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…
How America Can Help To Stop the War in Gaza
To bring about real peace, drop the false narrative of moral equivalency and focus on the real culprits. by Liel Leibovitz Here’s a bit of wisdom that cannot be repeated often…
Nigeria: Boko Haram, as bad as it is, is not the real problem
by Dr. Lawrence A. Franklin Despite its string of spectacular atrocities, Boko Haram is but a superficial byproduct of the deeply flawed Nigerian state. Nigeria is ridden with fatal fissures that…
Jihadist militancy is on the rise across the globe
In a landmark speech that recalibrated a central tenet of US foreign policy, President Barack Obama in May (2103) declared the global war on terror over. What seemed optimistic then…
Fort Hood attack was terrorism. The Army should call it that.
by Shawn Manning In November 2009, my Army Reserve Medical Detachment reported to Fort Hood, Tex., in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. As we waited in line at the base’s processing…
Changing the Benghazi Talking Points
How they were changed to obscure the truth by Stephen F. Hayes Even as the White House strove last week to move beyond questions about the Benghazi…
Ms. Clinton, it matters because the truth and accountability matters
by George Landrith Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally made it to Capitol Hill to testify about what happened five months ago in Benghazi, Libya on September 11th — the…
The Media’s Benghazi Scandal
by Peter Wehner Over my career, I’ve tended to resist press bashing. Part of the reason for that may be that there are plenty of journalists whose work I respect…
Shame on anyone who said Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi was a moderate
by Eric Trager Nobody should have been surprised when Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a “constitutional declaration” on Thursday asserting total political power. This was, after all, the former Muslim…
Post-Mortem Analysis: Why Romney Lost, Why Obama Won
It turns out that Obama’s ground game, was in fact, as good as they said it was. Supported by as negative and polemic a campaign as an incumbent ever ran.…
The Fog of Benghazi
What we now know—and still don’t—about President Obama’s 9/11. Editorial: Wall Street Journal Editorial November 3, 2012 The Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were murdered September 11 in…
Lingering questions about Benghazi
The Obama administration needs to level with the country about why it made its decisions. by David Ignatius October 30, 2012 The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi has…
The State Dept’s official account of what happened in Benghazi
The State Department has released a transcript of a briefing that two high-ranking State Department officials gave to a number of reporters via conference call on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 — the night…
Obama’s Benghazi cover-up
Here are excerpts from articles all across America reflecting the growing realization that Obama and his spokesmen and his administration purposefully misled the American public for weeks about the attack on…