Jeb Bush Has His Own Iraq Quagmire
Iraq seems to becoming a political headache for yet another member of the Bush family.
Iraq seems to becoming a political headache for yet another member of the Bush family.
Seymour Hersh is out with a conspiracy theory about the death of Osama bin Laden that just doesn’t make sense.
Like most Republicans, Jeb Bush either fails or refuses to recognize what an utter, unjustifiable disaster his brother’s decision to invade Iraq actually was.
Jeb Bush told a group of supporters that his brother is his top Middle East policy adviser. This strikes me as being a bad idea.
Rand Paul bucks Republican orthodoxy on Iraq, Libya, and negotiations with Iran.
Saudi Arabia’s new King has shaken up the Royal Family, and that could have interesting results.
Marco Rubio is often described as one of the GOP’s leaders on foreign policy, but a close look reveals a decided lack of substance.
The former CIA Director received no jail time and a nuisance-level fine in exchange for a guilty plea to espionage charges.
Like nearly all of his fellow Republicans, Jeb Bush has adopted the disastrous foreign policy views that typified his brother’s Presidency.
One freshman Senator seems to think that war with Iran would be easy, just like Republicans used to think that war against Iraq would be easy.
An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.
Rand Paul has changed position on several foreign policy issues, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it.
Scott Walker’s response to the Iranian nuclear deal is perhaps the most irresponsible so far.
The Iranian nuclear accords are barely 24 hours old and some people have already made up their mind about them.
President George W. Bush had a running battle with the CIA throughout his eight years in office. Now, they’ve given him an award.
More than ever before, even mild criticism of Israel seems to be verboten among Republicans.
Ben Carson doesn’t seem to know much about foreign policy or history. And he doesn’t belong on anyone’s list of serious Presidential candidates.
The president is the commander-in-chief of the US armed forces. He’s not commander-in-chief of the United States.
Senate Republicans have done more harm to the goal of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons than they have done good.
The gang calling itself the Islamic State has destroyed another historical site.
Iraqi army and Iranian army in joint offensive to retake Tikrit.
The most widely honored General from the Iraq and Afghanistan War has plead guilty to sharing classified information with his mistress.
The Atlantic has a fascinating cover story by Graeme Wood titled “What ISIS Really Wants.”
There’s no excuse for the former NBC anchor’s lies. But there are reasons.
ISIS apparently now has a foothold in Libya, and is making inroads in Yemen.
Daniel Larison is far less ambivalent about our war on ISIL than me.
Explaining my ambivalence around the latest escalation in our intervention.
Most in the international relations community are not amused by the president’s National Security Strategy.
President Obama will ask Congress to authorize a war he started six months ago.
A big change in an important nation in the most volatile part of the world.
ISIS owns more territory than it did when the US bombing campaign began.
The price of oil is continuing to fall, but it won’t last forever.
Some are criticizing the President for not going to Paris for yesterday’s rally.
David Petraeus provided highly classified secrets to his mistress. Will he be charged?
The men responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre are dead, but the problems for France, and the rest of Europe, may just be at the beginning.
The news cycle in 2014 seemed to be dominated by a series of real and phony “crises” that grabbed our attention for short periods of time.
The ground troops that United States has not sent into Iraq to fight ISIL are reportedly in Iraq fighting ISIL.
The costs of more than a decade of war are far higher than many ever thought, and we’re still paying the price for the fiscal irresponsibility of the Bush Administration while they were being fought.