Outside the Beltway

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

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

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

Don’t confuse modest bumps in a polling trend with actual changes in the thing being polled.

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

President Obama’s surprise announcement Friday that all U.S. forces would leave Iraq in time to be home for the holidays has been roundly condemned. While there are real concerns about what happens next, there was no better alternative.

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

Should we be outraged over the manner in which Muammar Gaddafi died? I’m not losing any sleep over it.

President Obama is set to announce that all American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year.

The post-Gaddafi era has been made permanent. What comes next?

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

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

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.”

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

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Much of politics is visceral rather than intellectual.

Stephen Hill, a US soldier serving in Iraq, was booed by some members of the audience at last night’s Republican debate.

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.”

The cable networks and the political parties will tell you otherwise, but the 2012 isn’t quite as important as they’re saying.

The U.S. War in Afghanistan sounds disturbingly similar to the Soviet one.

Far from being an existential crisis, the recent rise in public distrust in government is easily explained.

NATO is still seen as essential by 62 percent of both EU and U.S. respondents, demonstrating that the transatlantic military bond is still, despite a rough decade, firmly entrenched in American and European views of the world.

Top Democrats are starting to voice public concerns about 2012.

Accusing someone of “politicizing” a discussion of 9/11 is like accusing someone of “athleticizing” a discussion of football.

Paul Krugman chose to mark the the 10th anniversary of September 11th with an odd blog post.

The short-lived national unity spawned by the attacks of a decade ago was re-kindled for a few hours as former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush joined with Vice President Joe Biden to honor Flight 93.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

For a peace envoy, Blair has some nonpeaceful ideas.

There were eight people on the stage last night, but the GOP field has narrowed significantly.

Killing’s our business and business is good.

What does the apparent outcome of the war in Libya mean for the so-called “Responsibility To Protect” doctrine?

Steve Clemons highlights former first lady Laura Bush’s continuing work in promoting education and international engagement.

Ron Paul is again making the argument that American foreign policy has contributed to terrorism. He’s more right than wrong.

Why Big Army has trouble with small wars.

Dick Cheney’s long-awaited book’s out and he promises lots of bombshells that will have heads exploding in DC.