Obama Will Not Fight ISIL This cancer will foster radicalism and terrorism throughout the region and beyond
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Middle East policy can be summarized with this proposition: “Let’s do nothing, hoping nothing...
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US Troops In Syria? A few Spcial Ops troops on the ground indicate nothing
WASHINGTON – What do we make of the announcement by the Obama administration about its decision to send about...
General Austin: “4 or 5” US-Trained Syrian Rebels Joined The Fight While the plan was to train 5,000, a small number anyway, the effort has not even started. Is this a joke?
WASHINGTON – We were told that the Obama administration, while not going overboard on this, was committed to degrading...
Lessons of 9/11: Stay Vigilant, Improve US Intelligence It is impossible to "win" an aasymmetric conflict in which the other side always has the advantage of surprise
WASHINGTON – The 9/11 attacks brought home the simple but unpleasant truth that America and Americans are easy, vulnerable...
Obama: War With IS Going Well – Climate Change Is The Real Threat
WASHINGTON – How is the US war with ISIL (IS) going? Well, not so great; but not bad either, according...
The End Of Iraq Even if ISIL will be defeated, impossible to keep the country together
WASHINGTON – Let’s think of Iraq 10 years from now. Based on current developments, it is not clear that...
“Degrade and Ultimately Destroy ISIL”? ISIL is winning and the US President lost any credibility
WASHINGTON – “Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism...
Media Hype About ISIL Not Helpful The Islamic State is a serious security problem; but it is not an existential threat
WASHINGTON – The international media are not helping our understanding of the actual extent of the Islamic State threat....
Very Modest Military Effort Against ISIL The US is doing little and the other members of the coalition almost nothing. This is not serious
WASHINGTON – With a straight face, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest announced that while the United Arab Emirates stopped flying...
Why Is the Islamic State Popular? Islamic fundamentalism is a dream that appeals to emotions. It is not a political program. Arab societies have to produce rational and yet appealing alternatives
WASHINGTON – The NYT published a front page story on how American policy-makers are trying to understand ISIL, (Or ISIS,...