David Petraeus

October 20, 2011 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

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...

October 14, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal |

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...

September 6, 2011 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

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...

July 21, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

The Great Alawite Hope

Belief in Bashar al-Assad was always misplaced. Now it’s time for change.

June 15, 2011 |

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...

June 15, 2011 |

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....

June 15, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

Warfare, Lawfare & Jawfare

And one other form of combat to which attention must be paid.

June 15, 2011 | |

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...

June 14, 2011 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

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...

June 14, 2011 | Clifford D. May National Review Online

Symposium: Addressing the Address

On the president on Iraq.

June 14, 2011 | Translation of Scripps Howard News Service |

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...

June 14, 2011 | Scripps Howard News Service |

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...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online |

Cognitive Dissonance

Did the State Department hear what General Petraeus said about Iran?

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online |

A Year@War

Successes and setbacks.

June 14, 2011 | The American Thinker

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...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online

About-Face

Critics warm to the surge.

June 14, 2011 | FrontPage

Symposium: The “Moderate” Muslim Brotherhood?

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...

June 14, 2011 | Translation of Scripps Howard News Service

La Esperanza de Al-Qaeda

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...

June 14, 2011 | Scripps Howard News Service

Al-Qaeda’s Hope

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...

June 14, 2011 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

The Art of the Flip-Flop

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...