A motley crew – assembled by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and misleadingly labeled The Presidential Task Force on Iranian Proliferation, Regional Security, and US Policy– has just issued President Obama a warning: "If the international...
A new report on how the United States should "resist and deter" Iran's alleged ambitions to acquire a nuclear-weapons capability by a think tank closely tied to the so-called "Israel Lobby" has been endorsed by two key officials who are expected to...
Updated at 5:02 p.m. EST, March 7, 2009At least 11 Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded in the latest violence. One U.S. soldier was killed during an attack in Salah ad Din province as well. Meanwhile, the prime minister called for a stronger, non-sectarian...
Aid groups are urging Israel to end its blockade of Gaza and allow unrestricted passage of critical reconstruction materials and humanitarian aid into the territory. "This unlawful blockade is the primary impediment to reconstruction and to the economic activity...
Few things that happen in the Balkans come as a surprise to experienced observers. Certainly, last week's conviction of the Serbian political, military and security leadership by the Hague Inquisition, for the alleged conspiracy to expel Albanians from Kosovo during...
Updated at 6:30 p.m. EST, March 6, 2009On a relatively quiet prayer day, PM Maliki spoke out for reconciliation with former Baath party members. At least four Iraqis were killed and four more wounded across Iraq. No Coalition deaths were reported. Prime Minister Nouri...
Author's note: The following is the text of a speech delivered at a forum sponsored by the Students of American Liberty at East Tennessee State University, on March 4. Illusions die hard. Especially the ideological kind. When the illusion of Barack Obama, the...
Today is a good moment to give some thought to one of the worst remaining legacies of the Bush era, the prison where that administration's grotesque offshore detention policies – the beatings, the torture, the works – were first put into play, the prison...
In the wake of Israel's massive assault on heavily populated civilian areas of the Gaza Strip earlier this year, Amnesty International called for the United States to suspend military aid to Israel on human rights grounds. Amnesty has also called for the United...
The arguments for maintaining a major U.S. combat force in Iraq at least through 2011, escalating U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and assuming a confrontational stance toward Iran appear to assume that the United States remains the dominant military power in...
