Does Decapitating Terrorist Leaderships Work?
Killing their leaders doesn’t seem to be impacting the ability of jihadi groups to recruit and motivate more terrorists.
Reconsidering The Petraeus Hagiography
The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.
Drone War Discussion Absent from Campaign
My latest for The New Republic, “America’s Scandalous Drone War Goes Unmentioned in the Campaign,” is out.
Report: U.S. Knew Benghazi Attack Was Terrorism Within 24 Hours
The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.
Protests At Western Embassies Spread Across Muslim World
For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.
An Appearance Of Impropriety At Justice
It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.
Jimmy Carter: U.S. Under Obama Is A “Widespread Violator Of Human Rights”
From one Nobel Peace Prize winner to another.
Obama’s Kill List: Does Anyone Care?
You have Martin Luther King’s statue in your office, but you are sending these unmanned drones out, and bombs are dropping on innocent people.
Drone Creep and the Rumsfeld Question
My first piece for The New Republic, “Why the Obama Administration’s Drone War May Soon Reach a Tipping Point,” is up.
The bin Laden Raid And The 2012 Elections
Osama bin Laden’s death provides Barack Obama with an important political shield during the upcoming campaign.
Obama Spikes Football on Bin Laden Killing
The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.
Republican Candidates Love The Imperial Presidency
Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.
Fact Checking Mitt Romney’s Claim That the President Has “Apologized For America”
During last night’s debate, Mitt Romney repeated a charge that has become part of the conservative zeitgeist. But is it true?
Pakistan Boots U.S. From Drone Base We Weren’t Using Anyway
Our good ally Pakistan has publicly ordered us to leave a base used for “covert” CIA drone attacks.
The Beginning Of The End Of America’s Longest War
Last night, the President basically announced that America’s longest war had entered it’s end game.
White House’s ‘Libya Isn’t A War-War’ Defense Not Going Over Well In Congress
The White House’s assertion that Libya isn’t covered by the War Powers Act isn’t being accepted on Capitol Hill.
America’s Newest Secret War, Or The Same One We’ve Been Fighting For Ten Years?
American drone strikes in Yemen are intensifying. Is this a new war. or just the same one we’ve been fighting since October 2001?
2012 isn’t 1980, Either
Comparing Obama to Carter on foreign policy (especially in terms of electoral politics) doesn’t make sense.
Obama’s Conventional Foreign Policy
Stephen Walt doesn’t expect Obama’s foreign policy to change along with the names on the org chart.
New Wikileaks Cables Show Deep U.S. Concern Over Pakistan
The latest wrong of documents from Wikileaks show that American diplomats are as worried about Pakistan as the rest of us, and not quite sure how to deal with the situation.
Gingrich Draws Fire For Remarks About Obama’s “Kenyan Worldview”
Newt Gingrich is drawing fire for his comments about that the President has a “Kenyan world view.” But, will Newt every pay the price for his inflammatory rhetoric ? Don’t count on it.
