A Real Foreign Policy Debate

This Wednesday a debate between Bruce Fein (former associate deputy attorney general in the Reagan administration and author of American Empire: Before the Fall) and radio host/Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Kuhner. It will be moderated by American Conservative...

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Bibi Spills the Beans

Liel Leibovitz and Gideon Levy have the rundown on a just-publicized tape of Benjamin Netanyahu from 2001. Addressing an audience at the West Bank settlement of Ofra without realizing that the cameras are running, Netanyahu claims that he has “de facto put an end to...

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Somalia Spin Could Make You Dizzy

Actually, that seems to be the very point of idiotic statements by none other than the President of the United States, shocking I know, referring to the recent Uganda bombings, such as: "On the one hand, you have a vision of an Africa on the move, an Africa that is...

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John Bolton’s “Armed Social Workers”

As part of the continuing discussion of Michael Steele, Judge Andrew Napolitano and Rep. Ron Paul bravely take on former UN Ambassador and AEI senior fellow John Bolton with passion but the winning zinger goes to Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies...

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Independent Learns The Wrong Lesson on Uganda

Some of the chaos and bloodshed of everyday life on the streets of Mogadishu was visited on the Ugandan capital on Sunday night. As the bodies of innocents ripped apart while they watched the World Cup final are buried and the burnt remains are sifted there is a...

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The Rise of the Monkey Terrorist

Asymmetrical Monkey Warfare to Challenge America's Dominance of Central Asia. When Senator Lindsey Graham was calling for the abandonment of the drawdown date for Afghanistan, saying "Gen. Petraeus needs to get this monkey off his back," he perhaps didn't realize how...

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Somali pirate wannabes?

Earlier this week Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu once again claimed that when they attacked the Mavi Marmara peace convoy on May 31 in international waters, the high-seas Israeli pirates -- euphemistically called "commandos" -- were acting in...

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