Outside the Beltway

The Boston Marathon bomber must be tried in a court of law.

The Army has ruled, correctly, that the victims of Major Nidal Hassan are not entitled to the Purple Heart.

An American fighting with Syrian rebels faces life in prison for firing an RPG against a government we’re trying to oust.

Targeting terrorist leadership may be counterproductive.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

Rand Paul’s questions about the nation’s drone war were only the beginning.

The Obama White House is not ruling out targeted strikes against Americans inside American territory.

Walter Russell Mead presents his sitrep of the War on Terror.

The regime we fought for in Iraq is now aiding the regime we’re fighting against (at least by proxy) in Syria.

A theory on why Benghazi will not die as a political issue.

Here we go again.

“Killing Americans,” my latest for The National Interest, has posted.

The Obama Administration has given us a peek at its legal arguments for targeted killings and they are troubling to say the least.

Ross Wilson, former US ambassador to Turkey, says yesterday’s suicide attack on our embassy in Ankara “was no Benghazi.”

The Kung Fu Panda Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Arachnid The Kid Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Basically, it’s inconsistent with the strategy.

The idea of completely pulling out of Afghanistan after 2014 is very compelling.

Killing their leaders doesn’t seem to be impacting the ability of jihadi groups to recruit and motivate more terrorists.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

Has Petraeus provided the basic explanation for the administration’s immediate responses to Benghazi?

If you thought the War On Terror might be over, think again.

First in a series of posts looking at the substance of the final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign policy.

The Pentagon considers those killed by Nidal Hassan at Fort Hood three years ago victims of workplace violence, not terrorism.

A Bangladeshi man was arrested yesterday in New York for an apparent plot to bomb Federal Buildings. The entire plot was an FBI sting operation.

President Obama is keeping the conflict in Syria at arms length. That’s a good idea.

The President has yet to tell us what he would do with a Second Term.

Osama’s driver, who was convicted of only technical crimes, has had his conviction overturned on a technicality.

The worst elements among the Syrian rebels seem to be the ones getting the arms.

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

The official narrative on the Benghazi consulate attack has changed again.

The Afghanistan War is officially eleven years old today.

Questions about why the Obama administration pretended the attacks on our Embassy in Libya were a spontaneous reaction to a video rather than a coordinated terrorist attack are gaining steam.

Good journalism? Or, bad ethics?

The Administration’s narrative regarding the attack that resulted in the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens no longer holds water.