Commentary: It’s Time to Think About Nuclear Deterrence Against Iran’s Inevitable Weapons

Military Success in Sadr City Depends on Iraqi Army

Fear of Arming Competitors Ends NATO Police Training Program in Afghanistan

Commentary: Bush’s Choice to Draw Down Deployment to Iraq Not Really a Choice At All

Senator John Warner is a giant.  In the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday with General David Petraeus, USA, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Warner cut to the heart of the strategic issue in Iraq, just as he did last autumn:
SEN. JOHN WARNER (R-VA): Is all this sacrifice bringing about a more secure America?
It is [...]

Olympic Kidnapping Plot Uncovered in China

Analysis of Petraeus’ Data

Al Qaeda Leader Al Masri Dead in Pakistan

Lawmakers and Experts Disagree on the Best Way to Pass Iraq to the Next President

ABC Reports Bush Advisors Approved the Use of “Enhanced Interrogation” Techniques

Highlights from the Iraq hearings, updated live

Petraeus says, “The champagne bottle has been pushed to the back of the refrigerator.”

Ahmadinejad introduces new and improved centrifuges with old anti-American rhetoric

Mugabe is accused of using violence to intimidate the opposition

Commentary: Administration is suppressing concerned voices of the military

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With General Petraeus’s imminent testimony, it is a good time to ponder the issue of military advice to civilians leaders. President Bush has often trumpeted that he makes decisions on Iraq following close consultation with his military commanders. Indeed, the president has sometimes seemed to go to extremes, suggesting General Petraeus is the [...]

Last autumn in Congressional hearings on Iraq, Senator John Warner cut to the heart of the issue of America’s war in Iraq in an elegant line of questioning to General David Petraeus, USA, the commander of multinational forces in Iraq. 
SEN. WARNER: . . . Are you able to say at this time, if we continue [...]

In an op-ed in the Financial Times last month (“Al-Qaeda Is Losing The War Of Minds,” March 5, 2008), former Bush Administration official Peter Wehner argues that, “in large measure because of what is unfolding in Iraq, the tide within the Islamic world is beginning to run strongly against al-Qaeda.” Unfortunately, Mr. Wehner’s assertions [...]