Holbrooke Knew the Way Forward

[At] least a few Republicans are actually objecting to the president’s overreach. They won’t rein him in, though.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

[T]he United States has had the final word in restraining excesses and the reckless conduct of Israel.

[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny.

[T]o reduce that complex web of violence to “Christian genocide”, as President Trump recently claimed, is both reckless and ignorant.