Trump: Prisoner of the War Party?

“Ten days ago, President Trump was saying ‘the United States should withdraw from Syria.’ We convinced him it was necessary to stay.” Thus boasted French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday, adding, “We convinced him it was necessary to stay for the long term.” Is the U.S. indeed in the Syrian civil war “for the ...


What the Fall of Ramadi Means

The fall of Ramadi, capital of Anbar, largest province in Iraq, after a rout of the Iraqi army by a few hundred ISIS fighters using bomb-laden trucks, represents a stunning setback for U.S. policy. When President Obama declared that we ...

Decapitation and Capitulation

The week after the murdering scum of ISIS beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya"€”their crime was being Christians"€”the European Commission opened an investigation of Christian schools in Britain for allegedly ...

The Ultimate Enemy of ISIS

The president’s request for the authorization to use military force against the Islamic State has landed in a Congress as divided as the country. That division was mirrored in the disparate receptions Obama’s resolution ...

Lord Cromer

The Folly of Liberal Imperialism

When, half an eternity ago, I was a small boy who collected stamps, I was very favorably disposed toward King Farouk. I noticed that Egyptian stamps were never the same in taste or quality after his overthrow, and in those days I judged ...

Petra, Jordan

Jordan’s Influx of the Unwanted

Few Westerners could locate Jordan on a map. If they think about it at all, it likely concerns Queen Noor, the glamorous wife of former King Hussein. So why should anyone bother knowing anything about Jordan? First and foremost, ...

Tahrir Square

The Arab Spring Turns to Summer

Roughly one year ago Mohamed Morsi won Egypt's presidential election. At the time there was jubilation and optimism. Finally, the head of state would represent the people.   It took twelve months to appreciate the caliber of the people ...

Three Waves of Mediocrity

The Obama regime's official explanation for the murder of our ambassador to Libya and three staffers amid the destruction of our Benghazi consulate"€”that it was spontaneous and quasi-legitimized by an anti-Muhammad film"€”seems to ...

America’s Newest Enemy?

WASHINGTON"€”I was visiting Pakistan's ambassador to the United States in the spring of 2011 when the phone on his desk rang.   "€œThe hotline,"€ he said. "€œSorry, I have to take this call."€    As he listened, his ...

Chemical Imbalances

A senior Syrian government spokesman has confirmed that his nation possesses chemical weapons and might employ them against a "€œforeign aggressor."€ Bashar al-Assad's embattled regime just managed to shoot itself in both feet, ...


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