Posts Tagged: John Bolton Obama
Obama’s Peace Talks Are Latest Blunder in Feckless Syria Policy
Negotiations to resolve the Syrian civil war stumbled to their opening in Geneva on Friday. If peace in a united Syria is their objective, these...
Putin Is Playing Obama Like a Fiddle
Recent Russian efforts to magnify its Middle East influence have been accompanied by a seeming surge in Kremlin “reasonableness.” In fact, Russian calls for new...
John Bolton’s Grim Outlook on Iran and the Middle East (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - The setting was informal on a recent Sunday afternoon in New York City: a small-but-dry room providing a haven during a Central Park downpour...
Obama Toys With Cutting Israel Adrift in the Security Council
Immediately after Israel's March 17 election, Obama administration officials threatened to allow (or even encourage) the U.N. Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state and...
President Obama Refuses to Recognize Reality
President Obama's halting, erratic, often contradictory response to the Islamic State's emergence is a classic example how rigid ideology can distort reality. His unwillingness to...
Opinion: The Middle East’s Problems Are Ours
Chaos is engulfing the Middle East and North Africa. Islamicist militias have just captured the international airport outside Tripoli, Libya's capital, after a protracted struggle. More...
As Iraq Falls Apart, U.S. Must Stay Focused on Iran
Whole forests have been sacrificed since the stunningly swift military advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ("ISIL") to provide enough newsprint...
Opinion: Obama Sends Dangerous Message to Allies and Foes on Asia Trip
Barack Obama's Asia tour had the look and feel of a tired, uninterested president simply going through the motions. Other than just showing up, Obama did...
Opinion: A Three State Solution for Middle East Peace: Israel, Jordan, and Egypt
The collapse of President Obama's efforts to force a "negotiated" settlement between Israel and the Palestinians should prompt a thorough rethinking of his administration's entire...
Opinion: Lessons Learned From Obama’s Middle East ‘Peace Process’
Barack Obama has announced a "pause" for a "reality check" in his Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, although no one is really deceived by this euphemism. His "peace...
The Coming Explosion of American Middle East Diplomacy
President Obama has three significant Middle East diplomatic initiatives underway, treating, respectively, Iran's nuclear weapons program; Syria's deadly, exhausting conflict; and the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian dispute....
Obama Sees Weaker U.S. as Key to World Peace
On the eve of his annual State of the Union address, Barack Obama's five years as president have brought innumerable national security failures. However, beyond...
The Folly of Obama’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Push
The breaking news that al Qaeda has captured Fallujah and Ramadi raises the question whether America's sacrifices in Iraq were made in vain. It also...
Obama Fiddles While the World Burns
Nero "fiddled," so they say, while Rome burned. Today, this epigram all too accurately describes President Obama's approach to U.S. national security. For five years,...
