Sep 22, 2016 – So much for the peace dividend of the "Iran deal." North Korea is more than just delusional. … The problem is that there is no other "someone" (especially not the United Nations or the European Union) with the requisite power … The result is that at this late date, the tough medicine of restoring long-term deterrence is as almost as dangerous as the disease…

Sep 19, 2016 – In recent weeks, critics have also blasted the administration for paying a massive cash ransom for US hostages imprisoned by Iran. … a banking relationship with Iran that we couldn't send them a check and we could not wire the money.” … This war of "narratives," that is: Josh Earnest just now on MSNBC, about ISIS's war on the West: "In some ways this is just…

Oct 6, 2016 – Even the rare item of good news is bad. … Only two-thirds of the country is under government control. Unemployment is estimated at 40 percent. … it is the system of governance."…

Oct 6, 2016 – The Greeks gave us tragedy -- the idea that life is never fair. Terrible stuff for no reason tragically falls on good people. … during the Korean War. … All of that is nothing compared with the trauma of being called fat for not being able to fit back into the bikini that won her the…

Oct 4, 2016 – You walk down the street, you get shot. In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings ... Is this a war-torn country? ... … "is the No. 1 threat we face in the world." … He said: "I agree with her on one thing: The single greatest problem the world has is nuclear armament. ...…

Oct 2, 2016 – Why did the Obama administration, according to top Iranian officials, sign a secret pact with Iran? … The pact pledged to lift sanctions off of two financial banking institutions that would now be able to openly do business with Iran … Is it necessary to reiterate that Iran is the number one exporter of terror?…

Sep 30, 2016 – The more important question for the long run is how each of these candidates would govern. … On foreign policy Clinton endorses the Iran deal as a "lid" on its nuclear weapons program, rather than the roadway it is, and promises … But her main case here, one with some foundation, is the ignorance and possible recklessness of her opponent.…

Apr 20, 2015 – Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo, without a criminal trial because this is law-of-war … a conference call with Manchin to argue that cutting off the packages could have adverse effects in the region. … supporting a Democrat in a general election,” he said at the time.…

Apr 20, 2015 – Iran was an early signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 1970 and it signed a detailed safeguards agreement with the International … Cheat or don't cheat, the end is the same: The Lausanne deal paves Iran's path to the bomb either way. … They were telling the truth last November, when the Iranian Revolutionary Guards proclaimed that "the US is still the great Satan and…

Apr 19, 2015 – The case against the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran is easy to make. … Second, it would mean a real live shooting war with Iran. Obama's critics, notably Sen. … Iran is not the only threat here. Our own hubris is equally dangerous.…

Apr 17, 2015 – The road to the Holocaust was paved with appeasement. … It is on display these days at the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. … It is likely that this ancient story was on Truman’s mind as he dealt with the Jewish-Palestine issue.…

Apr 15, 2015 – By now, you should be familiar with the name Ayaan Hirsi Ali. … Sisi is an unlikely champion of a kinder, gentle Islam.For now, it is the jihadis who are on the march -- literally, in such lands … And then there is the Islamic Republic of Iran which is ruled by followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic Revolution…

Apr 15, 2015 – And it is on the global stage where we find our legacy suffering the most. … We sit at a table with the enemy while we dispatch campaign operatives to undermine our ally – as Spock would say, “fascinating.” … The legacy of President Kennedy was to challenge us to the greatness of putting a man on the moon.…

Apr 14, 2015 – At the Summit of the Americas where he met with Raul Castro, the 83-year-old younger brother of Fidel, President Obama provided an … insight into where he is taking us, and why: "The United States will not be imprisoned by the past -- we're looking to the future … Obama is as rooted in the Third World as in the West, and his goal is to sweep out the clutter of a Cold War that "has been over a…

Apr 14, 2015 – Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson is hinting at a gross income tax, a super-tithe, to be paid by the poor as well as the 1%, even by … Central planning is unlikely to improve the fortunes of us workers here either. … Yet what really is dreadful about the GOP field’s current offerings is the “curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”…

Apr 14, 2015 – with neighboring Iran. … The residents had been guaranteed protection by US forces after the 2003 Iraq War and by the Iraqi government when the U.S. withdrew … Tragically the Malaki government acting with the encouragement and support of Iran repeatedly violated their agreement.…

Apr 13, 2015 – John McCain Saturday over the Arizona Republican’s recent comments about the framework agreement with Iran about its nuclear program … McCain, in a Thursday radio interview with Hugh Hewitt, had called Kerry “delusional” with respect to the terms of the deal with Iran … Khamenei also calls for the annihilation of Israel; that genocidal fanaticism is not addressed in the nuclear framework, and the US…

Apr 12, 2015 – with Iran. … Just substitute the brutal Assad regime in for ISIS and you have a quintet of deadly organizations with Iran at the center. … The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been laid bare for what it is at its core.…

Apr 30, 2015 – The repeated provocative statements made by members of the Iranian leadership demonstrate why Iran cannot be trusted and why the President … Rather, they foreshadow the dangerous posture Iran will take and has taken repeatedly—including as recently as yesterday with the interception … I'll leave you with this: I hope @SenTomCotton takes the high road too.…

Apr 24, 2015 – Clearly, developing the means to cope with our deteriorating relations with the US is one of the most urgent issues on the agenda. … And this brings us to the second burning issue the next government will need to contend with immediately upon entering office: Iran … First, the US will not stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.…

Apr 24, 2015 – And the United States has been an accomplice in the Saudi bombing of Yemen. Why? Why is Yemen's civil war America's war? … It is Hezbollah and Iran who have been backing Damascus with arms and troops in Bashar Assad's war against ISIS and the al-Qaida affiliate … Terrible as is the war that Assad is waging in his own country, is not his regime preferable to what ISIS in Raqqa and al-Nusra in…

Apr 21, 2015 – Unlike the cases of Syria and Iraq, Iran has avoided any significant response and is yielding to the force of regional coalition. … the ruling clerics in Iran. … Adopting a clear and credible policy of firmness and resolve by the US is the only measure to confront the Iranian regime’s threats…

May 1, 2015 – If the US allows Iran to get away with unlawfully seizing a Marshall Islands flagged ship it is treaty bound to protect, it will reinforce … Iran can do a lot with $50b. Iran is spending $3b. a month to finance its war in Syria. … Palestinians – until after the deal with Iran is concluded at the end of June.…

May 20, 2015 – According to researchers at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies, the war in Iraq that George W. … That is why war should be waged only in self-defense, in response to clear and direct threats, and with the awareness that unintended … At a forum in Iowa on Saturday, the Kentucky senator said, "We have to question: Is Iraq more stable or less stable since Hussein is…

May 19, 2015 – who looked at the same intelligence reports Bush did drew the same conclusions. … In the run-up to the war, the Bush Administration really didn’t do much to prepare the public for the idea that we’d be spending blood … to come around to the idea of withdrawing troops, we still warned that it couldn’t be done at the expense of losing the war.…