by Richard Schulman President Trump is meritoriously fulfilling a campaign pledge to exit the US from Mideast engagements in Syria, but he could perhaps have done this in a way that was protective of our Kurdish allies, acceptable to our Turkish allies, and beneficial to US honor and reputation. The US would have come out […]
Bad governments create externalities, a.k.a. refugees
Bad governments produce refugees, hundreds of thousands of them — fleeing for their lives, livelihoods, or both. The US is by no means alone in facing unwanted crowds of refugees heading for its borders. For some countries under some circumstances, refugees can be a boon. Europe’s refugees who came to US shores in the 19th […]
