Nov 1, 2014 – That’s an enormous quantity even if evidently left over from the 1980s Iran-Iraq War. … The leader of the neo-Saddamists allied now with ISIS is Izzat al-Douri, a former Iraqi army general and last member of the senior … Much of the area where the “antique,” yet still potentially potent chemical weapons discovered by US forces is now in the hands of…

Nov 1, 2014 – As the leadership in Iran continues to thumb their collective noses at the world community and the United States in particular, the … Can you really negotiate with someone who is willing to accept their own martyrdom as the very means necessary to bring about the return … Iran has been waging a war against the United States for over thirty years.…

Oct 28, 2014 – The ideal devil is a foreigner." … The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless." … Moreover, in waging war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, we are not only sheltering the Shia Crescent of Iran and Hezbollah, we are…

Nov 14, 2014 – Iran is almost wholly dependent upon oil sales for hard currency. Russia is the oil and gas supplier for much of Europe. … Are the Saudis out to cripple us with an oil glut? … We should allow the export of oil from the United States to enable us to cope with OPEC cutbacks.…

Nov 8, 2014 – At a recent conference on the plight of Christians in the Middle East sponsored by the Napa Institute, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, a philosophy … He's blind, a casualty of the Iran-Iraq war, and is now living in a tent outside a church, dependent upon others to help him navigate … A Vermont priest with no particular skill set for such things, he sold 15,000 bracelets, lapel pins and zipper pulls adorned with the…

Nov 7, 2014 – After teaming up with the Americans in what is famously known as the Awakening campaign, AQI’s cadre of foreign fighters were all but … If we look at public discourse on which group is winning the war to become the jihadi superpower, it appears the wind is blowing in … In the near term, at least, Gartenstein-Ross says that the likelihood of a 9/11-style attack in the U.S. from the group is low, although…

Nov 7, 2014 – powers, specifically Turkey, to provide the boots on the ground necessary to finish the terrorist group that attacked us on 9/11. … The only exception are the minority Shia-offshoot Alawites of whom the tyrant is a member. … of the much-feared Shiite Iran.…

Nov 7, 2014 – And that counsel is always the same: Time to put the acrimony behind us. … Is the nation demanding amnesty? If not, then who is? … If the GOP signs on, the party will own that war going into 2016, as it owned the Iraq war going into 2006, when it lost both houses…

Nov 7, 2014 – News from the Syrian Front Recently, the focus of the war with IS shifted to Syria, to the Kurdish city of Kobani far away from … By supplying IS and supporting those at war with it, he is playing the ultimate double game. … The FSA is fighting IS and the Assad regime. IS is also fighting the FSA and the regime.…

Nov 25, 2014 – It comes on the eve of another “deadline” in our dealings with an Iran bent on acquiring nuclear weapons. … During the 2008 campaign, he even clashed with Hillary Clinton over Iran. … What is needed in Iran is what Reagan provided with the Soviets—peace through strength.…

Nov 18, 2014 – artillery shells left over from the 1980s Iran-Iraq War.” … The uranium operation caused us, as usual, to rent trucks from the surrounding tribes with comprehensive war-loss insurance (meaning … As we are seeing with the current, seemingly endless negotiations with Iran, the millionaire mullahs of Tehran are using the pretext…

Dec 13, 2016 – Yet, Putin is something else, the leader of the largest nation on earth, a great power with enough nuclear weapons to wipe the United … For such as these, the Cold War is never over. … But War Party agitators are already beating the drums for confrontation with Iran.…

Dec 9, 2016 – The incessant self-absorption is annoying enough, but the self-delusion puts it over the top. … And the nuclear deal with Iran -- coupled with turning hundreds of millions of dollars over to that sinister, terrorist-sponsoring … Liberals always seem more concerned with making America likable than with making us safe -- and they miserably conflate the two.…

Dec 9, 2016 – But Cold War policies in Latin America show us the failure of these ideas. … This approach is simply a repackaging of previously abandoned strategies used in Latin America during the Cold War. … But what is “extremism”: the disenfranchised Islamic terrorism of Boko Haram, Saudi Wahhabism or the apocalyptic Islam of Iran?…

Dec 9, 2016 – Despite the fact that Obama pledged to end America’s wars, the US is waging three active wars, Iraq/Syria, Afghanistan, and a worldwide … More Ominously, Russia has now actively allied with Iran, selling it anti-aircraft weapons systems designed to take out US and Israeli … Nevertheless, as ISIS is about to be expelled from Iraq, it will be denied sanctuary there and the revenues commensurate with controlling…

Dec 7, 2016 – At the end of the drill, questions were answered and then Mattis dismissed everyone. No messing around with this guy. … I looked at him. “No. He is the best we have.” … Meanwhile, here's what Iran is up to these days, just in case anyone had forgotten the evil and backwards values the regime imposes…

Dec 7, 2016 – Trump's few minutes on the telephone Friday with Tsai Ing-wen, who phoned by prearrangement to congratulate the incoming US chief executive … The "One China" sham is obsolete. … Beijing may be the sole legitimate government of China, but China stops at the Taiwan Strait. There is one China and one Taiwan.…

Dec 7, 2016 – The ROC is a sovereign nation; albeit one that the U.S. and most other nations have decided is less important diplomatically than the … More importantly, perhaps, is the message Trump is sending to the world with “The Call.” … If the call with Taiwan is any indication, the routine posture of submission looks to change dramatically under President Trump.…

Dec 19, 2016 – There is no controversy like the controversy that surrounds the city of Jerusalem, the most divided city on the earth and the most … is hitting the fan. … It’s the melody.” The irony is exquisite.)…

Dec 16, 2016 – The South Vietnamese would come to appreciate the insight. So it is today with Aleppo, where savage reprisals against U.S. … It was with their indispensable assistance that he recaptured Aleppo in the decisive battle of the war. … And the Iran war now being talked up in the think tanks and on the op-ed pages would be the end of the Trump presidency.…

Dec 30, 2016 – The future ex-president is still playing games with Vladimir Putin over Russian's alleged interference in the presidential election … and playing with fire in the Middle East. … But President Trump and the rest of us will be dealing with all the messes "Third Term" Obama has made for a long time.…

Jan 10, 2017 – Democrats lost their majorities in the US House and Senate. … After eight years under Obama, the GOP is stronger than at any time since the 1920s, and the outgoing president's party is in tatters … consumers in much of the country with few or no options.…

Jan 10, 2017 – If the War Party is confident Iran is going to cheat, why not wait until they do. … Also at issue is the deal signed by Boeing to sell Iran 80 jetliners. … Could we perhaps put the confrontation with Iran on hold?…

Jan 24, 2017 – With terminology reminiscent of the Germanys and Berlins of the Cold War, he has legitimized for the international community the division … in the 1967 Six-Day War legitimately belongs to her. … So stunning is Obama’s new transparency that even the Left side of the aisle is unsettled. And well it should be.…

Jan 19, 2017 – To even raise the issue is to "otherwise" the first black President. In short, they argue, it is racist. … Brands need to 'speak with us.'" … Nor did Putin get Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta to agree that the Iran deal is "the greatest appeasement since Chamberlain…