The American Conservative

One of the biggest problems that we currently have is that our government doesn’t know how not to get itself involved in wars that have nothing to do with us.

McCain specialized in matters of national security and foreign policy, and yet he had a remarkable knack for misjudging practically every major foreign policy issue of the last three decades.

The reality is that people everywhere obviously resent being made poorer and their futures less secure by the arbitrary decisions of foreign governments.

The administration has to stop thinking of North Korea as another Libya in any way.

Thanks to Trump’s unpreparedness and bungling, he may very well succeed.

Talking about “total decimation” if they don’t yield to U.S. demands will confirm the North Korean regime’s worst fears about U.S. intentions.

North Korea has no interest in denuclearization on terms that would be satisfactory to the Trump administration.

Bolton’s belief that North Korea should give up everything in exchange for nothing proves beyond any doubt that he has no wish to find a diplomatic solution.

Bolton’s position on North Korea is so extreme and unreasonable that diplomacy with North Korea is doomed to fail.

The inclusion of Chad has illustrated just how preposterous the ban is.

This is what happens when an incompetent administration makes responding to a wildly exaggerated threat one of its priorities.

The policy is one of collective punishment, and the people being punished have already endured displacement and devastation in their home countries.

The now-indefinite ban on almost all kinds of travel from Iran is a pointless slap in the face of one of the most pro-American peoples in the world.

Passing a new resolution would effectively pardon and reward two presidents for waging an illegal war.

Because the ban is security theater, it will achieve nothing in reality while imposing unnecessary burdens on would-be visitors and refugees.

The travel ban is an excessive and arbitrary measure designed to counter a non-existent threat.

The ban on nationals from these countries was and is unnecessary and driven by the most mindless threat inflation.