The past few days have seen ample signs that counter-revolution is alive and well: Syrian troops have retaken Baba Amr…
Noah Pollak of the Emergency Committee for Israel tweeted today: Obama policy = preventing Iran from getting nuke. Israel policy…
Frighteningly busy week in DC. Experts bloom even before the cherry blossoms: 1. Chinese Heir Apparent, Xi Jinping and U.S.-China…
Jeffrey Goldberg's interview with President Obama has attracted lots of attention, mainly for his threat to use military force to…
How do you know when the revolutionaries are losing? When the world starts lining up to arm them. The latest…
A Kosovar friend sent me this triumphalist claim of Serbian victory in the recent agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on…
Today's news from Syria is bad, really bad for those of us who hope to see a more open and…
There are things wrong with the U.S./North Korea nuclear deal announced in parallel by both sides (but not published) today:…
Chalk up one more for arming Syria's rebels and creating safe corridors. To his credit, Roger Cohen also cites the…
The military also uses the term "goat rope," which might be more appropriate to Afghan conditions. Whichever. This war has…