Outside the Beltway

Dan Froomkin says Obama is as bad as Bush, if not worse.

Obama’s current policy—tactical level strikes with no obvious long-term strategic aim—may well be the best we can hope for.

Massive US intervention has for now liberated Amerli, averting humanitarian disaster. Another crisis looms.

Is the West next in ISIS’s crosshairs?

As talk begins of expanding the war against ISIS into Syria, it is becoming long past time for Congress to exercise its Constitutional function.

The General Accounting Office confirmed what seems clear to anyone who can read a statute.

American journalist James Foley has been beheaded by the terrorist network calling itself the Islamic State.

17-year veteran of the LAPD says, “If you don’t want to get hurt, don’t challenge me.”

Dispelling a rising myth,

The rebels in eastern Ukraine continue to suffer setbacks, and Russia is massing troops on the border again.

Does Hillary Clinton remember that she was Secretary of State for four years?

Iraq’s problems cannot be fixed by the United States.

President Obama doesn’t seem to have any idea what he wants to do in Iraq.

For the second time in just over ten years, the United States is involved in military action in Iraq.

Viet Xuan Luong pins on a brigadier general’s star today, becoming the first Vietnamese-American officer to achieve that rank.

Once again, Republicans demonstrate why they have problems with Latino voters.

The war in Gaza seems to be winding down, but the underlying issues remain.

Some words from the past, apparently uttered mere hours before the world changed forever.

The C.I.A. has admitted spying on Senate investigators.

LTG Michael Flynn says the United States is no safer after 13 years of war

Fairly or not, the President has created the impression that he is not a good leader, and there’s not much he can do about it at this point.

A new poll shows that Americans are divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza, but this most likely will not impact relations between the two countries.

My latest for RealClearDefense: “Senator Walsh’s Unrepresentative Black Mark on Professional Military Education”

The South and Southwest have a much higher military enlistment rate than the Northeast.

Just about two years ago, we dodged a bullet. We might not be so lucky next time.

My latest for War on the Rocks: “Don’t Believe Everything You Read in the Papers.”

Relying on the policies of a man who was President in a very different time is not a substitute for a rational foreign policy.

George Will has come under criticism for pointing out what seems to be an undeniable fact.

Crisis seems to be brewing all over the world, but the American people aren’t persuaded that it’s necessary for the United States to act.

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

Yesterday’s events are likely to be a game changer, but how the game plays out depends largely on how Europe reacts.

Someone took down a Boeing 777 over Ukraine today.

Another incident involving a Malaysia Airlines 777, but this one could be far more serious.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

My latest for The National Interest, “Europe’s Free Ride on the American-Defense Gravy Train,” has posted.

The US intelligence community is gambling that it can be more efficient through a public-private partnership than going it alone.

The NSA and FBI are doing more spy stuff.

There’s a new round of allegations about American spying on Germany.