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Were the Wars Wise? Were They Worth It? Jun. 01, 2021
Through the long Memorial Day weekend, anyone who read the newspapers or watched television could no... Read More
Do We Not Have Enough Enemies? Mar. 19, 2021
Asked bluntly by ABC's George Stephanopoulos if he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is "a k... Read More
Will COVID-19 Retire the World's Policeman? Apr. 17, 2020
For declaring in March that the U.S. economy might be reopened by Easter, President Donald Trump was... Read More
Can This Pandemic Usher in a New Era? Mar. 27, 2020
To fight the coronavirus at home, France is removing all military forces from Iraq. When NATO scaled... Read More
Is This How Europe Ends? Mar. 10, 2020
"Fortress Europe is an illusion." So declares the Financial Times in the closing line of its Saturda... Read More
Endless War Feb. 03, 2020
WASHINGTON — Last Sunday, The New York Times had a big scoop. The paper learned that, accordin... Read More
Is Bernie's Hour of Power at Hand? Jan. 31, 2020
Can a septuagenarian socialist who just survived a heart attack and would be 80 years old in his fir... Read More
The Arc De Trump Jan. 24, 2020
There will be no war with Iran. Yet. This is because President Donald Trump sent troops to the threa... Read More
If Baghdad Wants Us Out, Let's Go! Jan. 07, 2020
Fifteen years after the U.S. invaded Iraq to turn Saddam Hussein's dictatorship into a beacon of dem... Read More
Is the Interventionists' Era Over for Good? Oct. 15, 2019
President Donald Trump could have been more deft and diplomatic in how he engineered that immediate ... Read More
Plenty of Candidates, but No Stars Sep. 15, 2019
WASHINGTON — When you consider how much the Democratic establishment loathes President Donald ... Read More
Democrats Turn Away From Endless War Aug. 04, 2019
For most of the past 30 years, the default American approach to global affairs has been aggressive, ... Read More
Candidates' Bad Ideas Jun. 26, 2019
So many people want to be president. Unfortunately, many have terrible ideas. Sen. Kamala Harris wa... Read More
Trump's Addiction to Conflict Sours Our National Mood Jun. 13, 2019
A decade ago, America was in crisis. The economy was battered by the worst downturn since the Great ... Read More
Is Bernie Stealing Trump's 'No More Wars' Issue? Apr. 19, 2019
"The president has said that he does not want to see this country involved in endless wars... I agre... Read More
Balance Sheet of the Forever War Sep. 05, 2018
"It is time for this war in Afghanistan to end," said Gen. John Nicholson in Kabul on his retirement... 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
America's Unsustainable Empire Apr. 24, 2018
Before President Trump trashes the Iran nuclear deal, he might consider: If he could negotiate an id... Read More
How Trump's Presidency Will Be Judged Apr. 03, 2018
On many issues — naming Scalia-like judges and backing Reagan-like tax cuts — President ... Read More
The Vietnam Syndrome: How We Lost It, Why We Need It Sep. 21, 2017
In Kabul, Afghanistan, American Embassy personnel who want to meet with their counterparts at the ne... Read More
