The terrorist A-Team
Fifteen years ago, deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage called Hezbollah the “A-Team of terrorists.” He...
Richard Armitage
The Obama Doctrine: Is he an Imperialist With a Little Foot, or Just an Old-Fashioned Appeaser?
Here comes Ross Douthat, trying to sort out Obama’s foreign policy. He’s got...
Op-eds
Obama’s Joke of a Counterterrorism Strategery
Mount Obama belched forth a mousy counterterrorism strategy, which you can read here in its inglorious en...
Op-eds
Would a President McCain Have Invaded Iraq?
A doubter's analysis.
Op-eds
No More Illusions
Michael Ledeen's tour de force shows the war with Iran is already on, whether we choose fight it or not.
Op-eds
The Circus Is in Tehran
Search for meaning in non-elections.
Op-eds
Vanity Fair Game
Filmmakers get to take dramatic license. Reporters really shouldn’t. But when it comes to Joseph C. Wilson IV and Valerie Plame, the mainstream media, as much as Hollywood, insist on market...
Op-eds
Pakistan’s President Musharraf resigns office
Former President and General Pervez Musharraf. President Pervez Musharraf, the longtime military leader of Pakistan and erstwhile ally of the US in the war against Islamic extremists,...
Op-eds
Books: Some Unconventional Wisdom
Ian Bremmer, The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006), 320 pp., $26.00. Charles Peña, Winning the Un-War: A New Strate...
Op-eds
Terrorists at the Gates
Did we invite them over?
Op-eds
Release ‘Em
The State department plays games with terrorism stats.
Op-eds
Michael Moore, Hezbollah Heartthrob
"Fahrenheit 9/11" is making mega-bucks in American theaters and -- with some help from terrorists who also are Michael Moore fans -- it could prove a blockbuster in the Middle East too....