Interrogating Terror
How tough justice keeps us free.
David Petraeus
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.
Op-eds
The Problem with Iran Is Not Lack of Communication
“Groundhog day, over and over again,” is how Ambassador John Bolton has described U.S....
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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...
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I’m Baffled. What’s He Up To?
I don’t think bloggers are supposed to confess bafflement, but I’m gonna do it: I’m baffled. I don’t get it. Every time I think I’ve got a grip on...
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Iran’s Qods Force Commander Involved in Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador
The commanding general of Iran's Qods Force, the special operations branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, has been accused by the US government of being involved in the recently...
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How Many al Qaeda Fighters are in Afghanistan Again?
Today's announcement by ISAF of the killing of al Qaeda "associate" Sabar Lal Melma in Nangarhar is interesting not only because of his status as a former detainee at the Guantanamo Bay dete...
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The Great Alawite Hope
Belief in Bashar al-Assad was always misplaced. Now it’s time for change.
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Luchando por Corazones, Mentes y Almas
El primer concepto a entender es que el conflicto mundial ahora en curso implica tanto un choque de armas como un choque de ideas. Para tener éxito en esta guerra hará falta una luc...
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Fighting for Hearts, Minds and Souls
The first concept to grasp is that the global conflict now underway involves both a clash of arms and a clash of ideas. To succeed in this war will require effective combat on both fronts....
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Warfare, Lawfare & Jawfare
And one other form of combat to which attention must be paid.
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Guerra, Leyes y Ideas
Resulta que en la guerra del siglo XXI no se trata sólo de matar a los chicos malos. En Irak, el general David Petraeus ha demostrado que para ganar las batallas modernas los soldados tien...
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How the Left Spent Its Summer Vacation
A few short months ago, the anti-war left was feeling its oats. On campuses around the country, professors were receiving letters asking them to steer students to “a major new organizing in...
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Symposium: Addressing the Address
On the president on Iraq.
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Consejo Para un Candidato Presidencial
Sospecho que unos cuantos lectores discreparán conmigo cuando afirmo que ninguno de los candidatos presidenciales, sea republicano o demócrata, ha articulado aún un tema de c...
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Advice for a Presidential Candidate: What Would Winston Churchill Do?
I suspect few readers will disagree when I say that not one of the presidential candidates, Republican or Democratic, has yet articulated a compelling campaign theme. All favor security. Not one...
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Cognitive Dissonance
Did the State Department hear what General Petraeus said about Iran?
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A Year@War
Successes and setbacks.
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The ‘Bin Trotsky’ Video and the Jihadi Failure in Iraq
Has Osama bin Laden turned into Osama bin Trotsky? As I was watching bin Laden reading carefully from his prepared speech, I couldn't help but notice the dramatic drifting in the rhetoric fr...
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About-Face
Critics warm to the surge.