Analysis & Commentary
Dishonor and War
I wonder what the Atrocities Board would say about the dreadful betrayal of freedom in China. Only kidding. This Orwellian institution is surely designed to deal only with old horrors; you know, those during the dark ages of Bushitlercheney.
The Grand Strategy of Al Qaeda: How the Enemy Learns
Eleven years into this war, we still do not adequately understand the Enemy. AQAM is moving from a kinetic strategy of Guevarist insurgency to a Maoist strategy that incorporates an indirect and non-kinetic approach.
Has America Given Up?
The Barack Obama administration gussies up everything it says and does in meaningless, New Age diplospeak. Its Atrocities Prevention Board is but the latest, and most ridiculous, example.
The Foggiest War
The “fog of war” is a concept derived from the writings of Carl von Clausewitz, the great 19th century Prussian military theorist who recognized that those leading troops into battle often lack data, perspective and situational awareness.
The Drive Home
President Obama's plan for Afghanistan.
Obama vs. Romney: Cold War Revival
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been predictably ridiculed for his statement earlier this year that Russia is “without question our number one geopolitical foe.”
Foreign Entanglements
On Foreign Entanglements, Matt Duss (Center for American Progress, ThinkProgress) and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, daveedgr.com) discuss Obama's visit to Afghanistan.
Damascus via Moscow
Despite its admission that the UN-backed Kofi Annan plan in Syria was failing, the Obama administration appears to have settled into the plan’s process. The administration’s backing of the plan has brought US policy back to where it was last fall.
The John Batchelor Show
Taliban launch suicide assault in Kabul following Obama's departure.
Lou Dobbs Tonight
FDD's Jonathan Schanzer and Frank Gaffney, founder and president of the Center for Security Policy, on President Obama's visit to Afghanistan and other threats in the region.
Middle East Non-Leadership
In the meantime, our claim to the moral high ground evaporates. Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies comments on Obama’s inconsistency in the region when it comes to democracy and support for human rights.
Biz Asia America
Obama's speech in Afghanistan.
The Drive Home
Obama's speech in Afghanistan.
The John Batchelor Show
Obama makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
The Scott Hennen Show
President Obama politicizing the death of Osama Bin Laden and in general the state of Al Qaeda following Bin Laden's death.
Negotiations That Matter
Since we don’t know what Saeed Jalili, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, said at the recent confab in Istanbul, we can’t be sure that Israeli prime minister Bibi Netanyahu was right to dismiss the powwow as a “freebie” for Tehran.
Abbas’s Police State
The Palestinian Authority is taking aggressive new measures to squelch dissent -- and the White House is missing in action.
Triple Play! Obama Blows Off Congress, Funds Palestinians, Lies About PA Stance on Israel
Friday night news dump: President Obama has decided to provide $192 million to the Palestinian Authority despite Congress’s freeze on PA funding after its president, Mahmoud Abbas...
A Desperate ‘Longshot’
Some in the Obama administration are desperate to jumpstart peace negotiations with the Taliban in advance of NATO’s summit in Chicago next month.
The Whole World Is Watching
Obama’s Atrocities Prevention Board institutionalizes indifference to mass murder.
