The recent Democratic and Republican presidential debates have proven that anti-establishment candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, both of whom have little foreign policy experience, have better judgment on such issues than the supposed expert – former...
Israel & Syria: Plan B is to Balkanize
The U.S. and Russia are ostensibly trying to arrange a truce in Syria. As The Daily Mail reported, Israel recently voiced doubts about its success: …Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said he was “very pessimistic” about the truce’s prospects. “Unfortunately we are...
Operation to Reclaim Baghdad Suburb Begins; 42 Killed in Iraq
Just Say No to Draft Registration for Women – and Men
Testifying before the US Senate’s Armed Services Committee in early February, Generals Mark A. Milley (the US Army’s chief of staff) and Robert B. Neller (commandant of the US Marine Corps) endorsed extending mandatory Selective Service registration to...
GOP Frontrunner: ‘Bush Lied, People Died’
Pardon me while I sit back and enjoy the panic of the Republican – and media – elites as the GOP frontrunner takes up that old left-wing antiwar slogan: “Bush lied – people died!” That’s the essence of what Donald Trump said at Saturday’s South Carolina GOP...
Face It: Trump Is Right About Iraq – and That Should Sink Clinton
At first I thought it ironic that Saturday's Republican debate happened in the "Peace Center" in Greenville, South Carolina. But perhaps that had a positive effect. Actually, no. For the discerning listener, Donald Trump has been critical of...
More Executions in Mosul; 79 Killed in Iraq
54 Killed in Iraq as Forces Prepare to Storm Hit
Democrats Use Debate To Embrace History’s Warmongers
Foreign policy has always been something of a sore spot for Democrats, who have to toe a difficult line. While less eager for war than the GOP, Democrats feel they have to look "tough" and "credible" on foreign policy, typically done by proving they're just as ready...
Should Henry Kissinger Mentor a Presidential Candidate?
At the February 11 Democratic Debate, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton had a spirited exchange about an unlikely topic: the 92-year old former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Sanders berated Clinton for saying that she appreciated the foreign policy mentoring...


