The Obama Foreign Policy Record Hesitation and retreat mark Obama's eight year in office
WASHINGTON – The almost universally accepted narrative dished out daily by the serious, high brow U.S. media is that come...
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Can U.S. Fight Insurgencies? The new policy aimed at further reducing civilian casualties means fewer strikes
WASHINGTON – Under pressure, the Obama administration released the estimated number of civilians killed (unintentionally) in the course of...
NATO Is Indeed Obsolete Thee old Atlantic Alliance has no strategic rationale and very few military means
WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Alliance, or NATO, is an old security arrangement (founded in 1949) that no longer has...
The Real Benghazi Story Is The False Explanation Of the Tragedy, Motivated By Politics Former Secretary of State Clinton may be responsible for a major blunder. But the Obama White House deliberately introduced a false explanation in order to protect the President running for re-election
WASHINGTON – The much-anticipated appearance by Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and now leading Democratic Party presidential contender,...
Endless Migration To Europe From Africa And The Middle East This is not just about Syrian refugees. This is an economic migration from poor countries
WASHINGTON – The recent headlines and TV images about throngs of desperate Syrian families trying to board trains in...
More And More Africans Flowing Into Europe No way to stop this wave. Unskilled immigrants do not contribute to the economy
WASHINGTON – High minded European media chastise both EU governments and segments of public opinion for their myopic and...
How Big A Threat From Jihadist Organizations? Too much hype coming from the media. There is danger; but it is not that big
WASHINGTON – The tricky part of any asymmetric warfare threat –now I am referring to the anti-Western Jihadist organizations...
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....
Italy Overwhelmed By Immigrants From North Africa It is not a tidal wave, but it is a constant flow. Too many poor people keep arriving in a semi-impoverished country
WASHINGTON – Regarding the constant flow of illegal immigrants from North Africa into Italy and to a lesser degree Spain, the...
The World Is In Crisis, But Obama Is Focused On The November Mid-Term Elections Americans give bad grades to Obama on foreign policy. But International issues will not influence how they will vote in November
WASHINGTON – If Obama were an American statesman, then he would get seriously engaged in the foreign crises, from Gaza To...