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Iran

October 2, 2020

The Iran Protests -- and The New York Times

In the last few days there have been anti-government protests all over Iran. The BBC reports this as of Friday night, in a story entitled “Iranian...

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Iran

October 2, 2020

Ideology and Foreign Policy

Barack Obama undertook two supremely ideological foreign policy moves. In both cases he seemed largely motivated by myths about American "crimes" in...

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Air Warfare

October 2, 2020

Israel's Bombing of a Weapons Factory in Syria: What Comes Next?

This week Israel bombed a site in Syria, from Lebanese air space. This was the so-called Scientific Studies and Researchers Center in Masyaf, a city...

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Middle East

October 3, 2020

The United Nations Resolution on Israel

Since the adoption last week the Security Council resolution on Israel, I’ve had my say in The Weekly Standard and The Washington Post condemning the...

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Uncategorized

October 3, 2020

The Obama Legacy in Cuba

Moving fast in his waning months, President Obama concluded he had not done enough to overturn U. S.

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Iran

October 3, 2020

Obama: See No Evil, See No Enemies

Two almost simultaneous events in recent days have shed even more light on the Obama administration’s treatment of America’s enemies. In Cuba, a...

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Terrorism

October 3, 2020

Where Is Obama On Assad's Use of Chemical Weapons?

The Assad regime continues to attack its own population with chemical weapons. The weapon now is chlorine gas, the very thing outlawed after its use...

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Land (Conventional Warfare)

October 3, 2020

Obama's "Red Line" Crossed Again in Syria?

“We struck a deal where we got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out,” said Secretary of State Kerry about Syria almost two years ago. This was in...

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Middle East

October 3, 2020

Obama - Syria Delusions, Round Two

In 2012, the group that is supposed to be the senior national security team–the secretary of state (Hillary Clinton), secretary of defense (Leon...

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Uncategorized

October 3, 2020

Obama and Cuba: Ideology over National Security

In previous posts I’ve argued that President Obama’s “opening to Cuba” gave the Castro brothers everything they wanted and got nothing for the United...

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