Cable television is flush with chatter about a potential terrorist threat from ISIS. But put down the remote for a moment and consider this: Contrary to what many in the news are saying, ISIS is not an international terrorist organization…
Author: Steve
Does ISIS Threaten the United States? – The First of a Series
The last few months have seen a lot of media chatter about ISIS, the Salafist Muslim extremist group that has taken over large portions of Iraq and Syria. Since ISIS beheaded two American journalists a few weeks ago, the volume…
Quick Take: The Problem With Going After ISIS
U.S. v. ISIS w/boots on the ground = a possible repeat of Bush’s war, and for many of the same reasons that war transpired the way it did. U.S. v. ISIS w/o boots on the ground = a possible repeat…
A Few Foreign Policy Questions Every Candidate Should Answer
Americans will go to the polls in a matter of weeks. Every Congressional candidate this fall and every 2016 presidential hopeful should be asked the following questions: What would you do if Russia annexed, whether practically or in fact, additional…
Are There War Crimes in Gaza?
A few thoughts on a touchy subject A number of people have asked me for my take on one aspect or another of what is happening in Israel and Palestine. (In 1948, the UN said they each were entitled their…
False Indignation, Anyone?
Sometimes, a little recognition of the obvious is nice, especially when the obvious facts are that the Russians spy on the U.S. and American diplomats (gasp) curse. http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/02/what-a-bunch-of-babies/#.UvatcF6vylg
Why Iraq Today Should Tell Us Something About Afghanistan Tomorrow
In an op-ed piece in today’s Washington Post, David Ignatius quotes an anonymous former government official as noting that “[w]hat is tragic is that Iraq’s slide toward an Iranian axis and civil war were not only predictable but indeed predicted…
Prediction: Dennis Rodman helped the CIA, unknowingly.
In 30 or 40 years, when the documents are declassified, we’ll learn that when Dennis Rodman took several former NBA players on a trip to North Korea in early 2014, one or more of those men were asked by the…
We’re not off the ground yet…
…but the tanks are fueling. Check back in the coming days as we begin to publish early pre-launch content!