It was encouraging to see White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel throwing elbow punches in the Sunday political gabfests, defending the Obama's decision to hold off on its decision on what to do about McChrystal's flying-pie proposal to "Go Big" in a...
In 2007, just as the Bush administration was hyping the alleged "threat" from Iran's ostensible nuclear ambitions – and facing renewed pressure from the Israel lobby to go after Tehran – the CIA issued a National Intelligence Estimate that punctured the War...
Is it too early – or already too late – to begin drawing lessons from "the Long War"? That phrase, coined in 2002 and, by 2005, being championed by CENTCOM Commander Gen. John Abizaid, was meant to be a catchier name for George W. Bush's "Global War on Terror." That...
In 2003, US diplomatist Peter Galbraith resigned at the end of a distinguished, 24-year government career. Over the years that followed, he worked as a contract-based adviser to leaders in Iraq's Kurdish community, while also arguing passionately in public media that...
As the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama prepares for a critical series of talks about the fate of Iran's nuclear program, Congress has begun moving long-pending legislation to impose new unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic. In just the past...
