Russia Confirms Metrojet 9268 Brought Down By Bomb
Confirming speculation that had already been all but confirmed, we now know that it was a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet on October 31st.
Confirming speculation that had already been all but confirmed, we now know that it was a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet on October 31st.
In the wake of the attacks in Paris, there’s a strong impulse to do “something,” but that doesn’t mean we should do something utterly foolish. And a no-fly zone would be utterly foolish.
Much more so than in the past, the race for the Republican Presidential race has become a battle to define what it means to be a ‘conservative.’ Especially on issues like immigration and national security, one side seems to be winning the battle.
France launched its first attacks against ISIS even as the investigation into Friday’s attacks continues, but it’s not clear that the retaliation really accomplished anything.
The initial responses of the Republican candidates for President to the attacks in Paris are about what you’d expect, but it’s far too early to tell what impact the events of the weekend will have on the race for President here in the United States.
The news that at least some of the men who were involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris were among the refugees who have arrived in Europe since the summer is likely to complicate an already complicated situation.
We are legally, morally, and practically obligated to respond. Let’s not do so stupidly.
A Saturday night debate wasn’t likely to get much attention to begin with. A Saturday night debate in the wake of a major terrorist attack, and a major football game for Iowa’s premier college football team, likely got even less attention. That’s probably good news for Hillary Clinton, and bad news for her two remaining rivals.
France’s President blames ISIS, vows response, as death toll from Paris terror attacks stands at at least 127.
Reports of at least up to sixty dead, a hostage situation, and attacks at multiple locations in Paris.
Donald Trump’s latest tirade has led to another round of speculation as to whether or not he’s ‘gone too far’ and reached the beginning of the end of his campaign. Don’t count on it.
Ben Carson displays incoherence and ignorance on foreign policy issues that disqualify him from being considered a serious candidate for President of the United States.
In the wake of President Obama’s to send Special Forces to Syria, a new poll finds the public doesn’t like the idea very much.
Republicans haven’t really moved beyond the legacy of George W. Bush’s failed Administration as much as they’d like to think, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting them very much.
The investigation continues, but the consensus seems to be growing that Metrojet 9268 was taken out by a bomb.
America’s much touted international coalition against ISIS is, essentially a Coalition In Name Only.
President Obama has apparently come to the same realization as many of his predecessors, that trying to craft a legacy by single-handedly bring about “Middle East Peace” is largely a waste of time.
American intelligence officials are saying that a Russian passenger jet that went down over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was most likely brought down by a bomb.
President Obama came to office inheriting the legacy of one unnecessary war, and another that had faded from memory. He will leave office with Iraq and Syria in crisis, Europe uneasy, Yemen and Libya unstable breeding grounds for terrorism, and China doing whatever it is they’re doing.
Another day, another military escalation in the Middle East.
President Obama is reportedly considering a plan that would put American forces much closer to the ground war in the war against ISIS.
The U.S. and Russia have reached a much-needed deal to avoid inadvertent confrontations over the skies of Syria.
The plan to withdraw nearly all American forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016 is being put on hold.
In addition to doing everything she needed to do last night, Hillary Clinton also destroyed whatever logic remained for a Joe Biden candidacy.
A Dutch inquiry has largely confirmed what was widely believed about the fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
In the wake of failure that could have been easily foreseen, the Obama Administration is ending a program to train so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.
Hillary Clinton has started to distance herself from President Obama on some issues. It’s an understandable strategy, but it carries many risks.
Obama’s first Secretary of State has come out against Obama’s Trans Pacific Partnership.
President Obama is reportedly considering a plan that would keep up to 5,000 American troops in Afghanistan past the withdrawal date he had already set.
With Russia now launching its own airstrikes in Syria, it’s become obvious that U.S. policy in the Syrian Civil War is irrational and contradictory. And Russia’s policy isn’t any better.
The U.S. is set to ramp up its contribution to dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis, but there’s a lot more we can do.
With the exception of Rand Paul, the foreign policy discussion at last night’s debate was about as bad as you’d expect.
The Republican candidates for President took to the stage last night for a debate that seemed to last forever and accomplished nothing.
Britain’s Labour Party has taken a hard tilt left with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader.
Like many Republicans, Jeb Bush continues to be willfully blind to the truth about the Iraq War.
President Obama’s confrontational approach to opponents of the Iran Nuclear Deal ignores legitimate questions.
Turkey has finally joined in the US-led coalition against ISIL. Unfortunately, it’s killing the main ground force fighting ISIL.
A well-founded fear of ISIS seems to be drawing many of the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia closer to Moscow.
Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us.
In a case that took seven months to decide, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Presidency’s broad authority in foreign affairs, and inserted itself just a little bit in the thorny politics of the Middle East.
Turkey’s governing party suffered big setbacks at the ballot box yesterday.
Another step forward toward ending a U.S. policy regarding Cuba that was outdated twenty years ago.
Some unusually blunt, but true, language from the U.S. Secretary Of Defense.
Hillary Clinton has admitted she made a mistake in supporting the Iraq War in 2002, but there are plenty of other questions she needs to answer when it comes to foreign interventions.