On Iraq, the mainstream media did not ask the right questions until disaster was a reality. On Iran, those questions need to be asked now so that disaster can be avoided. Read more: Journalists, Obama Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran War, Iran War Hype, Reporters, Iran, Foreign Affairs, Journalism, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, [...]
Last week the Obama administration sent clear signals that it was planning to fold its tents in Afghanistan earlier than previously advertised. That set off a flurry of speculation as to why and whether we were giving up on the mission. Most of the talk is about how a retreat could be accomplished with credibility [...]
Will America learn the lessons of our folly? Certainly not fully. For that requires the kind of dispassionate self examination of which we are incapable. Read more: Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq War Withdrawal, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family News Veterans News
During an extended, rare conversation with philanthropist and author, George Soros, I asked him to assess President Obama’s foreign policy as it relates to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, given that he had been so critical of the policy during the Bush administration. The full conversation airs tonight on PBS. Read more: Iraq War, Tavis [...]
Across the Middle East today the “Arab Spring” appears to be in full bloom. Preoccupied with the disintegration of the formerly pro-American government in Yemen, the threat to its naval base in Bahrain, growing difficulties in Iraq, disorder in Egypt and Jordan, and pressure from Great Britain and France to step up military operations in [...]
Me and the guys, we stop off for a quick one the other night after softball practice, and there’s absolutely nothing worth watching so they put on Obama and we watch Obama. Personally, I’d rather just have it off, but it must be a rule or something — if you’re a bar, the TV’s always [...]
Is the United States really more secure if its neighbors view it as narrowly interested only in its own security? Do we want our nation’s reputation to be more about guns and less about helping to fight diseases and recover from natural disasters? Do we win good will and allies by being perceived as selfish? [...]
As Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzón visits Washington, DC, representing the recently inaugurated government of Juan Manuel Santos, he is saying all the right words. Now Colombia needs to see the deeds. After eight years of the Uribe Administration’s charged rhetoric that put human rights defenders’ lives in danger, it’s a relief to hear the [...]
Exactly two years ago, I stood on the icy grass of the National Mall to witness a piece of history. Many of you were there with me. There were tears, there was laughter, there was even some upset as security preparations failed to anticipate the flood of people who came to participate. But in general, [...]
Simple truths are often overlooked in military conflict. In 1862, during the early stages of the U.S. Civil War, a group of federal soldiers closed in on a young, undernourished, ragtag Confederate somewhere in Tennessee. Since he clearly owned no slaves, and did not care about the Union or cotton tariffs, he bewildered the Northern [...]
