On October 8, 2023, the day after Hamas launched a barbaric attack on southern Israel that murdered more Jews than had been killed in a single day since the Holocaust, New York State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani (D–Queens) took stock of the situation and zeroed in on what he saw as the central issue. “The […]
Who’s allowed to launch an attack on another country? Just asking questions. Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) joined Reason‘s Just Asking Questions podcast to discuss the War Powers Resolution he’s co-sponsored with Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), which would require President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before continuing to drop bombs in Iran. He also discussed Trump’s […]
The Trump administration thought that its attack on Iranian nuclear facilities was a limited show of strength with no cost. “When you can’t solve it diplomatically, you use overwhelming military power to solve it, and then you get the hell out of there before it ever becomes a protracted conflict. That is the Trump doctrine,” […]
Mahmoud Khalil, the first target of President Donald Trump’s crusade against international students he describes as “terrorist sympathizers,” was released from custody on Friday after more than three months of detention. But the Trump administration is still trying to deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident, based on his participation in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. […]
Nick Gillespie chats with Stimson Center Senior Fellow Emma Ashford and Ideas Beyond Borders founder Faisal Saeed Al Mutar to discuss President Do Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, […]
President Donald Trump expressed what every observer of the Middle East had been feeling on Tuesday morning. “I’m not happy with [Israel]. I’m not happy with Iran, either,” he told reporters on the White House lawn. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what […]
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch examine the latest U.S. military strike on Iran, unpacking the bipartisan pattern of anti-war campaign rhetoric followed by hawkish foreign policy once in office. They debate whether intervention is ever justified, what escalation might look like, and why Congress keeps abdicating its war […]
When U.S. bombers attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday, the Iranian government downplayed the damage. And Iran’s response was a piece of kayfabe. Iranian missile forces launched 14 missiles, the same number of bunker-buster bombs dropped on Iran, at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base, the largest U.S. base in the Middle East. The Iranian […]
Over the weekend, the U.S. bombed three nuclear facilities in Iran. “The strikes were a spectacular military success” President Donald Trump said Saturday night. “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.” Officials later had to walk back Trump’s victory lap, admitting it was as yet unclear how much of Iran’s stockpile […]
If at first you don’t succeed, make more problems for yourself. That seems to be the mantra in Washington when it comes to the Middle East. Every few years, a U.S. president asks Americans to go along with a small military commitment in the region—or starts one without asking the public. Almost inevitably, it causes […]