President Trump and Ambassador Nikki Haley tried to bully the U.N. into accepting Trump’s decision on Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but – in a rare show of independence – most U.N. members pushed back, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Category: Foreign Policy
The Israel-gate Side of Russia-gate
The Strangelovian Russia-gate Myth
Intel Vets Tell Trump Iran Is Not Top Terror Sponsor
Did Obama Arm Islamic State Killers?
Trump’s Gross Hypocrisy on Yemen War
Delusional Self-Interest in Trump’s Jerusalem Move
The Other Side of the Post’s Katharine Graham
Questioning the Russia-gate ‘Motive’
A key pillar of the Russia-gate affair is the assumption that Russia’s leaders wanted to stop Hillary Clinton and boost Donald Trump, but the Kremlin’s views on last year’s election were much more nuanced, writes Gilbert Doctorow.