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June 6, 2016

In Iraq, the U.S. Has Become Iran’s Air Force

Picking sides in a sectarian war.

Last week, Iranian forces, together with allied Iraqi Shiite militias, began an offensive to take Fallujah from Islamic State (IS). The campaign’s success, writes Lee Smith, depends on American aerial support, but while the U.S. and the Islamic Republic do share a common enemy in IS, the administration’s policy of cooperation ignores the differences between their goals and is bound to end poorly:

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June 6, 2016

  1. In Iraq, the U.S. Has Become Iran’s Air Force

    Picking sides in a sectarian war.

  2. The Roots of American Support for Israel

    What the “realists” get wrong.

  3. How the EU Subcontracts Its Middle East Policy to NGOs

    Make that QGOs (for quasi-governmental organizations).

  4. The City That Has Never Been Forgotten

    Jerusalem Day reflections.

  5. Making Sense of Benjamin Disraeli’s Puzzling Use of His Jewish Roots

    Turning Jews into a race.