Reuters reports that a US led coalition has killed an estimated 250 ISIS fighters and destroyed 40 vehicles in airstrikes around Falluja. U.S.-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 […]
America, Russia and Iran working together on Syria?
Originally posted September 23, 2013. It’s a possibility, if the neocons in Washington can be vocally disarmed. Iran has a big potential step forward with its new and open president. Russia has no interest in an ongoing civil war in Syria. Turkey is not often mentioned, but Turkey most certainly does not need Syrian mayhem […]
The Persian Gulf—No vital U.S. Interest
Originally posted November 24, 2014. Andrew J. Bacevich (Columbia University ) writes, “Does the Persian Gulf require policing from the outside? Maybe. But if so, let’s volunteer China for the job. It will keep them out of mischief.” Bacevich notes that the U.S is today the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas, and […]
“We Need A New President—FAST”
Donald Trump probably provided as good a one-two punch as will emerge against Barack Obama’s half-hearted Oval Office address to the country Sunday. Mr. Trump asked, “Is that all there is?” and concluded, “We need a new president-FAST.” Is that all there is? We need a new President – FAST! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) […]
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A 7th Century Struggle over the Rightful Heir
Unlike Asian autocrats, who tended to be modernizers (like Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew), Arab autocrats tended to be predators “who used the conflict with Israel as a shiny object to distract their people from their own misgovernance,” writes Thomas L. Friedman in the NYT. Egypt may send troops to defeat the rebels in Yemen. If […]
81,000 Saudi Students in Class
The Wall Street Journal’s Miriam Jordan wrote a piece on international students in America. You might be surprised to learn that today there are 81,000 students from Saudi Arabia studying in America. That’s up from only 5,000 in 2001. Remember, 15 of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, and one, according to the 9/11 […]
ISIS—Not a Terrorist Group
George Mason University Distinguished Professor and Director of the International Security Program Audrey Kurth Cronin writing on Obama’s televised national speech last September where the president claimed that ISIS is “a terrorist organization, pure and simple,” explains: This is a mistake; ISIS hardly fits that description, and indeed, although it uses terrorism as a tactic, […]
ISIS—Containment the Best U.S. Policy
Writing in Foreign Affairs, Audrey Kurth Cronin, Distinguished Professor and Director of the International Security Program at George Mason University and author of How Terror Ends, concludes, “Over time, the successful containment of ISIS might open up better policy options. But for the foreseeable future, containment is the best policy that the United States can […]
The Foe: Radical Islam
Countries front and center, with much to lose, include Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Jordan. Each of these countries needs to go all-in to annihilate ISIS. Here Secretary of State John Kerry identifies neither the real foe, nor those specific countries that need to step forward in response to ISIS aggression. Rather, Kerry writes, “Put simply, we […]
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