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Pray for Sanity

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by on Mar 27, 2017 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice
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Pray that common sense returns to politics.

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The Betrayal of the USS Cole

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by on May 12, 2016 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice
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Betrayed too many times to count.

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Surrendering to ISIS is the Only Way to Defeat It

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by on Apr 04, 2016 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice
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Unlike our leaders, ISIS doesn’t confuse victory and defeat.

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Covering Up Islamic Terrorism for Fun and Profit

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by on Oct 07, 2014 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice
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Ideas are roads to conclusion, and conclusions lead to policies.

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Dropping the Benghazi Ball

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by on May 13, 2013 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues
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Our armed forces had appropriate capabilities but couldn’t use them. Why?

Where Are We, Ten Years After 9/11?
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Where Are We, Ten Years After 9/11?

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by on Sep 10, 2011 in Featured, Government & Politics
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So, where are we ten years after 9/11?  It is comforting that we have been blessed with a near-unbroken decade without further mass-casualty attacks since those that killed nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001.  Unfortunately, our government is pursuing policies that can only encourage those who aspire to do us harm to redouble their […]

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Osama Bin Laden: Chicken or Egg?

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by on May 18, 2011 in Featured, Government & Politics
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To posit the significance of Osama bin Laden’s demise, we must first decide which came first — the chicken or the egg? Quaint as it is, this question is fundamentally an inquiry into the nature of cause and effect. In our context, did Osama bin Laden “create” the idea of jihad, or did the centuries-old […]

U.S.-Pakistan Relations in Decline
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U.S.-Pakistan Relations in Decline

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by on May 06, 2011 in Columnists, Government & Politics
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Although the execution of Osama bin Laden was mainly a symbolic and psychological act of counterterrorism, its most immediate consequence, ironically, affects U.S.-Pakistan relations. In response to Pakistani upset about their national sovereignty being trespassed, the Zardari government severely condemned what it called “an unauthorized unilateral action.” Members of U.S. congress, already disappointed in the […]

Bin Laden and the Hydra of War
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Bin Laden and the Hydra of War

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by on May 05, 2011 in Featured, Government & Politics
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As we ponder the significance of Osama bin Laden’s death, it is well to reflect that Islamists are not the cause of hostilities; they are but symptoms of a much greater cause. Individually killing them off—which is nice—is like a doctor temporarily treating a sick patient’s symptoms without eliminating the cause of sickness. Ayman al-Zawahiri, […]