Congress Overreacts to Lebanon
2010-08-10
Advertisements A short piece at Examiner.com on the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s decision to hold aid to Lebanon after last week’s skirmish with Israel.Continue Reading
A New Venue
2010-08-06
Advertisements I have just taken up a new role, very part-time, as DC Foreign Policy correspondent for examiner.com. It’s not exactly a political outlet, which I hope will be more meaningful, getting a message out to people we are not normally reaching with what I hope will be a somewhat more insightfulContinue Reading
Attack Iran?
2010-07-05
Advertisements Once again, there is discussion of military action against Iran, since virtually everyone acknowledges that the new sanctions, both by the UN and US will not change the status quo. I examine the possibilities of an attack on Iran in a new piece I published at Zeek Magazine.Continue Reading
Recommended Reading: Plitnick on differences between enemies
2010-06-30
Advertisements Check out Mitchell Plitnick and “Those We Can Talk To and Those We Cannot.” Exploring some new thinking in the American military and the important distinctions between Hezbollah, Hamas and al-Qaeda.Continue Reading
Those We Can Talk To, and Those We Cannot
2010-06-30
Advertisements A senior officer in the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that “Putting Hizballah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda in the same sentence, as if they are all the same, is just stupid.” He was referring to a statement made by that prince of idiocy, Danny Ayalon, Israel’sContinue Reading