The Jihad That Wasn’t
WASHINGTON – A funny thing happened on the way to the jihadi takeover of America. It got lost. Same goes for Islamist radical attacks on American interests overseas – it’s just not happening to the degree that our favorite jihad hunters here in the U.S have been...
Obama Gives Himself Permission To Kill
After stonewalling for more than a year federal judges and ordinary citizens who sought the revelation of its secret legal research justifying the presidential use of drones to kill persons overseas – even Americans – claiming the research was so sensitive and so...
The Talented Mr. Takeyh
If there’s one thing mainstream "Iran experts" hate, it’s well-credentialed, experienced analysts who dare challenge Beltway orthodoxies, buck conventional wisdom and demythologize the banal, bromidic and Manichean foreign policy narrative of the United...
Iraq Violence Leaves Seven Killed
There were several reports of violence today, but none of them left significant numbers of casualties. Overall, at least seven Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded. In Mosul a contractor was shot dead. Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded another. An I.E.D....
The American Lockdown State
Consider Inauguration Day, more than two weeks gone and already part of our distant past. In its wake, President Obama was hailed (or reviled) for his “liberal” second inaugural address. On that day everything from his...
Ron Paul’s Statement on Sniper’s Death Not ‘Appalling’
Former congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul is being roundly criticized for his Twitter comment on the killing of celebrated former sniper Chris Kyle. The sniper was gunned down by former Marine Eddie Routh at a Texas shooting range while Kyle was...
Colin Powell: Conned or Con-Man?
Ten years ago, Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the United Nations in a speech which routed what was left of American resistance to the Bush/Cheney push for invading Iraq. The next day, the Washington Post’s editorial pages spoke for the conventional wisdom,...
Iran’s Nuclear Politics
The good news is that, after many weeks of stalling and delays, negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran over the latter's nuclear program are scheduled to begin on Feb 26, in Astana, Kazakhstan. The bad news is that we have no good reason to be at all optimistic about...
Taji Hit Again; 10 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded Across Country
For the second day in a row Taji was the scene of a suicide attack on an otherwise quiet day. Overall at least 10 people were killed and 19 more were wounded.
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