Posts Tagged: Libya
The President’s Catastrophic Mideast Policy
At every conceivable level, the Obama administration's Middle East policies are spiraling into a disastrous free-fall. Even Obama's friend, PA president Mahmoud Abbas, has explicitly accused...
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...
Eric Cantor’s Showdown with President Obama
The 'Responsibility to protect' is currently being debated in American policy circles. Do wealthy nations have an obligation to intervene when innocents are being slaughtered...
Chavez Embraces Gaddafi and Tehran
The Libyan war has nothing to do to with humanitarian concerns, a senior member of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ruling party said this week. According to...
Irresponsible
President Obama's use of military force in Libya has come under intense criticism across the American political spectrum. There is widespread disagreement over what U.S....
From Napoleon to Mubarak: Jews and Revolution
Jews with a strong historical sense may be excused for their uncertainty about how to respond to the revolutions and armed conflicts currently rocking the...
Where Do We Start and When Do We Stop?
I listened intently this week to the speech given by President Barack Obama explicitly intended to explain to the American public why the U.S. decided...
What On Earth Is This War For?
A few months ago 'bringing Gaddafi in from the cold' was the crowning achievement of British foreign policy in the present millennium. Now we're bombing...
4 Mistakes We Cannot Make Again When We Sanction a Military Intervention
After nearly a month of signaling disinterest in or outright opposition to imposing a no-fly zone against Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, President Barrack Obama did...
New Regimes Might Mean Disaster for the U.S. and Israel
To some, the "populist" protests in Egypt, Libya and many other Arab nations and the toppling of dictators is a sign of Muslims expressing their...
Palin Doctrine Emerges as Arab League Echoes Her Demarche on Libya
The call by the Arab League for Western military intervention in an Arab state — in this case asking that a UN "no-fly zone" be...
How Israel Could Revolutionize the Global Energy Sector
Libyan oil accounts for less than 2 percent of world oil production, yet the revolt against Muammar Qaddafi has managed to shoot up the price...
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...
Libya Needs Action Now
Momentum in Libya's civil war has recently shifted to Moammar Gadhafi, although the final outcome remains uncertain. Nonetheless, President Obama's indecisiveness has unquestionably limited American...
