The problem with despots
They’re not like us
Anglo-Saxons
AUKUS is a big deal, for everyone
In India, the already entrenched and active French lobby in Delhi will likely use this to try drive a wedge between the US and India (something they already work on) in part to protect/promote their sales. The catastrophic US withdrawal from Afghanistan may also be used as an example of US ‘unreliability.’
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My Dual Loyalties Problem
I have a dual loyalties problem and, given the paranoia in Washington, D.C., it may prevent me from ever serving in a sensitive national security position. The problem first revealed its...
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“A World Without America…” Can Ahmadinejad Achieve His Goal?
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Dining with the Enemy
What do you serve an Iranian Islamist who is hungry for power?
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Negotiate with Iran?
The Iraq Study Group’s call for negotiations with Iran and Syria as “a way forward” has been widely derided. It is, abjectly, a return to September 10th thinking — to the...
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Hezbollah Lets Iran Buy Time for Nukes
The big winner thus far in the clash between Hezbollah and Israel is Iran. Through attacks by its proxy, Hezbollah, Iran is deftly succeeding in distracting the world from the rapidly progressing...
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Sanction — Before it’s Too Late
By: Richard Z. Chesnoff. The Mideast mess just gets messier. Last week's Palestinian election win by the Islamist terrorist party Hamas was bad enough. Now we face a growin...
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AWOL in the War of Ideas
It is one thing to tell the truth even when it damages your friends. It's another to tell untruths in order not to offend your enemies. It's one thing to give the devil his due. It'...
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Nuclear-Armed Terrorists
Four years after terrorists slaughtered 3,000 innocent Americans it should go without saying that the “international community” would not let a terrorist-sponsoring nation acquire nuc...
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Iranian Threats