May was Iraq’s deadliest month in nearly five years, with more than 1,000 dead — both civilians and security personnel — in a rash of bombings, shootings, and other violence. As we read each day of new horrors in Iraq, it becomes more obvious that the U.S. invasion...
Are We On the Brink of World War III?
Several commentators have pointed to the similarities between the pre-World War I era and our own. While every historical analogy is, by definition, inexact, they are right to raise the alarm. In 1914, Europe was divided into two camps: the Entente, consisting of...
Three Syrians Among Ten Killed in Iraq Attacks
Six Killed Across Iraq
Eleven Killed as May Comes to a Close in Iraq
John McCain Cuddles Up to Syrian Kidnappers
When Sen. John McCain went to Syria to meet with Syrian "rebel" commanders and call for sending them US arms, he snuck over the border with Turkey to the town of Azaz – the headquarters of the "Northern Storm Brigade," and the site of a 2012 kidnapping by Syrian...
Are Washington, Moscow, and Beijing Creating a New Cold War?
Imagine for a moment that in 2010, China’s leaders had announced a long-term, up to $60 billion arms deal with an extreme Islamic fundamentalist regime in the Middle East, one that was notoriously repressive to women and a well-known...
Baghdad Blasts Continue; 42 Killed, 129 Wounded
An Assault on Freedom of the Press
The firestorm commenced by the revelation of the execution of a search warrant on the personal email server of my Fox News colleague James Rosen continues to rage, and the conflagration engulfing the First Amendment continues to burn; and it is the Department of...
Afghanistan: Is It Really the End Game?
Gunmen in Pakistan on Monday set ablaze five trucks carrying NATO equipment out of Afghanistan as the international military alliance winds down it combat mission there, officials said. -Agence-France Presse, 3/1/13 There is nothing that better sums up the utter...


