Outside the Beltway

Sunday’s attacks in Sri Lanka make it clear that the claim that ISIS has been defeated are nowhere close to being true.

Having lost to him, she’s an ineffective voice on the matter of Donald Trump.

President Trump has not surprisingly vetoed a Congressional resolution to limit American support for the Saudi war on Yemen. His defense for doing so is utterly absurd.

The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.

Instead of merely seeking to block the President’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border, Congress should instead significantly amend the National Emergencies Act.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

Rather than pulling completely out of Syria the United States will be leaving behind a token force of about 200 troops. This is a mistake.

The NYT has a useful classification of previous declarations (which does show the odd nature of Trump’s wall declaration).

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

Critics on both the Left and the Right rightly see an injustice here but the US Supreme Court allowed it to happen.

Herb Kelleher, who helped found an airline that revolutionized the industry thanks to his unconventional choices, has died at the age of 87.

Terrorists aren’t walking across the desert to get here. Flying is so much easier.

Former Senator and Denocratic Presidential candidate Jim Webb is reportedly being considered for Defense Secretary.

President Trump’s job approval numbers continue to be worse than those of any President since the end of World War Two.

My latest for War on the Rocks.

The GOP is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives tomorrow, but could this actually help Trump?

The blatant stoking of irrational fear as campaign politics.

More outrageous behavior by the President of the United States.

She’s quite likely the youngest 4-star general in the U.S. Army, if not the U.S. military.

American involvement in the genocidal Saudi war on Yemen is getting more complicated. This is a bad idea.

While I was originally content to let Brett Kavanaugh sail through to confirmation, I now feel compelled to oppose his nomination to be a Supreme Court Justice.

Regardless of who wins control of the Senate in November, the person who will stand third in the line of succession will either be over, or very close to, eighty years old. That doesn’t make sense.

Happy weekend.

Seventeen years ago, America was thrust into a war that seemingly has no end.