Posts Tagged: afghanistan
Anwar Al-Awlaki and the US’s Long War On Al-Qaida
The well-deserved death of Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen continues a string of recent battlefield losses for al-Qaida, the most notable being Osama bin Laden at...
Learning From 9/11
Ten years after Sept. 11, 2001, Americans understandably ask, "Are we safer today than a decade ago?" Unfortunately, there is no mathematical formula to answer that...
Al-Qaida Gains Strength in Sinai
At the height of the Iraq War, the U.S. intelligence agencies got hold of a secret letter dated July 9, 2005, written by...
Is the U.S. Willing to Fight Against Islamic Terrorism No Matter How Long, No Matter How Costly in Blood and Treasure?
In his address to Congress after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said it was "a...
Why Tea Party Should Resist Gutting Defense
Two recent, seemingly unrelated events weigh heavily on the question of whether America will remain able to protect its national security or languish...
Jews In the Military
Throughout history, a common anti-Semitic method of incitement has been to accuse Jews of being unpatriotic. This was often largely expressed in the accusation that...
Globe at a Glance – June 27- July 3rd
June 27 The United States Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to children, calling it an...
How Obama Bungled the War in Libya
Given the duration of the war in Afghanistan, its 2012 political implications, and the extent of American casualties, it was understandable last week that much...
National Security Must Not Be an Afterthought In Upcoming Election
In the wake of Osama bin Laden's well-deserved demise, many politicians and commentators have all but erased national security as an issue in the 2012...
My Few Minutes with Tim Hetherington
Yesterday I was going through a pile of business cards that I had collected trough the last few months in order to use them for...
Obama Faces Critical Decision on Afghan Troop Withdrawal
President Obama must soon make a critical decision: how many and what type of U.S. forces to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan this summer. The July...
Libya: The Arab League Should Conduct the No-Fly Zone
Many in the international community are pushing President Obama to authorize war against the regime of Libyan dictator, Muammar el-Qaddafi. I think to undertake a third...
Afghanistan: The Endless War
There are generals and Secretaries of Defense who love war and those who don't. Eisenhower, both general and President, in his farewell speech in 1961 as...
