Why Obama Will Lose the Syria Vote in the House
by Gordon S. Jones He may not. But if he doesn’t it will most likely be because there is no vote. Getting a resolution authorizing military action on Syria through the Senate…
The Unserious Commander-in-Chief
Senator Bob Corker: “What is it you’re seeking?” General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: “I can’t answer that, what we’re seeking.” — Senate hearing on the…
What is the Goal in Syria? What is the plan?
Why are we even talking about taking military action in Syria? What is that military action supposed to accomplish? And what is the probability that it will in fact accomplish…
Syria vote is an avoidable political trap
Do congressional Republicans face an impossible choice between being politically used or undermining U.S. prestige in the Mideast? The corner that President Obama has trapped them in is just an…
Seeking an accomplice or political cover for Syria action
Because Syria’s convulsion has become as serious as Barack Obama has been careless in speaking about it, he is suddenly and uncharacteristically insisting that Congress participate in governance. Regarding institutional…
Inept foreign policy
One of the things we were promised back in the 2008 election campaign was that under a Democratic administration America would be better liked and more influential in the world.…
Bread and Circuses
by Caroline Glick Over the past week, President Barack Obama and his senior advisers have told us that the US is poised to go to war against Syria. In the…
Red Lines: A Costly Blunder
“We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.” — Abraham Lincoln Last August, President Obama drew his line in the Syrian…
Attack On Syria Is About Saving Face, Not U.S. Interests
The president isn’t bothering to ask Congress for permission to attack the Assad regime. What was unconstitutional to candidate Obama is politically handy now, and that stinks. In David Mamet’s…
Embracing the Imperial Presidency
by John Fund British prime minister David Cameron has recalled Parliament from summer vacation for a special session on Thursday, where there will be “a clear government motion and vote…
A War With Syria to Save Face
by Robert Robb Apparently the United States is going to go to war, at least sort of, with Syria. That’s not because Syria has attacked the United States, because it…
What will attack on Syria accomplish?
It seems all but certain that the U.S. will launch cruise missiles into Syria as punishment for its use of chemical weapons against civilians. But what is this really going…
The Failed Grand Strategy in the Middle East
by Walter Russell Mead In the beginning, the Hebrew Bible tells us, the universe was all “tohu wabohu,” chaos and tumult. This month the Middle East seems to be reverting…
The United Nations is simply a talking shop
The U.N. couldn’t even muster the unity to demand that Syria’s gas attacks be investigated At first glance, the case appears to be that of Nero and the burning Rome.…
The choice in Egypt
by Charles Krauthammer Egypt today is a zero-sum game. We’d have preferred there be a democratic alternative. Unfortunately, there is none. The choice is binary: the country will be ruled…