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The Middle Way Jan. 15, 2019
One unremarked side effect of the uproar that goes by the name of Donald Trump is the hardening ever... Read More
Good Riddance to UNESCO Jan. 07, 2019
As of the opening of the new year, the United States is no longer a member of the United Nations Edu... Read More
Trump & The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On? Jan. 04, 2019
If there is a more anti-Trump organ in the American establishment than The Washington Post, it does ... Read More
Trump's Right About 'Ridiculous' Misuse of US Forces Jan. 02, 2019
Donald Trump has been complaining for years about the promiscuous use of American military personnel... Read More
How the War Party Lost the Middle East Jan. 01, 2019
"Assad must go, Obama says." So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. The story ... Read More
As in Kipling's Day, Military Deployments Needed to Prevent Unknowable Threats Dec. 28, 2018
The numbers are small, the terrain unfamiliar, the cast of characters chaotic and the clash of inter... Read More
Syria and a Media That Cried Wolf Dec. 24, 2018
When the Trump White House revoked one of CNN's nearly 50 permanent press passes, many Washington re... Read More
Leaving Syria Beats the Alternative Dec. 23, 2018
There are two established rules for withdrawing American troops from foreign conflicts. The first is... Read More
Will Trump Hold Firm on Syrian Pullout? Dec. 21, 2018
"We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there," wrote President Donald Trump, as h... Read More
Kicking Allies Dec. 21, 2018
President Donald Trump's behavior is unprecedented, but his decision to withdraw our troops from Syr... Read More
Trump's Delusional ISIS Policy Dec. 21, 2018
Donald Trump has vanquished the Islamic State group, and it is time for American troops to come home... Read More
Are We Taking Our Security for Granted Amid Trump Chaos? Dec. 21, 2018
Wander the twinkling streets of Manhattan in this holiday season and marvel. Not at the wondrous sto... Read More
If Americans Can't Drive in Afghanistan, Can We Remake Syria? Sep. 12, 2018
Seventeen years ago, U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and prevent al-Qaida f... Read More
Is Trump Going Neocon in Syria? Sep. 11, 2018
Is President Donald Trump about to intervene militarily in the Syrian civil war? For that is what he... Read More
Israel at 70: Bibi's Troubled Hour of Power May. 15, 2018
For Bibi Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister save only founding father David Ben-Guri... Read More
Are Bibi and Bolton in the Wheel House Now? May. 11, 2018
Brushing aside the anguished pleas of our NATO allies, President Trump Tuesday contemptuously trashe... Read More
Don't Trash the Nuclear Deal! May. 08, 2018
This next week may determine whether President Trump extricates us from that cauldron of conflict th... Read More
War and the Separation of Powers Apr. 26, 2018
A popular way to begin the first day of class in constitutional law in many American law schools is ... Read More
Expect the North Korea Talks to Be Fruitless Apr. 22, 2018
Donald Trump says that if his meeting with Kim Jong Un "is not fruitful," he will "respectfully leav... Read More
Trump Wages War Wherever and Whenever He Wants Apr. 18, 2018
The day before Donald Trump ordered a missile attack on three sites tied to chemical weapons product... Read More
