Barack Obama, Interventionist and Ultimate Jihadi Hero
Michael Scheuer on Obama’s ‘bring ’em on’
Michael Scheuer
Michael Scheuer is a 22-year veteran of the CIA and the author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror.
Questions on the Eve of the Afghan Election
How many Marines and soldiers will die in Afghanistan before the mainstream media dares to speak the truth and ask questions based thereon? Yes, it is the mainstream media that is keeping us locked in Afghanistan, and they are doing so for two reasons: They will do almost anything to avoid asking President Obama a … Continue reading “Questions on the Eve of the Afghan Election”
What if Osama Calls Obama’s Bluff?
The president had better keep his promises, says Michael Scheuer
Obama Steers Toward Endless War With Islam
In just over 100 days, President Obama is on the verge of ensuring that militant Islam’s war on America will be waged for decades to come and its forces will never suffer manpower or money shortages. How did he accomplish so much in some little time? He simply behaved as all U.S. political leaders behave; … Continue reading “Obama Steers Toward Endless War With Islam”
Obama’s Afghan-Ignorant Policy Guide
Westernization won’t work, says Michael Scheuer
The Accidental Guerrilla and the Deliberate Interventionist
Michael Scheuer reviews a doomed plan for Afghanistan
Professor Dershowitz Encounters a Worrying Future
Michael Scheuer fights the Israel Lobby — and wins.
Noninterventionists Need Not Apply
In a recent issue of Newsweek, the journal’s inexplicably renowned Muslim-world and foreign-policy expert Fareed Zakaria had a cover story called "Learning to Live With Radical Islam." To my surprise, I received a call from Newsweek editor Will Tacy, who said that the journal was canvassing other "experts" for a 700-word comment on Zakaria’s article … Continue reading “Noninterventionists Need Not Apply”
Lobby? What Lobby?
Last December, I spoke to the nonpartisan Jamestown Foundation’s annual conference on al-Qaeda. My talk was a worldwide survey of how America’s war against Islamism had gone in 2008; an analysis of al-Qaeda’s current fortunes and growth potential; and an assessment of whether U.S. policies were adequately protecting genuine U.S. national interests as the Obama … Continue reading “Lobby? What Lobby?”
Bringing the Arab-Israeli War Home
If America were blessed with a noninterventionist foreign policy, we could all thank Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for giving President-elect Barack Obama a thoroughgoing lesson in the absolute irrelevancy of Israel and Palestine to the national interests of the United States. More than a week into Israel’s invasion of Gaza, America is still alive … Continue reading “Bringing the Arab-Israeli War Home”