Outside the Beltway

While unfortunate, the loss of an RQ-170 drone over Iran may not be the intelligence disaster some make it out to be.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

Despite our rather obvious problems, we’re in great shape compared to the rest of the developed world and, especially, to even our fairly recent ancestors.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

With the Super Committee dead, 2012 is likely to see a fight over the defense cuts set to take place starting in 2013.

Thomas Ricks posts several recommendations for fixing the Army. Most of them are really, really stupid.

Herman Cain has either doubled down on his foreign policy ignorance or proven himself a man of great nuance.

We’re running out of excuses.

Last night, Herman Cain established that he simply isn’t prepared to be Commander in Chief.

Huntsman will gain little if any traction and none of the frontrunners really helped or hurt themselves.

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

The remains of US servicemen killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were thrown out with the trash.

Let’s compare Iraq and Iran.

If Occupy protestors getting hit by cars in two cities is the beginning of a trend, so is a second Iraq War veteran being seriously injured by police during the Occupy Oakland protestors.

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

It’s time for another round of speculation about Iran and its nuclear program.

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

SFC Kristoffer Bryan Domeij was killed in action in Afghanistan Saturday, on his fourteenth combat tour.

Our good friend Hamid Karzai, contemplating a war between the United States and our good allies Pakistan, says that he would of course fight with Pakistan.

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

Obama is trying to get into Guinness under “US President with Most Simultaneous Wars”

What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?

A computer virus has infected America’s fleet of Predator and Reaper drones.

Mike Flynn, the 2-star who blasted military intelligence, is now the 3-star charged with fixing military intelligence.

Ahead of his big foreign policy speech, Mitt Romney has unveiled his “Foreign Policy and National Security Advisory Team” which “will assist Governor Romney as he presents his vision for restoring American leadership in the world and securing our enduring interests and ideals abroad.”

Protestors have converged on DC, rallying against Afghanistan, Wall Street, and stuff.

Ten years ago tomorrow, President Bush announced that “the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.”

I will appearing on “Power Play with Chris Stirewalt” on Fox News Live this morning discussing America’s ten years in Afghanistan and other topics.

One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting.

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.

In an interview, President Obama says that Americans are worse off than they were four years ago.

Debating proposed changes to the US military’s retirement system.

During last night’s debate, Mitt Romney repeated a charge that has become part of the conservative zeitgeist. But is it true?

The second half of the President’s political strategy is in place. Don’t mistake it for a serious legislative effort.

As more details roll in on President Obama’s millionaire tax hike, it’s looking like it was drawn up by J. Wellington Wimpy: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”