Outside the Beltway

It’s sure beginning to look like a civil war in Iraq, albeit a rather one sided one at the moment.

The Iraqi government seems to be panicking.

Things only seem to be getting worse in Iraq.

Different name, same result in Egypt.

Hubris.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

Most Americans now see America’s decade of war as a failure.

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

The Iraqis need to learn to govern themselves, and conservatives blaming President Obama for renewed violence need a history lesson.

Congressman Steve Stockman’s primary challenge of Senator John Cornyn could be a big deal, or, more likely, it could be a dud.

Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to have soured in recent years.

The destruction of Syria’s stockpiles will be slow and laborious even if all goes according to script.

:Like his predecessors, President Obama’s speech last night exaggerated the threat that Syria poses in order to sell his plan to American voters.

President Obama’s plans in Syria are as unclear as they were before he spoke last night.

Opposing interventionism and unnecessary and unwise military engagements is not isolationism.

Heading into an intense week of Congressional lobbying, the odds still seem against the Administration on Syria.

Why are chemical weapons a “red line” in a war where so many have been killed?

President Obama seems to have forgotten the words of a certain Illinois State Senator back in 2002.

We’re almost certainly going to launch punitive strikes against Syria. They’ll almost certainly be ineffective.

United States helped Saddam Hussein launch some of the worst chemical attacks in history against Iran.

As many as 500 convicted al Qaeda terrorists were released Sunday night as part of a surge of violence that has killed thousands since April.

North Korea’s nuclear weapons aren’t going anywhere.

A decade ago. a certain New York Times columnist was more right than your humble host.

Syria’s violence is slipping across it’s borders.That’s not good news at all.