Are We Safer?
Yes, George W. Bush has made America more secure since 9/11.
Tommy Franks
WikiLeaks, Iran, and Obama
The latest dump of classified WikiLeaks documents shows a few important facts: (1) The United States military unavoidably classifies a mountain of documents because of the easy loquacity of moder...
Op-eds
Afghan Awakening
IN SEPTEMBER of 2008, Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a remarkable statement. He said, "I'm not convinced we're winning in Afghanistan. I am conv...
Op-eds
Make Up Your Mind
The Left's national-security schizophrenia.
Op-eds
The Plot Thickens
As Kathryn has pointed out, it was heartening that the Washington Post today was willing to follow the trail where NRO yesterday suggested it leads: Back to U.N. official Mohammed El Baradei, who...
Op-eds
Review of Inside Centcom: The Unvarnished Truth About the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
By: Andrew Apostolou. Michael DeLong's memoir of his three years as deputy commander of Central Command (CentCom) is fascinating and frustrating. Fascinating, because CentC...
Op-eds
No Diversion: The Case Against the War in Iraq Has Weakened
You can argue that the conflict in Iraq is a distraction from the "War on Terrorism". But that argument is weaker than it was a few days ago -- before Abu Musab Zarqawi, the leader of t...
Op-eds
Oil for Palaces
Authored by Andrew Apostolou Almost a year after the fall of Baghdad, everybody knows that Saddam Hussein stole billions from the Iraqi people. What is now emerging is that the United Na...
Op-eds
An Iraq to be Proud of
Authored by Andrew Apostolou One year after Coalition forces began the liberation of Iraq, there is a rush to judge how the U.S.-led project of creating a democratic society...
Op-eds
Bridging the Rift in the Middle East
As usual, the word from the Middle East recently has been a mixture of good news, bad news. One piece of good news is that the Iraqi Governing Council has signed an interim constitution establish...
Op-eds
Throwing Out the Baath Water
By Amb. Richard Carlson The other day, General Tommy Franks made a pleasing announcement: The ruling Baath Socialist party of Iraq was dead, its carcass hung upside down on a fence. Afte...
Op-eds
Oil, Food and a Whole Lot of Questions
President Bush's call to lift economic sanctions against Iraq could mean the end of the United Nations oil-for-food program, which has overseen the country's oil sales since 1996. Not o...