Foreign Affairs on Townhall

• BENGHAZIGATE: Obama’s Secret Gun-Running Program Mon Apr 29
  Katie Kieffer
  Liberals don’t want honest Americans like you to have guns. Liberals just want to arm foreign rebels in crapshoot attempts to “end global violence.” ... more
• White House: Red Line Not Crossed on Syria Mon Apr 29
  Washington, D.C.
  The Obama administration said it believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used sarin gas on his people last month, but the evidence is still too thin. But that hasn't stopped some from asking if the U.S. is ready to consider military action. ... more
• Graham: Need to resolve Syria within year Mon Apr 29
  Washington, D.C.
  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on what the international community needs to do to stop the situation in Syria from devolving into something even worse. ... more
• NKorea to Escalate Sun Apr 28
  Night Watch
  The new US sanctions legislation pending in Congress may provide the spark for the next North Korean escalation step. ... more
• Droning On Sat Apr 27
  Bill O'Reilly
  Shortly after the terror bombings in Boston last week, two different media people made statements that were alarming to say the least. Two days after the attack, McClatchy reporter Amina Ismail asked White House spokesman Jay Carney: "President Obama said that what happened in Boston was an act of terrorism. Do you consider the U.S. bombing on civilians in Afghanistan ... a form of terrorism?" ... more
• Time to Confront Obama Sat Apr 27
  Caroline Glick
  The time has come for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to confront U.S. President Barack Obama. A short summary of events from the past three days: On Tuesday morning, the head of the IDF's Military Intelligence Analysis Division Brig. Gen. ... more
• A Maginot Line of TSA Screeners and Watch Lists That Are Not Watched: The Need for Either or Both a Select Committee and a Special Commission Fri Apr 26
  Hugh Hewitt
  "Regular Order" ought to be the way in which the House and Senate conduct their business, but not when highly irregular national security disasters and/or scandals occur, and especially not after an ambassador is murdered by terrorists and a mass casualty terrorist attack occurs on Patriots Day in Boston. ... more
• The Saudi Follies, Part Two Fri Apr 26
  Diana West
  Let’s pick up where last week's column left off with that Saudi national in Boston – Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi, the 20-year-old “student” who was acting suspiciously enough after the Boston bombing to be “detained” under guard at the hospital and named a person of interest in the April 15 attack. ... more
• US, Skorea Hold Joint Military Drill Fri Apr 26
  Washington, D.C.
  Thousands of US and South Korean troops are taking part in a joint military drill. North Korea denounced the exercise, calling it a war practice drill. ... more
• US Says Syria Used Chemical Weapons Fri Apr 26
  Washington, D.C.
  U.S. intelligence has concluded with 'varying degrees of confidence,' that the Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons in its fierce civil war, the White House and other top administration officials said Thursday ... more
• Education by Murder in Boston Thu Apr 25
  Daniel Pipes
  What will be the long-term impact of the Apr. 15-19 Boston Marathon attack and the ensuing action-movie-style chase, killing a total of four and wounding 265? ... more
• U.S. to Clean Up Agent Orange in Vietnam Thu Apr 25
  Washington, D.C.
  Fifty years after U.S. warplanes first sprayed a chemical weapon, known as Agent Orange, on Vietnam's jungles to destroy enemy cover, America is helping clean up one of the most contaminated sites. ... more
• The Problem Isn't Just Illegal Immigration, It's Legal Immigration, Too Wed Apr 24
  Ann Coulter
  The people of Boston are no longer being terrorized by the Marathon bombers, but amnesty supporters sure are. ... more
• No Room For Complacency in Confronting Terrorist Threat Wed Apr 24
  Donald Lambro
  The deadly bombing in Boston and the wave of terror plots in the United States since 9/11 lead inexorably to three conclusions: The terrorist threat is growing; al-Qaida has not been decimated, as President Obama told us in his 2012 campaign; and there are gaps in our security system that need to be repaired. ... more
• Is Assimilation Possible? Wed Apr 24
  Susan Stamper Brown
  It is reasonably simple to find your way here in America: Follow the rules. Integrate. Drop labels. Assimilate. Be productive. Repeat. Before long, you begin to experience the freedom that comes with being an American. ... more
• Congo Complexity Will Test U.N. Offensive Peacekeeping Wed Apr 24
  Austin Bay
  On March 28, the U.N. Security Council approved the creation of a war-making-peacekeeping unit, a "specialized intervention brigade" designed to destroy the vicious rogue militias that plague the Democratic Republic of Congo's chaotic eastern provinces. ... more
• House GOP Report Blames Clinton for Benghazi Wed Apr 24
  Washington, D.C.
  House Republicans issued a scathing report on the Benghazi attack, laying blame directly on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ... more
• Boston Bombing Case Parallels Toulouse Attacks Tue Apr 23
  Rachel Marsden
  The details revealed so far in the Boston Marathon bombing case are strikingly similar to those of a high-profile case in France last year. Both exemplify the modus operandi of today's young jihadist. ... more
• School Board Memorializes ‘Relentless Champion of Freedom’ Margaret Thatcher Tue Apr 23
  Kyle Olson
  There must be something in the mountain streams that inspires a love of freedom in Douglas County, Colorado. ... more
• Rep. Peter King Was Right, America Has a Homegrown Muslim Terrorist Problem Tue Apr 23
  Crystal Wright
  Remember when Republican Rep. Peter King, Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, held hearings in 2011 and 2012 on the radicalization of Muslims here at home? ... more
• Saudi National Questioned in Boston Attack was on Terror Watch List Mon Apr 22
  Todd Starnes
  The Saudi national who was initially detained and then ruled out as a suspect in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack had been flagged on a terror watch list and was granted a student visa without being properly vetted, sources have told me. ... more
• Hagel: Iran Sanctions 'Deep and Potent' Mon Apr 22
  Washington, D.C.
  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the sanctions on Iran are causing a tremendous amount of difficulty in that country. Hagel commented while visiting Israel on Monday. ... more
• On North Korea, Kerry Muddles the Message Sun Apr 21
  Jeff Jacoby
  IF KIM JONG UN thinks he can shake down Washington by threatening nuclear apocalypse, President Obama says, the belligerent North Korean dictator has another think coming. ... more
• The Middle East, First Hand Sun Apr 21
  Michael Youssef
  Having just returned from a three-country Middle Eastern speaking tour, I cannot help but reflect on how much more complex the situation in the Middle East has become. ... more
• Torture Without Excuses Sun Apr 21
  Steve Chapman
  The autopsy gave a spare account of how the 52-year-old man died. He suffered blunt force injuries on his torso and legs, and abrasions on his left wrist indicated he had been tied or shackled down. One of his neck bones was fractured. ... more
• Serious Times Sat Apr 20
  Marvin Olasky
  We interrupt the annual joke column for a special announcement: For three years I’ve tried to relieve tax time depression and exhaustion by offering some humor, but this year a sad 70th anniversary trumps lightheartedness. ... more

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