Trump Foreign Policy
Quote of the day
Michael Doran’s Tablet essay “Seven myths about the Iran war” has rotated off our Picks, but it remains must reading. It is difficult to excerpt. This comes from Doran’s introductory remarks: * * * * *…
We’re Blockading Iran, Not the Strait
Centcom has clarified exactly what our naval forces will do, beginning tomorrow evening: So we aren’t closing the Strait, we are blockading Iranian ports. This means that Iran won’t be able to sell any oil. Two countries will…
There’s something about Screaming Mary
The Obama/Biden administrations are like the clown car in the circus. In this case an endless supply of horrors emanates from inside the compact and the clowns would be akin to the clowns in the horror movie subgenre. They…
No to no nukes | Power Line
The news of the morning is that Vice President Vance’s negotiations with a large delegation from Iran have terminated after 21 hours without an agreement. The public word is that Iran said no to no nukes and that was the…
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory?
The U.S./Israeli attack on the mullahs’ regime in Iran has been an extraordinary success. The Trump administration laid out the mission’s objectives clearly from the beginning, and they have been achieved: Iran’s evil…
Straitening it out
Centcom has announced that it is clearing the Strait of Hormuz for free passage. The announcement reads: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began setting conditions for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, April 11, as…
What is past, or passing, or to come
Borrowing a phrase Yeats’s poem “Sailing to Byzantium,” I want to flag Brendan O’Neill’s Spiked interview with historian and former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren. Spiked itself flags the interview as…
Playing with ceasefire | Power Line
Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah continue. “I spoke with Bibi and he’s going to low-key it” in Lebanon, President Trump said to NBC News yesterday. The day before President Trump described the conflict as “a separate…
That crazy ceasefire | Power Line
What is the status of the ceasefire? It seems not to have taken effect. Late last night President Trump posted this message on Truth Social: All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition,…
The Morning After | Power Line
This morning, there were two press conferences that addressed events in Iran. Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman Daniel Caine talked about our military operation. They emphasized the devastation that we have wreaked not only…
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