The Conservative Critique

Tag: Foreign Affairs

  • Open Letter to the US Senate on the Afghanistan War

    This letter was sent to a number of United States Senators to advocate for a swift end to the war in Afghanistan. Dear United States Senator X,                The war in Afghanistan is America’s longest engagement and it is dragging on with no end in sight. Because of its seeming permanence, it is understandable…

  • The WWIII that Shan’t be

                    Middle East tensions run high as the United States appears ready to square off with Iran. For the past few days, an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat violence has dominated the headlines. It began in earnest when Iranian backed militiamen assaulted the American embassy in Baghdad in retaliation for US airstrikes. The United States hit…

  • Our Allies are Dying and the President Doesn’t Care

                Around a week ago, Turkey marched into Syria. Their mission is to drive back the Kurdish YPG militia. The YPG is backed by the United States because they are liberals fighting both the Al-Assad government and ISIS. Indeed, they function as one of the main ground forces fighting ISIS in the region. Ankara’s attack…

  • The Greenland Purchase

    The Greenland Purchase

    Recently, a bizarre saga has been playing out between Washington, DC, Copenhagen and Nuuk. Reviving the old American strategy of purchasing large tracts of land from foreign powers to enlarge the country, President Trump has been looking into buying Greenland. There is much to unpack here. Without diving into the strange world of geopolitics, this…