Invisible Invasion
<p>John Maynard Keynes famously said: “The difficulty lies not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.”</p> <p>That’s the intellectual...
View ArticleU.S. Military Primacy: Worth Sacrificing For
<p> </p> <p> Advocates of cuts in U.S. military programs, including President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Commission, argue that the defense budget must be reduced...
View ArticleQaddafi's Death No Western Triumph
<p>Muammar Qaddafi is dead. What significance does that fact have? Several observations and questions come to mind.</p> <p>First, few in Libya and virtually no one elsewhere will...
View ArticleA Good Lineup
<p>Perry, Romney, Cain, and Gingrich did well. But I can’t help being most impressed by Newt Gingrich’s clarity, his command of and creativity addressing domestic and...
View ArticleKim Jong Il’s Demise Won't Change Much
<p> The demise of a tyrant inevitably inspires hope among those who saw him for what he was. But as much as there is reason to cheer the death of Kim Jong Il, there is no reason to...
View ArticleDiminishing Our Military Capabilities
<p>President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Thursday spoke in justification of the more than $450 billion in additional cuts to the defense budget that they plan to disclose in...
View ArticleThe Coming Israel–Iran Confrontation
<p>Events are conspiring to precipitate a cataclysmic confrontation with Iran. Time has nearly expired for international sanctions -- even the so-called tough and crippling ones -- to keep Iran...
View ArticleObama’s ‘Victory’ with North Korea
<p>The Obama administration has <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/29/us-north-korea-suspends-nuclear-activities/">announced</a> a new nuclear agreement with North Korea...
View ArticleNorth Korea's YouTube Attack
<p>It is tempting to respond with derision to <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/339886/how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-north-koreas-final-cut-pro-jillian-kay-melchior">a...
View ArticleObama’s Nuclear-Zero Dream
<p>Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate ten days ago, President Obama proposed that the U.S. and Russia reduce their strategic nuclear warheads by one-third. “So long as nuclear weapons exist, we are...
View ArticleListen to the Enemy
The nation vociferously debates Iraq: We have lost the war, Iraq’s government is not doing its part, the surge is working, the surge is not working, we need to cut our losses, we need to stay till the...
View ArticleHigh Stakes
As a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction and Negotiations, I’ve sometimes said that the U.S. might consider giving security guarantees to countries...
View ArticleSyria: Congress Should Say No
No.That’s the answer Congress should give to President Obama, who in a surprise decision late last week reversed course and asked Congress to endorse his proposed launch of a limited air attack on...
View ArticleA Bad and Morally Indefensible Deal
The announcement that the P-5+1 (the five U.N. Security Council members plus Germany) reached a nuclear deal with Iran has just been made. A few details of the deal have been announced and there likely...
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