Does Obama Mean Business Against ISIL? There is a huge gap between stated goals and military means
WASHINGTON – A few days ago, after President Obama via a prime time TV address had announced America’s goal...
Category: Security
Tepid Support For The War Against ISIL – Conflict Will Drag On Arab states should be leading, but they will not. US and Europe have no money, limited will
WASHINGTON – The Obama inspired anti-ISIL (also known as ISIS and IS, for Islamic State) coalition is growing –on paper. In...
Let Obama Run The War Against ISIL As He Sees Fit Advice should be offered by qualified people, and only in private. Let us not complicate the mission with poisonous political attacks
WASHINGTON – After months of timidity and confusion on what needs to be done, finally in a prime time TV speech...
Most NATO Countries’ Defense Spending Well Below Target A military alliance with a weak military is no longer credible
WASHINGTON – At what point will the gap between NATO’s mission to defend all members and the actual military means...
Estonian Government: Russians Abducted Senior Security Officer If this is true, we have yet another demonstration that Putin does as he pleases
WASHINGTON – What a coincidence! Only a few days ago President Barack Obama, on his way to the much anticipated...
Does The NATO Alliance Still Embody Western Values? Lukewarm political cohesion creates doubts about Western resolve within the Alliance and beyond
WASHINGTON – The NATO Summit in Wales is sadly yet another tired display of Western countries getting together and...
Poroshenko Accepted Putin Terms – Ukraine Lost, No Help Coming From The West Admitting defeat is bad. But Ukraine has no options. It cannot defeat Russian forces. NATO will not help
WASHINGTON – Putin’s latest “peace plan” for Ukraine, now accepted by Kiev, is in fact the prelude to the secession of Eastern Ukraine. Putin...
America’s Systemic Economic And Fiscal Problems Undermine US Foreign Policy Over time, a weak economy and a worsening national debt will make it difficult to be taken seriously
WASHINGTON – What’s the connection between President Obama not authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline linking...
NYT Op-Ed Calls ISIS “A Militant Group” – Talk About Understatement By using this misleading definition, the writer plays down the extent of the threat
WASHINGTON – Charles M. Blow, NYT columnist, in an article, (Obama and the Warmongers, August 31, 2014), points out...
UK Will Lead A New NATO Rapid Reaction Force – Should Putin Take Notice? This is a small development that does not change the basic dynamic of reduced defense spending across the board
WASHINGTON – As a response to Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, NATO will do…well, not much. Most of the reactions so...