Israel’s ‘Not Routine’ Strike on Syrian Special Weapons Facility Confirmed by Imagery
Israel is in this as a fight for her existence, and will not be deterred or limited by the military arrangements of others. Put more bluntly, Russia’s interests in Syria, and effective control of Syrian airspace, will not hold a veto over Israel’s strategic latitude.
Syria: US drones, Iranian warships
The only way to secure a positive outcome in Syria is to use US power, under US strategic direction, to do it. This has never necessarily meant military intervention, but it does necessarily mean acting with purpose and determination, rather than throwing random reconnaissance assets into the fray while handing the political problem over lock, stock, and barrel to the Arab League and the UN.
BOMBSHELL: Obama agencies shut down probe that could have flagged Farook and Malik
Political correctness kills-That’s the message from the San Bernardino terror massacre
Bunny Snuff Vid Shows Syrian Rebels Have Chemical Weapons
At least we can probably count on the Muslims Brotherhood to refrain from making bunny-snuff videos.
A House Divided: the GOP Dialogue Continues
We are in uncharted territory today. The answers for the GOP going forward may not be found in the events of the past.
On the Job but Not Getting Paid?
As happy as I am to see the EPA and other agencies off the job, I’m concerned about morale among the hard-working law enforcement and essential-services folks.
Terrible Tragedy in Newtown
Connecticut has some of the tightest restrictions in the country and Mrs. Lanza was in full compliance with them.
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
Startling Admission from Team Obama About the Iran ‘deal’
In the last weeks of the talks the US excluded every other delegation from negotiations with Iran.
Obama Let 40-Year-Old Oil Supply Guarantee to Israel Expire in November 2014
Israel has never invoked the agreement, but Israel sources say that its importance lies in its very existence.
Bad, or Worse? Depends on the Meaning of ‘S-300’
The S-300 poses a major problem; Israel will have to get creative as to if, when & where it strikes
Summits with the King: France in; Obama out
The world's more vulnerable to predation, eruption, and chaos than it has been in at least 600 years
‘9/10’ Media Mindset: Threat from Soleimani ‘Not Imminent’
In military planning terms, Soleimani was the operational center of gravity for Iran’s proxy campaign throughout the Middle East, from Iraq to Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. That operational center of gravity just received a knockout blow.
US, Setting Example For Israel, Releases Taliban Terrorists
The Gitmo Five were released without a prisoner exchange.
Guerrilla-Terrorists ISIS Seize Mosul, Iraq: Territorial Strategy
ISIS is executing, slowly but surely, a pincer move on Baghdad.
Mexico’s Probable Next President: ALL World’s Migrants have ‘Human Right’ to Live in US
AMLO is all for tearing down borders – except that of course Mexico gets to have them, and rely on them to protect policies on economics and other issues. Mexico moreover gets to use the power of the nation-state to … well, not to put it too delicately, to extort the United States.
On Purim, the Spiking of Iran’s Land Bridge Across Mesopotamia
It has been clear for some time now that Iran has been eyeing the Golan as a gateway to military leverage over Israel. With U.S. recognition of Israeli sovereignty in the Golan, the vector of geomilitary momentum will shift significantly.
Port in Turkey, Israel Bombing Iraq, U.S. Embedding Along Land Bridge
Shadow battle with Iran continues
Overregulation: The Problem We Can’t Outproduce
Prosperity has met its match. Regulation will kill prosperity by stealth unless we the people wake up to what’s going on. We are wildly, insanely overregulated today, and if we don’t attack the idea of the regulatory state on those terms – on the premise that regulation itself is mostly a bad thing, and we need far less of it than we have – then we will never recover.
Short-circuit: Trump Hacks the ‘Deep State’
The long and short of the "Trump/Russia-election" line of attack is that the Obama Democrats can’t run it without implicating every unsightly thing the Obama administration did to set it up.
NIMBYs, Hostages, and the European Wind Wars
Nobody wants a wind turbine in his back yard.
Iron Dome: Israel Ends the Long Battlefield Reign of the Missile
Iron Dome intercepted over 1,000 rockets aimed at Israel with a success rate of over 90% in 2014
Game change: Russia Can Now Warn Israel Against IAF Operations Over Syria
Israel has never faced the reality of Russia potentially vetoing its air defense decisions
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: A Tale of Two Embassies
The whole world knows the peril Chen and his family are in. The right approach here is not to seek a “solution” that gets the governments of China and the US off the hook; it’s to stand by Chen and demand that he be treated with the respect for his rights as understood in the Helsinki Accords. While China is not a signatory to the Accords, their standard for freedom, travel and emigration, and reunification of families is the touchstone to be invoked in this instance.
You Don’t Have to be Jewish to Oppose Hagel for Defense
Chuck Hagel writes his own narrative, in which threats aren’t really threats and policies that actually work are just horrible.
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.
The Obama Administration’s Attack on the US Financial System
The Obama administration wants to take over the short-term financial services industry.
J.E. Dyer: Syria – Going, going, gone?
A solution in which the Syrian people are empowered to operate more freely in a true multi-party government, under the aegis of multinational protection against both Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, would be the most desirable, achievable outcome. It is not possible to broker this outcome while ignoring Russia.
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.