Christian Caryl

I firmly believe that Putin has miscalculated, and that his war will only lead to the outcomes he didn't want. Here's why washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

You may not treat Polish citizens who have committed no crime in this way. In the democratic world we do not abuse and gloat over people in custody. We demand justice for our citizens and consequences for you.

Iraq’s new PM will need to appease 3 centers of power with diametrically opposed visions re militias. Tehran wants them elevated; Washington wants them eliminated; Baghdad wants them accommodated. Is this Mission Improbable? Read my latest 👇 responsiblestatecraft.org/iraq-new-prime…

Trump needs peace in Iran spectator.com/article/trump-… @melindaharing @ccaryl @MichaelMcGough3

Wow.

Heartbreaking

At the request of the U.S., Ukraine set up its Sky Map air defense system at Prince Sultan Air Base following the Iranian drone attack a U.S. base in Kuwait, which killed six American servicemen, and after another attack destroyed an E-3 Sentry aircraft in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine's TTPs helped the U.S. shoot down Shaheds ($20,000-50,000) without expending expensive munitions such as the Patriot interceptor ($6-$10 million).

I feel like I'm living in a dream world. How does this show American strength, by featuring dozens of Chinese flags dominating an American flag, and then mostly images of Chinese soldiers marching? Watch this video. It's insane.

Ambassador James Jeffrey says Trump was lying about the Kurds stealing America's weapons.

Xi Jinping keeps warning Donald Trump not to fall into the “Thucydides Trap.” As @monthly showed a decade ago, there’s no such thing. washingtonmonthly.com/2016/06/28/the…

Second time Ukraine has done this in a NATO exercise. apnews.com/article/russia…

My look at: The battle for the neoconservative soul spectator.com/article/the-ba… @sbg1 @ccaryl

Trump describes the White House as a "shit house" when he moved in and then adds, "the big thing is we're building a ballroom in the back"

Sharp analysis of foreign policy scuffles among “conservatives”

NYT reports that Iran has access to 30 out of 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, access to 90% of its missile storage facilities, and retains 70% of its prewar missile stockpile. Explains the hostility even Republicans brought to the Hegseth/Caine hearing today. nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/…

Enten: "It's not just one poll. The five worst polls ever for any president on inflation, they all belong to Donald Trump and they have all occurred in the last month. What we're talking about here is the worst numbers ever. Joe Biden isn't in there. Jimmy Carter isn't in there."

BREAKING: Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes have both been named as possible domestic terrorists, according to the Trump administration’s top counterterrorism official Sebastian Gorka, per Ken Klippenstein.

One would hope that the condemnation doesn’t stop there

Another great example of Ukrainian Flat War principles at work youtu.be/l-LWZtJBCwY?si… via @YouTube

“Corporate bankruptcies last year rose to their highest level in over a decade.” thebulwark.com/p/the-america-…

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