Syria just got worse than the ‘worst-case scenario’
While the Republican National Convention was dominating headlines, the Obama administration’s management of the Syria crisis went from bad to worse. Secretary of State John Kerry l...
CBS
The Disinformation Age
Walter Cronkite, the great CBS anchorman from 1962 to 1981, was called “the most trusted man in America” — and polling supported that claim. He’d conclude his CBS Even...
Op-eds
Questions They Won’t Answer
Co-authored by Stephen F. Hayes When South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham threatened last week to place a hold in the Senate on all Obama administration nominations until the p...
Op-eds
Ambassador Rice, Designated Non-Expert on Benghazi
Finally, during his first press conference in eight months, President Obama has confirmed it was specifically “at the request of the White House” that on the Sunday after the Sept. 11...
Op-eds
Oliver Stone’s Party Line
Re-litigating the Cold War and defending the honor of poor old Joe Stalin.
Op-eds
Obama’s Absence as Leader of the Free World
“And I am going to block out — any noise that’s out there.” With these words, President Obama ostensibly pooh-poohed on CBS’s 60 Minutes the security o...
Op-eds
The Service’s Secrets
‘But without sources, human sources within the enemy centers, you will never discover the kinds of plots that unfolded on September 11.” With these words, Markus Wolf, the former head...
Op-eds
Understanding Journalist Nir Rosen’s Relationship with the Syrian Regime
Journalist Nir Rosen defended himself against accusations over the weekend that he’d collabora...
Op-eds
[email protected]…
In the fall of 2007 Israel reportedly hacked into Syria’s air defense systems and disabled them, as a prelude to bombing a nuclear facility in the Syrian desert. This vaunted cyber exploit,...
Op-eds
Panetta’s Biggest Worry
So, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta just told told the Washington Post&rsqu...
Op-eds
The Nasrallah speech: Hezbollah ruled, the West is fooled
In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's stra...
Op-eds
Hezbollah’s Beirut Blitz
As I have warned several times over the past year, and in many articles, Hezbollah has indeed waged its expected blitzkrieg against the democratically elected Government of Lebanon. Within 24 hou...
Op-eds
Not the News
The elite media's coverage of Iraq is a fiasco
Op-eds
An Ill Season
Screaming “With our blood and soul, we will defend you, Islam,” jihadists stormed the Virgin Mary Church in northwest Cairo last weekend. They torched the Coptic Christian house...
Op-eds
Clunker Energy Policies
Oil is selling for close to $110 a barrel and gasoline for around $4 a gallon. Bad news for motorists. Marvelous news for jihadis. Yet many of our elected leaders still don’t get it: The ri...
Op-eds
Israel-Trashing Movie Night at the UN General Assembly Hall
Monday evening at the United Nations, the same trend-setting General Assembly that elected a Libyan Gaddafi loyalist as its 2009-2010 president rolled out the red carpet for another landmark mome...
Op-eds
The Long and Foggy War
Political and media elites continue to view the global conflict through clouded eyes.
Op-eds
Return of the Somali Pirates
By Dr. Peter Pham After maintaining a relatively low profile since the end of the monsoon season two months ago, Somali pirates literally shot their way back into the headlines...
Op-eds
Climate Change and Security in Africa
By Dr. J. Peter Pham For much of Africa's post-independence history, "African unity" was more an aspiration than a reality. Consequently, even when, as I...
Op-eds
The New U.S. Sudan Policy: A Preliminary Review
By Dr. J. Peter Pham After a weekend marked by leaks to the Washi...