Obama in the Middle East: From Bad to Worse

President Obama's post-election promise of a "new dawn of American leadership" began in earnest five months into his first term with an important speech in Cairo June 4, 2009, appropriately titled, "A New Beginning." He started his oration by...

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Our Treasonous Foreign Policy

If you want to know why our "war on terrorism" has failed so miserably – if you want to understand how and why the harder we fight the more enemies we have to face – then read this recent piece in the Wall Street Journal on the evolution of the Syrian civil war, which...

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275 Killed across Iraq; Ramadi Operations Stalled

Military operations in Ramadi have stalled. Farhan Mohammed, a provincial councilmember, blamed Shi’ite forces for ignoring orders from Anbar’s leadership. He also complained that the Iraqi and U.S. militaries keep sending advisors, causing delays. At least 275 were killed, either recently or in an airstrike two weeks ago in Hawija. Another 27 were wounded.
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Where Does ISIS Get Those Wonderful Toys?

In the 1989 film Batman, after the caped crusader rescues a damsel in distress from the Joker using a fancy zipline gun, the clown prince of crime, played by Jack Nicholson, asks in bewilderment: “Where does he get those wonderful toys?” Especially upon seeing...

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Do the Russians Have a Perspective on G-7 Sanctions?

Recently making the news was the successful attempt by President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the G-7 summit in Germany, to get all seven industrialized nations to continue economic sanctions on Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea...

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129 Killed in Iraq as Families Return to Tikrit

Families are beginning to return to Tikrit after fleeing fighting earlier this year. They waited weeks to come back due to fears that the Shi’ite militiamen who liberated the town would seek revenge on them. At least 129 were killed and 20 were wounded: Mortars killed...

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