To Win in Baghdad, Strike at Tehran
As early as next week, President Bush is expected to give a major speech announcing a new strategy in Iraq. This is an excellent opportunity for the administration to announce a big strategic change that could dramatically improve
Captain Obvious to the Rescue
The problem in Iraq is that we can't withdraw US troops because the Iraqi military is not adequately trained to maintain security on its own? Well then, the ISG tells us, all we need to do is to train the Iraqi military so that they can
The Democratic Party Adds Nothing to the National Debate
Like many on the right, I have been deeply unsatisfied with the Republican Congress. The Republicans, I thought, ought to lose enough seats in the November congressional elections that they feel
'Peace with Honor' in Iraq?
The big realist idea is their recommendation to engage in negotiations with Iran and Syria to convince these two terrorist states to "stabilize" Iraq--a recommendation subsequently taken up by Tony Blair.
"D" Stands for "Defeat"
Perhaps this is the lesson President Bush took from the Vietnam War: that a war requires the support of the American people. But he has funny way of going about it. Bush would be much better off asking the American people to support the
Republicans Back on the Offensive
Two weeks ago, President Bush had successfully focused the mid-term elections around the most important issue of the day: the War on Terrorism and the need to stay and fight in Iraq. Then the Foley story hit, and every issue of actual
We Can't Continue Waiting on Events
In his 2002 State of the Union address, President Bush promised that he would not "wait on events while dangers gather." The United States, he vowed, "will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's
Robert Tracinski is Not Impressed
Captain Obvious to the rescue: The problem in Iraq is that we can't withdraw US troops because the Iraqi military is not adequately trained to maintain security on its own? Well then, the ISG tells us, all we need to
To influence Iran: end the music, or, heck, just start a war.
But banishing music from Radio Farda would be preferable to dropping all international broadcasting in favor of a rollicking war with Iran, per the proposal of one Robert Tracinski: "We are already in a regional war with Iran,
The War Comes to Us
If, in the face of repeated threats and provocation by an aggressive dictatorship, you refuse to go to war, the war will eventually come to you. That's the meaning of Iran's de facto declaration of
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