David Petraeus

September 30, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Al-Qaeda’s Offensive Against Iraq’s Sahwa

Co-authored by Bridget Moreng Though it was largely considered a spent force at the time the U.S. withdrew from Iraq, al-Qaeda in Iraq’s (AQI) rebound is by now unden...

September 12, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

The Battle of Syria

Twelve years ago today, we were staring at smoking rubble in downtown Manhattan and at the Pentagon, counting the dead, wondering who had committed this atrocity and why, fearful of what they mig...

August 14, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Cuban in the Desert

In April 2011, a post appeared on the leading jihadist web forum Shumukh al-Islam authored by a little known writer called Abu As...

August 8, 2013 | Clifford D. May

Our ‘Bar the Door’ Strategy

I like bipartisanship as much as the next guy. Still, the Washington Post...

July 31, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz |

The Iran-Syria Nexus and its Implications for the Region

Introduction Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today about Iran&rs...

May 29, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Blame for Benghazi Goes Deeper Than a Conspiracy

Many conservatives suspect that the U.S. State Dep...

May 16, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn

Petraeus’s Objection to the Benghazi Talking Points

After nearly two days of editing, then CIA director David Petraeus was sent the revised Benghazi talking points on September 15, 2012. He was less than impressed, to put it mildly. &ldqu...

February 21, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Spooky Sex: Inside the Randy Culture of the CIA

"A cock has no shame.” That’s what it said on the little plaque on the door of the espionage instructor. He’d been discovered a few nights earlier going at it with a female juni...

January 11, 2013 | |

Assad’s Cabinet

Syria’s dictator’s, and the rest of the Iranian-led resistance bloc’s, well-placed advocates in Washington.

November 14, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet |

Losing Petraeus, Losing Iran

The general was one of few who understood that Iran was at war with the US, and no bargain could be struck

November 13, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Petraeus and Schadenfreude

Back in 2006, I was asked to deliver a series of lectures at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto. At the time, the Ted Haggard scandal had just become big news in the U.S. Haggard...

November 8, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet |

A 2016 Mideast Dispatch

In this report from the future, the U.S. pulls out of the Gulf as the Saudis cozy up to Avigdor Lieberman

August 24, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Suicide Bombings Become Commonplace in Syria

For years, Bashar al Assad's regime sponsored the flow of suicide bombers and foreign fighters into Iraq...

August 15, 2012 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

The Israel/Iran War Game

Will they (the Israelis) or won’t they?  And if so, when?  I know the answers, but you’re not going to like them. The answers are all the same:  we don’t...

July 25, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Slain Syrian Official Supported al Qaeda in Iraq

On July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad's crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syrian military i...

July 24, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Blowback in Syria

On Wednesday, July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad’s crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syria...

July 23, 2012 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Interrogating Terror

How tough justice keeps us free.

July 12, 2012 | Reuel Marc Gerecht The Wall Street Journal |

To Topple Assad, Unleash the CIA

Turkey and even Iraq's Kurds would help Syria's rebels if the U.S. showed it is serious.

January 23, 2012 | Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report |

The Problem with Iran Is Not Lack of Communication

“Groundhog day, over and over again,” is how Ambassador John Bolton has described U.S....

November 27, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

US Helicopters Kill 28 Pakistani Troops on Afghan Border

US attack helicopters killed 28 Pakistani troops manning a border outpost along the Afghan border, according to Pakistani military officials. Pakistan has retaliated by closing the vital Khyber P...