Is Trump Now Bad Cop or Good Cop?
During his first 15 months as president, Donald Trump has postured as the bad cop. He railed about NATO members welching on their promised contributions […]
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The Cry Bully vs. the Chaplain
U.S. Army Chaplain Scott Squires is the latest Evangelical Christian military clergyman to be sued for being reluctant to affirm gay marriage wholeheartedly. The Fort […]
Tug of War Over the Iran Deal
Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron came to Washington to lobby Donald Trump to break his promise to undo Barack Obama’s “Iran deal.” A few […]
From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Peace on the Peninsula—It Could Happen
In the coming weeks, barring an unforeseen calamity, President Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Six decades after fighting stopped on the […]
American Greatness in the Mideast Means Protecting Israel
The American-led Middle East order is collapsing. Rival powers and regional actors now jockey for position in the region, in an attempt to form the […]
The Cost of Doing Nothing About Venezuela
The War Party in Washington, D.C. is demanding yet another American-led “humanitarian” military intervention, this time in Syria. Yet, for all of their virtue signaling […]
A Common Sense Strategy for North Korea
The United States needs to keep the military option on the table in dealing with the rogue regime in North Korea. Put simply, a state […]
Conservative Dissent on Syria: An Interview with Peter Hitchens
I was reading George Will on Syria. The piece consists of this: Obligatory reference to the Germans dropping chemical weapons. Wikipedia level knowledge of the […]
Trump Seeks Middle Ground in Foreign Policy Balancing Act
Was the latest round of airstrikes in Syria a one-time hit to restore deterrence and stop the future use of chemical weapons, or was it […]
Clueless New York Times Fizzles Out on Missile Defense
We live in a global defense environment where technology can outpace judgment and experience. Perhaps in the debate over ground-based midcourse defense missiles (GMD), an […]
Syria Strike: Apocalypse When Redux
Another deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria and another retaliatory airstrike by the United States raises the possibility of not only protracted conflict in the […]
What Is Syria to Us?
The U.S. strikes last week on suspected chemical weapons sites near Damascus and Homs exemplify how not to use military force. Their only consequence is […]
What Message Did We Send in Syria?
Friday’s cruise missile strike on Syria by the United States, Great Britain, and France has received widespread praise for its relative restraint and alleged effectiveness. […]
Time to Take on the Military-Political Complex
Michael Walsh wrote an excellent article recently in which he did something that is essential to making America great again: he took on the military. […]
Four Lessons Ahead of the Coming Syria Strike
President Bush declared the Global War on Terror. President Obama changed its name to the Overseas Contingency Operation. And President Trump, during the 2016 presidential […]
Pardon My Skepticism on Syria
There is talk of renewed attacks on Syria and “Animal Assad” by an enraged President Trump. The stated reason is Assad’s alleged recent use of […]
What Price Victory? What Cost ‘Infinite War’?
President Trump said something this week that flew largely under the radar of a media obsessed with Stormy Daniels and whether it can get the […]
Trump’s Revolutionary Foreign Policy: Defend the Homeland
Of all the ways President Donald Trump has revolutionized American politics, foreign policy easily ranks among the most important. Whether it was in his efforts […]
Trump Is Right to Fear Amazon
President Trump’s feud with the shopping giant Amazon is both welcome and overdue. Welcome, because Amazon’s ambitions extend well beyond the monopoly power that Trump […]
Trump is Cutting Old Gordian Knots
The proverbial knot of Gordium was impossible to untie. Anyone clever enough to untie it would supposedly become the king of Asia. Many princes tried; […]