretary of state does not learn from her mistakes, even when she admits them.
The New York Times Accurately Portrays Hillary Clinton as an Unrepentant Warmonger
Who will call her on it?
Sanders and Trump Are Too Establishment on Syria
If this is disestablishmentarianism American-style, we are in bad shape.
Hillary Clinton: Least Fit of Them All
Clinton's intervention in Libya discredits her claim that she learned the lesson of Iraq.
The Season of Peace Requires Action, Not Songs
Singing about peace and goodwill while cheering America's warrior state is a repulsive spectacle.
State Department Lists 'Bringing Peace, Security to Syria' Among Top 2015 Accomplishments
Let's look at a few recent news items about this oh-so-safe and peaceful country...
America's Asymmetrical War on Terror
The U.S. government and its accomplices are waging actual war. In contrast, terrorists commit crimes.
Carpet-Bombing: Wall-to-Wall Folly
'Death from Above' has shown little success as a long-term strategy against terrorists
Please Don't Say Radical If You Mean Violent
Nothing about the word radical implies approval of aggression or terrorism.
The Phony Mystery of Why 'They' Hate Us
The explanation is far more political than religious.
