Yet Another Reminder: Iran Still Closing in on Bomb
Iran could produce enough high-enriched uranium (HEU) for a first nuclear warhead in as little as two weeks.
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.
Divide-istan: Straight Talk about Breaking up the USA
The impetus for a break-up depends mostly on how badly "RED" America wants to escape the repressive policy overreach of "BLUE" America.
What Bibi Must Keep Doing
Don’t quit when you’re ahead.
Israel Should NOT be Stuck with a “Fair Fight” Against Hezbollah
This fight must be to win.
Priebus out; Trump Names DHS Sec. Kelly New Chief of Staff
Kelly’s walking into something that will be a tougher challenge than homeland security. He’s a good choice, and we have reason to hope for good things to come of it.
ISIS in Iraq: the Pause IS the Assault on Baghdad
ISIS has no intention of “marching on” Baghdad. The Sunni affiliates of ISIS are going to disrupt life there.
Port in Turkey, Israel Bombing Iraq, U.S. Embedding Along Land Bridge
Shadow battle with Iran continues
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.
Intolerance and Antisemitism: Britain Jumps the Shark
It could not have happened at all if Britain weren’t already pretty far gone.
GOP: Polls and the Hinge Points of History
There may no longer be a unifying “center” to hold the GOP together.
Paradigm Shift: Why Iran Now Needs the Bomb
Iran’s relative situation has deteriorated. To regain a sense of leadership and invulnerability – as well as to vindicate Shia Islam over the recent Sunni triumphs in the region – Iran needs a big strategic win. She needs a trump card over the emerging Sunni centers of gravity in Cairo and Ankara.
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.
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.
Steven Sotloff was an Israeli Citizen — and a Symbol of Civilization
In his travels as a journalist in the Islamic world, Sotloff never referred to his Jewishness.
Liberty 101: The Principle of Establishment
Liberty always – always – has to be deliberately established and hedged about with protections.
The Maersk Tigris Game Change
Iran stands unopposed by the “international community” and is racing to assert regional dominance.
An Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program in What was Formerly ‘Syria’
Remnants of Assad’s nuclear program are alive and well, under the control of Hezbollah and Iran
J.E. Dyer: Peace in our time – Asian Navies Converging on the Mediterranean
India has just conducted an unprecedented four-day port visit in Haifa, during which Indian sailors roamed Israel as American sailors have for many years, and joint ceremonies were held with the local population. A naval visit to Israel is a big political signal; India would not be sending it lightly.
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.”
Syria, Russia: It All Looks Different From Out There
Robert Mackey at New York Times’ The Lede has a Friday post entitled “Crisis in Syria Looks Very Different on Satellite Channels Owned by...
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.
US, Setting Example For Israel, Releases Taliban Terrorists
The Gitmo Five were released without a prisoner exchange.
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
In the U.S. Capitol: Darkness Rather than Light
It would be so catastrophic to not increase the debt ceiling that Senators must have the option of avoiding the people’s scrutiny.
Biden: ‘NO Amendment to the Constitution is Absolute.’
Got your amendments right here, Mr. President
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
You Say Thermopylae, I say Alamo
Was Cruz’s Stand an “Alamo” moment?
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.