The American Conservative

The relationship during the last fifteen years has been a largely one-sided and destructive one for both countries.

Obama has made it a habit in the last few years to order or threaten military action that isn’t necessary for U.S. or allied security.

Western governments should be reluctant to “help” Libya when their last attempt to “help” the country contributed directly to its ruin.

Thanks to the 2011 intervention, Libya was guaranteed to endure the years of disorder and violence that have followed.

His entry into the race should be very good and healthy for the Democratic Party and the country.

Stephens’ notion of global “policing” amounts to a pretext for regime change with no concern for what takes the place of the deposed government.

One lesson that the Libyan war should teach us is that the U.S. and its allies are far too quick to want to take sides in foreign disputes and conflicts.

The arguments for intervention in Libya were extraordinarily weak and many of them were based on little more than wishful thinking.

A “broken windows” foreign policy is one that would make the U.S. more likely to resort to force more often than it already does over even more trivial causes.

The AUMF debate is supposed to distract us from the president’s claim that he already has the authority to wage the war.

Obama is prepared to let Congress have its ritual with the understanding that he will ignore its decision unless it approves his war.

Clinton was an architect of a major policy blunder that continues to wreck the country that “benefited” from the intervention.

There is no reason to expect that a new intervention would be any less harmful than the last one.

On almost every issue, Gardner has been a conventional hawk.

Washington needs to stop indulging U.S. allies and clients.

This is the president that escalated one war, committed the U.S. to another unnecessary conflict in Libya, and launched yet another military campaign on his own authority.

Paul’s speech was an improvement over previous efforts, but he left too many questions unanswered.