State of Unreadiness
Ghe Iran nuclear problem is not one that can be dealt with via a small, pinpoint strike, in a matter of only minutes on target.
Dead in the Water: Obama’s Military and Iran
It is unconscionable of Obama to handle the sequestration threat the way he has - crippling our ability to readily strike Iran.
There’s a New Pharaoh in Town
Morsi has assumed dictatorial powers in Egypt. Courageous Egyptians are protesting that move, but Morsi has less compunction than Mubarak did, and we can expect the protests to be dealt with effectively. Those of us who said Morsi was an Islamist extremist who would quickly reestablish authoritarianism in Egypt – with a sharia flavor – were right. There’s a new Pharaoh in town.
Iranian Armed Forces Chief Sure Sounds Like the Persian Gulf Incident was Deliberate
Was this a catastrophic display of incompetence by Navy personnel or a big lie by the Iranians?
Defense Round Up: U.S. Showing Weakness Abroad
The U.S. is being made to look weak in Egypt, and is actually acting weak with allies and foes alike.
NIMBYs, Hostages, and the European Wind Wars
Nobody wants a wind turbine in his back yard.
VP Pence Hints Who’s Behind Migrant March; Media Mum
the timing of the migrant caravan tells its own story. If we look at it as a move by Russia and Iran, in particular, it can be logically recognized as part of a campaign to attack U.S. interests on a broad front. The motive is to increase the pressure on the Trump administration across the board, partly but significantly because Trump is shifting his strategy in Syria toward going for Tehran’s solar plexus by kicking Iran out of it.
J.E. Dyer: America – This time, it’s personal
The period of the Obama tenure, and now the 2012 election, are forcing Americans to reconsider, in a way I’m not sure we have for a good 200 years, what the vote means, and what politics means to our lives. Since 1792, the sense has gradually crept upon us that when we elect a president, we are electing our collective future. That sense took a giant leap forward with the FDR presidency, and frankly, it took another one when Reagan entered office.
Egypt: This Is Big
The Muslim Brotherhood is willing to keep chaos and misery going for as long as necessary to topple the military’s interim government.
Reagan’s Missile Defense Vision Derailed
At least Russia and China are probably as mystified as we are about where Obama is going with his missile defense policy.
J.E. Dyer: Finally, the Obama Doctrine – “Atrocities Prevention”
President Obama recently unveiled the Atrocities Prevention Board, and appointed Samantha Power as its head; the same Samantha Power that has called Israel a "major human rights abuser." This is only one of the many troubling aspects of this new initiative.
US Marines Off the Coast of Gaza?
Why are we sending an amphibious readiness group (ARG) with a Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) embarked to sit off the Levantine coast? U.S. officials say it’s to be prepared for any eventuality, including the need to evacuate American citizens, as the conflict between Hamas and Israel heats up.
You Say Thermopylae, I say Alamo
Was Cruz’s Stand an “Alamo” moment?
All We Know for Sure is that Boston Will Rise
It is not obvious that any group or type of person in particular mounted this one, nor can any be ruled out.
Israel Should NOT be Stuck with a “Fair Fight” Against Hezbollah
This fight must be to win.
The Heat is On: Options for Deterrence in the Middle East
To re-seize the initiative and get deterrence going
Senior Benghazi-related executives resign at State – reportedly directed by Trump
"People are not quitting and running away in disgust. This is the White House cleaning house.”
Why Obama is Likely to Blow Debate No. 2
The short answer is: because he’s got nothing. There is no record to run on, no argument to make for four more years. The ideology that drives him is outdated and bankrupt. He has, in fact, implemented his policies – Republicans have had little means of stopping him – and those policies are the problem. But there’s a slightly longer answer too.
Rock, Hard Place, Syria
We're asking U.S. troops to go into Syria without an overwhelming advantage, and without minimizing our risks.
Trump Moves to Decertify Iran; Iran SUDDENLY Open to Negotiating Missile Program
By conducting numerous tests of nuclear-capable missiles, Iran has been daring the UN and JCPOA parties to stop them. Now that Trump looks prepared to call Iran’s bluff, the mullahs are suddenly ready to negotiate the missile program.
Panetta Stonewalls House Committee Chairman McKeon on Benghazi
The news keeps getting worse. The Washington Free Beacon reports today that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has “blocked” four senior military officers from answering questions on the Benghazi attack posed by Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC).
Iran, Syria and Sanctions-Busting Fakery
One of the key lessons from a career in Naval Intelligence is that if you can imagine it, someone is trying to do it.
J.E. Dyer: Tumultus Post-Americanus
The Tumultus Post-Americanus is now well underway. There is no initiative on our collective part – we have done nothing but react in the last three years – and possibly even less appreciation of how the world is changing. The forms of international discourse – the processes of the UN, the G-8 and G-20, the IMF – are being adhered to now because they are a convenience, not because they produce anything useful.
Israel Wins. Iran Club Loses
Stay on target.
Trump Resets Syria Strategy: Announces Syria Pull-out
The U.S. leaving Syria won’t mean Syria descending into chaos. I can’t say I like what it does mean for Syria. But chaos is not in the offing.
J.E. Dyer: This is What ‘Forward’ Looks Like
For many people, especially younger ones, ideas about which government rules and “services” we can happily do without will be new and startling. But it is possible to slip the surly bonds of the Regulated Man construct and envision a better future. Wisconsin has taken an important step toward that future. Walker’s Wisconsin is what “Forward” looks like.
Nouveau Sheesh: Obamas Preen for Hollande
Could the Obamas be any more “let ‘em eat cake”?
J.E. Dyer: You’re Killing Me, Mitt
When Romney speaks of the US auto industry recovering, he is speaking in the language of big, dirigiste government, accepting at face value the short-term effect of a bailout process that has served mainly to perpetuate unprofitable but politically entrenched conditions. It guarantees that more subsidies will be needed down the road.
American, Foreign Activists on Iranian Flotilla to Yemen
Activists from US, France, Germany & from Iran's media are aboard because the ship's a cause célèbre
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