Obama’s First Two Defense Secretaries Pan His Leadership
President Barack Obama spoke at the United Nations yesterday. As has become his habit, he speaks without saying much. His is speech added no new substance to the current world…
Wing-it Diplomacy Undermines U.S. Credibility
by Michael Barone Here’s how the Obama folks have been starting to spin Syria. The president made a credible threat to use military force in Syria. At the same time,…
Stunning and Inexplicable Foreign Policy Incompetence
The President’s uneven Syria response has damaged his office and weakened the nation. On the eve of the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Barack Obama made the strongest…
The Obama Doctrine has officially collapsed
America’s enemies have found out they can play our president. There were numerous oddball characters in “M.A.S.H.,” the old TV show about a surgical hospital in the battlefront in Korea.…
Do we look that dumb?
The president marred his chance to lay out a principled position to the American people with patronising dog-whistling by Michael Cohen Upholding and enforcing the longstanding global norm against chemical…
A Laughing Stock
by Glen Reynolds Remember that dumb cowboy George W. Bush, who alienated all our allies and dragged us into wars of choice in the Mideast? And remember that goofball Mitt…
“Leading” From Behind … Russia
by Peter Roff With grim resolve President Barack Obama spoke to the nation Tuesday night, making the case for a U.S. military strike against the Syrian government. He was convincing.…
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…