How Obama’s Syria Policy Fell Apart
by Michael Weiss It’s hard to pinpoint just when, exactly, Barack Obama’s Syria policy fell apart. Was it in December, when Islamists humiliated U.S.-backed rebels by seizing what limited supplies…
If you like your President …
President Obama’s second inaugural conveyed a hunger to lead. “We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect,” he said. “We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be…
Benghazi attack ‘Al Qaeda-led event’
The 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya was an “Al Qaeda-led event” according to multiple on-the-record interviews with the head of the House Intelligence Committee who receives regular classified briefings…
Iran and the ‘Reverse’ Midas touch
by Sherman Frederick President Barack Obama has the Midas touch in reverse when it comes to foreign relations and world peace. The latest example of his gift — or is…
What America Still Can Learn From the Iron Lady
by Matt Naham When Margaret Thatcher passed from this world on April 8, myriad books followed. Consequently, an exclusively eulogistic feel characterizes many of these works. Catalogues of the Iron…
December 25, 1776: George Washington’s Christmas night raid
“The great Christmas night raid in 1776 would forever serve as a model of how a special operation – or a conventional mission, for that matter – might be successfully…
Prospects for Military Intervention in the Syrian Crisis
by Kenneth Bloomquist Executive summary Given the current political climate in the United States and Europe, if a military intervention in Syria were to materialize it would probably be a…
Democrats kill resolution calling for more sanctions against Iran
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer withdrew his support at the last minute for a resolution calling for additional sanctions on Iran, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Hoyer…
Afghanistan agrees to pact with Iran, while resisting agreement with US
Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on a cooperation pact with Iran, despite continuing to resist signing a security agreement with the U.S., Reuters reported. Karzai made the deal with Iranian…
The Obamacare-ization of the Iran Deal
by Peter Roff It will be interesting to see how President Barack Obama responds to charges coming out of Tehran that the White House is distorting the terms of the…
Iran: White House Lying About Details of Nuke Deal
Iranian officials say White House fact sheet detailing nuke deal is ‘invalid.’ It is starting to sound like Obama is selling his Iranian nuke deal the same way he sold ObamaCare…
Obama’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East
It isn’t surprising that the US and the other five powers signed a deal with Iran on Saturday. Over the past few weeks, US President Barack Obama and Secretary of…
A bad and indefensible deal
by Jack David The announcement that the P5+1 (the five U.N. Security Council members plus Germany) reached a nuclear deal with Iran has just been made. A few details of…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claims victory for Iran’s nuclear program
by Reza Kahlili Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed victory over the United States Sunday shortly after a historic nuclear agreement was reached in Geneva between the Islamic Republic…
This is what projecting weakness produces
Appeasement is always sold as an honorable peace in which the appeaser claims he got the best of the bargain. by John Bolton Negotiations for an “interim” arrangement over Iran’s…