A plan for de-escalation that secures the administration’s early wins is in the best interest of all parties—including the saner elements in Iran.
Tag: Afghanistan
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A Return to the Only Real ‘Rule-Based International Order’: National Interest
After more than 30 years of bowing to the liberal, post-Cold War “Rules-Based International Order,” Trump has upended U.S. foreign policy in favor of one grounded in its real national interests.
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Stronger Vetting Won’t Fix It
After last week’s D.C. shooting, America doesn't need stronger vetting—it needs fewer immigrants.
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Who Are We to Say Iran Can’t Be a Nuclear Power?
Even if Iran were to possess nuclear weapons, any threat of their offensive use would trigger an American strike that would end Iran as a geopolitical entity.
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How Trump’s Iran Attack Looks Through MAGA Eyes
The nuclear-site bombings recall unhappy memories of past interventions and risk a wider war that would alienate the president’s supporters.
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Saying It Doesn’t Make It So
We must let the light of truth shine in our politics and government if we ever hope to restore faith in our institutions.
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Will Fox News Outlive the Boomers?
Fox News continues occupying the right-center in American politics, but the rising generation of American rightists are miles further off to starboard.
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How Nations Die
England's invaders face less resistance than ever as they settle among an unarmed public led by self-hating flaccid clerks. This is how it ends.
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Five Factors Behind Trump’s Triumph
How Donald Trump defied expectations to win the 2024 election.
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Military Ranks Are Thinning but Revival May Be Coming
The woke and overcommitted military of the last couple decades has had a hard time recruiting. We are ripe for a change.
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Neocon Artistry and Its Discontents
The Neocons, with the political left, now comprise a uniparty elite that confuses the interests of the state with the interests of the American people.
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Biden’s Debate Lies
Biden’s political future may be in doubt. But no matter what becomes of him, he can rest assured that his lies will never be exposed by the self-appointed guardians of “Our Democracy™.”
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‘International Chaos’—Connect the Dots to Biden
Biden's retreat from leadership is in keeping with his long-standing policies and example, with predictable results on the international scene.
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The New Middle East Strategic Landscape
Without U.S. engagement the Middle East is assuming peace and stability as a new balance of power quickly develops.
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Afghanistan, One Year After the U.S. Withdrawal
The bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan did not damage the global power of the U.S., but it altered the geopolitical landscape in that region, and it left a trail of humanitarian destruction in its wake.
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Exporting Political Correctness
During the early days of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the White House frequently trotted out Laura Bush to laud our soldiers’ heroic efforts to “liberate” women. These were not wars of aggression or conquest. They were wars for “education,” the former schoolteacher averred: “The United States government is wholeheartedly committed to the full...