Outside the Beltway

What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

The key to my understanding of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy rollout is the assumption “this is fundamentally a campaign document rather than a governing platform.”

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

We may have entered a new and dangerous phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

If you’re interested in knowing how the candidates would handle a foreign policy crisis, last night’s debate was mostly unhelpful.

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Foolishly, the Palestinians are going forward with their effort to get Palestinian statehood recognized by the United Nations.

Businessman Bob Turner (R) defeated state Assemblyman David Weprin (D) in the special election for the House seat held by former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D). State Sen. Mark Amodei (R) beat state Treasurer Kate Marshall (D) in a special election for the House seat left open by Sen. Dean Heller (R), who was appointed to replace Sen. John Ensign (R).

Was it wrong for the NFL to schedule its opening Sunday on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks?

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Ron Paul is again making the argument that American foreign policy has contributed to terrorism. He’s more right than wrong.

With a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast, the House Majority Leader is engaged in an accounting exercise.

Success in Libya does not make the American mission any less unjustified than it was on the day President Obama announced it.

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

The Supreme Court is being asked to decided if Congress can overrule a foreign policy position the U.S. has held since 1948.

News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.

A bomb blast in Oslo’s government center has killed at least two people and a presumably related shooting spree at a nearby children’s camp are being investigated as terrorist related.

Jeff Jacoby claims that marriage cannot be redefined.

Tim Pawlenty’s foreign policy speech shows him siding with the hawks, and joining in the neocon distortion of Reagan’s legacy.

Our long national nightmare is nearly over.

Michele Bachmann is not Sarah Palin.

Why isn’t the GOP calling out religious bigotry from one of its candidates?

The United States is pressuring the Netanyahu government to move off its hard line.

It appears that the Syrian military is starting to fracture. Exactly how widespread this is remains to be seen.

Some people still think Mitt Romney’s religion is a relevant issue.

The Nuthin’ Yahoo Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

I get the impression that a lot of people don’t even know what “the 1967 borders” are or why they tend to be considered the logical point of departure for any type of peace negotiations.