American Diplomat: US Looks to Counter Iran in Post-War Iraq
by Susannah George • Military.com BAGHDAD — As Iraq emerges from three years of war with the Islamic State group, the U.S. is looking to roll back the influence of…
No Christians: All 132 Syrian Refugees Admitted to U.S. Since Paris Attacks Are Sunni Muslims
By Patrick Goodenough • CNSNews.com Since the Paris terror attacks on November 13, the State Department has admitted 132 Syrian refugees into the United States, and…
Lessons U.S. Must Learn From Paris Attack
by Mac Thornberry • RealClearPolitics The ISIS attack on Paris has been a wake-up call for the world. A network of terrorists exploited weaknesses in Western intelligence…
The Georgraphy of Jihad: The Role of Missile Terrorism
by Peter Huessy In 2012, Robert Kaplan wrote in the “The Revenge of Geography” that countries of the “Heartland” and “Rimland”, stretching from North Korea southward through South Asia and…
Sen. Feinstein lives up to Rolling Stone’s standards
by Marc A. Thiessen • Washington Post Rolling Stone magazine has faced nearly unanimous condemnation for publishing serious accusations without bothering to interview those it accused…
A Travesty of a Report
by Charles Krauthammer • Washington Post The report by Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding CIA interrogation essentially accuses the agency under George W. Bush…
A partisan report for the dustbin
by John Yoo • Daily News The release of a Senate report on Bush-era interrogation policies could have prompted an informed, responsible debate over intelligence and the war on…
Late to the Challenge: Diminishing American Leadership in the Age of Terror
by Peter Huessy (An address to the Precision Strike Association and the National Defense Industrial Association, at the Johns Hopkins University, October 21, 2014) INTRODUCTION: A year ago, in trying…
Encircling Baghdad: The Country that Became a City-State
by Dr. Larry Franklin ISIS-led anti-government Sunni Islam coalition troops have virtually surrounded Baghdad. Iraq’s largest province, al-Anbar, is almost totally occupied by anti-regime forces. Only a portion of Fallujah…
Missteps in Gaza: Obama’s Misguided Cease-fire
by Dr. Laurie Ann Mylroie President Obama’s handling of the Gaza conflict marks a sharp break with his attitude toward other Middle East conflicts, as well as the policies of previous…
Massive Data Mining: Are the programs justified?
According to the Obama administration and some members of Congress, the National Security Administration’s (NSA) data mining operations have been critical to the disruption of numerous terror plots. The publicly…