William Buckley writes this week in his syndicated column about the ghosts of Vietnam watching us in Iraq. They sure are. Everyone in Europe seems to be writing about the 1967 Six-Day War, where Israel wiped out the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies in six quick days of mayhem. Only a brave few, on the other hand, have mentioned the U.S.S. … [Read More]

Things are looking up in Iraq, according to some, that is. We are talking to the insurgents, which is obviously a good thing, but if one believes what they have to say, one is obviously an idiot—or else, one believed Bill Clinton when he told us he never had sex with that woman. Here’s why we cannot trust the Iraqis: Baghdad … [Read More]

TEHRAN: Having spent seven years living and writing about the Arab World, where foreigners are generally handled as rare and privileged species, I approached reports of Iranian unilateralism towards Westerners with suspicion. Surely it was just another case of anti-Iranian Western propaganda? The steady stream of reports coming out of Iran about Westerners being arrested, summarily tried and jailed on spying … [Read More]