Outside the Beltway

Despite the President’s assurances of an international coalition, the rest of the world doesn’t seem all that interested in joining the fight.

Is ISIS about to make the situation in the Levant even worse?

Things only seem to be getting worse in Iraq.

Contrary to the oft-repeated slogan, the United States has negotiated with terrorists before. And we will do it again.

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

Bombing Country B to “send a message” to Country A is not a valid argument for bombing Country B.

Score one for Team Bush?

The president’s public dithering on Syria is drawing jeers from friend and foe alike.

Some questions that the Administration needs to answer before attacking Syria.

We’re almost certainly going to launch punitive strikes against Syria. They’ll almost certainly be ineffective.

In both Egypt and Syria, it’s damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

The U.S. is now confirming that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons. What’s next?

Former President Bill Clinton says President Obama should ignore the polls and intervene in Syria.

Has the West inadvertently handed Iran a victory in Syria?

The same story yet again.

Syria’s violence is slipping across it’s borders.That’s not good news at all.

Is the White House distancing itself from the President’s “red line” remarks about Syria?

Arming the Syrian rebels may do nothing more than prolong a seemingly endless war, and pull the United States into a conflict it shouldn’t be involved in.

President Obama may regret drawing a line in the sand over Syrian chemical weapons.

The smear campaign against defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel has taken a bizarre turn.

The son of a former Israeli Prime Minister proposes an utterly insane idea.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas appears to be heading in one unfortunate direction.

The argument that the United States should start assisting the rebellion in Syria has many flaws.

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

A new IAEA report may make an Israeli strike on Iran in the near future more likely than it has ever been.

President Obama issued a warning to Syria today over its chemical weapons stockpiles.

Several key members of the Syrian government were killed in a suicide bomb attack today in Damascus.

US Army Special Forces are the best we have at working with far-flung villagers. Are they good enough?

Arizona’s senior Senator want’s to bomb Syria.

Yet another sign that international intervention in Syria is most likely never going to happen.

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

It’s time for another round of speculation about Iran and its nuclear program.

The world is starting to denounce the crackdown in Syria, but the reaction seems unlikely to go much beyond strongly worded statements.

President Obama doubled down in his speech before this year’s AIPAC conference. Why he did so only he understands.