Outside the Beltway

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.

Things look to be going from bad to worse in Gaza.

My latest collaboration with Butch Bracknell, “Ahmed Abu Khattala and the Miranda-Rights Question,” has posted in The National Interest.

Hobby Lobby Is an important decision, but it’s one that the Supreme Court handed down a week earlier that will have the widest impact.

Americans disapprove of how the President is handling Iraq, but they don’t like what his critics are proposing either.

The First World War played an intriguing role in the birth of the radical Islam we are dealing with today.

And odd report from Washington Post and Stars and Stripes.

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

For some reason, President Obama wants to arm so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

Is ISIS about to make the situation in the Levant even worse?

Native American names are everywhere.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

My latest for The Hill, co-authored with Butch Bracknell: “Explaining the Sinclair demotion.”

My latest for The National Interest, “Neoconservatives, the Iraq Debate and Ad Hominem Attacks,” has posted.

The right to fly can’t be denied on mere whim.

The evidence is clear. When it comes to the ability to handle foreign crises, the President has lost the public’s confidence.

The Kentucky Senator and former Vice-President are at the front of a battle that will unfold inside the GOP as we head toward 2016.