Outside the Beltway

Is no one thinking about the end state?

Apparently, not the president or his “leadership council.”

Memes, movies, TV shows, and actual war. One of these things is not like the other.

What could go wrong?

Shooting down cheap drones with expensive missiles is problematic in more ways than one.

More excerpts from excellent columns I’ve read.

I’m sure there’s a plan for that.

“Major combat operations” are underway.

The quest for the elusive Peace Prize continues.

It’s not an unprecedented stance.

The SOUTHCOM commander has resigned and the Senate is debating, but it won’t matter.

Whatever that means.

The war is on.

The Asia pivot is happening very slowly.

Will the Netanyahu government double down on its weakening of Iran?

Our premier intelligence agency will focus on the Western hemisphere.

The bad guys are having a bad week.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

Peace, for a time.

US and regional leaders are hoping for a limited operation.

A massive Israeli operation. To what end?

The fight has now expanded to a third front.

There is a strong push inside the administration to allow use of US weapons to strike Russia.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

It was the least they could do.

Two related questions.

Some initial thoughts.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

The game of tit-for-tat continues.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

Hamas gets rewarded for its crimes.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

The tables have turned.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

A standoff over social issues may derail a $900 billion budget bill.

Sigh.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

A controversial artillery round is being used effectively against Russian forces.

A welcome development in a long and bloody war.