Tag: Middle East

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The cancer of multiculturalism

Walter Williams · February 23, 2015 6:47 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to the media during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Washington. The president spoke about issues including immigration and the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The last thing the Middle East needs is more democracy

David Harsanyi · February 20, 2015 10:46 pm

In this Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 file photo, Lebanese army special forces patrol near the area where militants ambushed Lebanese soldiers, in Ras Baalbek town, eastern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

National Security

Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar to host Syrian rebel training

Tara Copp · February 19, 2015 10:41 pm

In this file photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, as they walk in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of the next round of nuclear discussions. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron, File)

National Security

Kerry heads to Geneva for new Iran talks

Charles Hoskinson · February 19, 2015 9:41 pm

Washington Secrets

Wartime admiral: Obama is ‘anti-American, pro-Islamic’

Paul Bedard · February 19, 2015 2:29 pm

Wendy Sherman, undersecretary of state for political affairs, will lead the preliminary meetings. (AP)

National Security

Iran talks resume Thursday under pressure for a deal

Charles Hoskinson · February 19, 2015 12:02 am

"The Warthog" is slow and ugly compared with other fighter jets, but it is also heavily armed and armored.Â (iStock)

National Security

A-10’s success fighting Islamic State challenges plans to scrap it

Tara Copp · February 18, 2015 10:00 am

When Alfred E. Neuman said "What me worry?" on the cover of Mad magazine, it was funny. But this message was not nearly as funny coming from President Obama and his National Security adviser, Susan Rice. (AP Photo)

Glib ‘happy talk’

Thomas Sowell · February 17, 2015 7:35 pm

A Iraqi Christian boy lights candles inside a shrine in the grounds of Mazar Mar Eillia (Mar Elia) Catholic Church, that has now become home to hundreds of Iraqi Christians who were forced to flee their homes as the Islamic State advanced earlier this year, on December 12, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty images)

National Security

AP: Video purports to show Coptic Christian beheadings

Tara Copp · February 15, 2015 8:41 pm

"This is an enemy we assess to be in a defensive posture," said Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby. (AP File photo)

National Security

ISIS attacks Iraqi base housing U.S. troops

Tara Copp · February 13, 2015 10:17 pm

Yemeni protesters shout slogans against Houthi Shiites who have seized power in the capital, Sanaa, as they celebrate the fourth anniversary of the uprising in Taiz, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. The United States, Britain and France moved to close their embassies in Yemen on Wednesday, increasing the isolation of Shiite rebels who have seized power. (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

Who benefits?

Mona Charen · February 13, 2015 4:05 pm

National Security

Iran’s critics warn of its many threats

Charles Hoskinson · February 12, 2015 10:00 am