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...
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...
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...
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...
Belief in Bashar al-Assad was always misplaced. Now it’s time for change.
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...
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....
And one other form of combat to which attention must be paid.
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...
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...
On the president on Iraq.
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...
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...
Did the State Department hear what General Petraeus said about Iran?
Successes and setbacks.
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...
Critics warm to the surge.
Just recently, the Muslim Brotherhood released its political platform, part of which would establish an Iranian-style mullah council overseeing Egypt's democratic institutions. It also prohi...
Al aproximarse el sexto aniversario del 11 de septiembre de 2001, deberíamos sentirnos agradecidos: al-Qaeda no ha tenido éxito atacando americanos en suelo americano por segunda ve...
As the sixth anniversary of September 11th, 2001 approaches, we should be grateful: al-Qaeda has not successfully attacked Americans a second time on American soil. We also should be distre...
Pity poor Harry Reid. Back in April, the Senate Democratic leader proclaimed the war in Iraq "lost." Two months before Gen. David Petraeus had in place the reinforcements he needed to implement h...