Yemen Archives - Foreign Policy Journal

U.S. Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong?

Jul 22, 2019

I’m not aware of a foreign terrorist threat against the US in which the stated motivation was anything other than opposition to US military imperialism.

The Obama Wars

Jul 11, 2019

Obama’s legacy of warmaking has largely been maintained, advanced, and imitated by bipartisan consensus and by Donald Trump.

Congress Finds its War Powers and Weaknesses

Feb 1, 2019

While Congress may be moving to the US war in Yemen, it’s also working to ensure the continuance of war and hostilities elsewhere.

The Triumph of Evil

Oct 25, 2018

Evil has achieved dominance over good so that avarice and lawlessness will escalate their destruction of truth, peoples, and life on earth.

Why Haven’t Dead Yemenis Sparked US Outrage? Max Fisher Won’t Say.

Oct 22, 2018

Max Fisher in the New York Times purports to explain why thousands of dead Yemenis haven’t sparked US outrage. Instead, he goes out of his way not to.

Where Does Our Attention Belong: Kavanaugh or Yemen?

Sep 29, 2018

The real question before the American people is why they are stone silent while Washington enables Saudi Arabia to murder the Yemeni people.

Yemeni Children Matter

Aug 14, 2018

People will care if you show them what to care about and make clear that their political party identification need not conflict with caring.

Should Al Qaeda Be Made the 51st State?

Aug 9, 2018

Bringing back the Russian menace is not working. Al Qaeda is the answer. If there were no Al Qaeda, the US government would have to invent one.

Altruism and Sadism in Public Policy

Jun 25, 2018

There are three things that are almost always underestimated: the U.S. military budget, altruism, and sadism.

While the left’s anti-war activism evaporated upon Obama’s election and remains disappointingly absent under Trump, on the brighter side, there are large, well-funded organizations beginning to edge toward opposition at least to certain wars.