The Saudi-Israeli tandem has often driven U.S. policies in the Middle East. But the Trump administration keeps following the old Saudi line on Iran even as Riyadh shifts toward diplomacy, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Category: Politics
Cataclysmic Risks of North Korean Crisis
Taking Nuclear War Seriously
Hillary Clinton Promised Wars, Too
Trump’s Soft-Shoe on Racist Violence
The Thankless Task of ‘Saving’ Trump
President Trump appears lost in the swamp of his own shallow mind, pulling down the “adults” around him more than they can lift him up, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
How Obama, Trump Had Their Wings Clipped
Russia-gate’s Fatally Flawed Logic
Lawsuit Challenges DNC Anti-Sanders Bias
New Cracks in Russia-gate Foundation
The Russia-gate groupthink always rested on a fragile foundation of dubious analysis and biased guesswork, but now has been shaken by new forensic studies of the purported “hack,” as Patrick Lawrence reported at The Nation.