National Review's Rich Lowry has an excellent piece the former counterterrorism czar's "self-immolation." Along the same lines, Time magazine has an atypical article taking on Clark over his dishonesty and what it does to the debate regarding the important issue of dealing with terrorism.
Probably the only way to make this thing non-partisan and not a political cudgel to be wielded by one faction or another is to wait until George W. Bush is out of office. Right now you've got Republicans blaming Clinton and Democrats blaming Bush. The truth is that the roots of this go back at […]
Hamas "spiritual" leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in Gaza by an Israeli missile strike on Monday. Good riddance. This man and followers are responsible for the murders of hundreds of Israeli men, women and children over the years. Hamas' goal was the destruction of Israel. He has reaped what he has sown. Don't be […]
If it's true, it's great news -- al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, may be cornered near the Pakistan/Afghanistan border.
Terrorist "martyr" Rachel Corrie died one year ago today. To see what lessons have been learned from her death, check this out.
The Basque separatist group known by the acronym ETA is being blamed for today's train bombings in Spain. Investigators have now reportedly found eight detonators and an audiotape of Koranic teachings in a van near a station on the same rail line where the bombings occurred. The UPI has an informative article that outlines some […]
President Bush has unveiled his first television ads of the 2004 campaign (you can see them here). Two of the three ads show some a couple of seconds of extremely tame 9/11 images. Predictably, Bush opponents -- including some who are relatives of 9/11 victims -- have come out decrying the ads as insensitive. Get […]
I recently finished David Frum and Richard Perle's "An End to Evil," and I agree with about 99 percent of what they write. The book is an excellent roadmap to dealing with the post-9/11 world, both at home and abroad. My one area of disagreement with the authors is their attitude toward China. Frum and […]
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke to the Union-Tribune editorial board earlier this month, and a Q&A summary of the interview is available here. There should be no surprise, but the interview contains some whoppers. My favorite (and by that I mean alarming) has to do with North Korea. Is North Korea a threat? […]
A couple of interesting things are making news. First, there was this report in Sunday's Washington Post about "efforts" to deal with Osama bin Laden during Clinton's term in office. In fashioning this sensitive policy in the midst of an impeachment crisis that lasted into early 1999, Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, […]