Will the Islamic State attempt to procure nuclear material as Al Qaeda once did?
Bashing Obama to Make Way for Hillary
Hillary Clinton and her hawkish Democratic allies are already running hard to the right of Obama.
Islamic State Offers Beheading as a Perk to Recruits
The Islamic State may use beheading as a tool to recruit fighters.
Iraq Awash in Carnage Long Before the U.S. Invasion
From the Assyrian Empire to the Mongols to the present, Iraq has been the perpetrator and victim of epic levels of violence.
For Airstrikes on the Islamic State, U.S. Relaxing Drone Strikes’ Burden of Proof
The standards the U.S. purportedly used to prevent civilian deaths from drone strikes have been relaxed for airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.
The Khorasan Group Creation Myth
Glenn Greenwald’s report that the Khorasan group was hyped to mobilize support for attacking the Islamic State sounds credible.
Barack Obama and the Will to Fight
Obama is more than willing to stand up against the Islamic State. Too bad he wasn’t willing to stand up to his hawkish critics.
Here’s Everything Wrong with the White House’s War on the Islamic State
The Obama administration’s war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail. Here’s what the U.S.—and you—can do instead.
The Only Way to Win in Iraq Is Not to Play
America is now fighting the Iraq War for the third time, somehow madly expecting different results, while guaranteeing only failure.
Without Iran, a Coalition to Confront the Islamic State Is Doomed to Failure
Iran is the linchpin of security in the Middle East.