According to the New York Times, the campaign that the U.S. has initiated against the Islamic State has no immediate precedents.
Fight Against Islamic State More Notable for What It Isn’t Than for What It Is
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Why Washington’s War on Terror Failed
Washington sabotaged its own “war on terror” by destabilizing the Middle East even as it coddled the U.S. allies who were actually sponsoring terrorism.
Is Obama Really Adrift in the World?
Four myths American exceptionalists peddle about the U.S. president and America’s role in the world.
How John Maynard Keynes Can Save the Arab Spring
With secular autocrats and rigid Islamists equally discredited in the Arab world, the space is wide open for progressive democrats to save the Arab spring.
Who Won Iraq?
Iraq today is George W. Bush’s nightmare and Osama bin Laden’s wet dream.
Participatory Totalitarianism
We are not passive objects of the surveillance state. We are active subjects of our own YouTube channels.
Iraq: Revisiting the Pottery Barn Rule
In Iraq, the U.S. broke a nation of human beings, and it owes them an apology–and restitution.
Al Qaeda Seizure of Falluja Throws U.S. Attitudes Toward Iraq Into Sharp Relief
U.S. Marines react to loss of Falluja to al Qaeda affiliate ISIS.
U.S. Still Friends With Gulf States Despite Sunni Slaughter of Shia
If Sunnis had been attacking Western targets in large numbers instead of Shia Muslims, it might be a different story.
Is Assad Really a Master Strategist?
Did Syria President Bashar al-Assad really anticipate that atrocities would prevent rather than prompt intervention by the West?