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...
Obama Inherited The Iraq Mess, But He Made It Worse As Iraq started falling apart, Obama did absolutely nothing. Now it is much harder to stop the crisis WASHINGTON – So, “Did Obama lose Iraq”? Is it Obama’s fault that a country once at the center of US...
Senator Rand Paul In A WSJ Op-Ed Piece Argues Against Getting Involved In Iraq The Senator, however, says nothing about the possible threat to America that ISIL in Iraq may create WASHINGTON – In a well crafted WSJ op-ed piece, (America Shouldn’t Choose Sides in Iraq’s Civil War, June 20,...
Is Obama’s Long Term Iraq Strategy In Line With The Severity Of The Current Crisis? President Obama laid out a complex plan focused on political dialogue and diplomacy that implicitly assumes that time is on our side WASHINGTON – Based on President Obama’s tone and rather relaxed demeanor as he spoke about what the United States...
What Will Obama Do About The Crisis In Iraq? Not Much It would appear that the establishment of a radical political entity in Northern Iraq does not represent a threat to America's national interest WASHINGTON – America should respond swiftly and massively against the political and military threat represented by the self-proclaimed Islamic State...
The Iraq Crisis Proves That America Needs Better Intelligence and A Truly Bipartisan Foreign Policy The US needs a definition of the national interest that both parties can endorse. Right now foreign policy is just another tool to discredit your opponent WASHINGTON – Beyond the severity of the crisis, there are at least two things emerging out of the Iraq debacle...