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The Rise of Alien Warfare

In an article from the National Interest, Dominic Tierney, Foreign Policy Research Institute senior fellow, writes, ‘The rise of alien warfare has crippled America’s...

Give Obama the Power? Nope!

Congress should vote nay. Obama now has asked Congress to give him broad powers to fight ISIS. What is required before Congress takes a...

America and the Ukraine

Should the U.S. get militarily involved in conflict with Russia over two provinces in southeastern Ukraine? The administration should look to the wisdom of...

Weinberger/Powell Doctrine

Originally posted September 5, 2013. The W/P was first coined by Caspar Weinberger, Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Defense, in a speech at the National Press...

Failed Weinberger/Powell Tests

Barack Obama needs to go to Congress and explain how his misguided foray into Syria meets the tests of the Weinberger/Powell Doctrine. Daniel Larison...

Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

Baghdadi, a nom de guerre, is the treacherous leader of ISIS (ISIL). The U.S. has already designated Baghdadi a “terrorist” and placed a $10m...

Sunnis/Shia: War and Bloodshed since the 7th Century

Today in Iraq and Syria the world is facing a centuries old battle of Muhammadism.  Muhammadism is strictly a religious and not a nationalist...

Another Middle East Debacle?

A new air war in Iraq or Syria or, as Pat Buchanan asks, World War III for Iraq? Pat writes, “Congress must be forced...

In Support of Justin Amash

The reserved foreign policy stance of Michigan Rep. Justin Amash is anathema to the War Dogs. And in Tuesday’s Michigan primaries, the WDs are...

S.2277 The Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014 Part II

Lead War Dogs John McCain and Lindsey Graham headline a list of 26 Republican co-sponsors to an aggression act that if taken to its...

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