Russian bear eats Obama’s lunch on Ukraine
The events leading up to the Ukraine crisis and the questionable annexation of the Crimean Peninsula are muddled in half-truths...
Adm. James "Ace" Lyons (Ret.)
WP Post Author
How the Obama doctrine reveals the president’s weakness
Not many Americans are aware or understand the Obama Doctrine, but it is in full play in the current Ukraine...
How to respond to Russia’s thrust into Ukraine
The Obama administration’s bluster and empty threats of consequences if Russia violated Ukraine’s sovereignty only served to show the impotency...
Benghazi was a planned tragedy
The recent reports by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Armed Services Committee make clear that no organization...
The bitter results of Middle East failure
There is no question that American interests in the Middle East are facing their gravest threats. The genesis for the...
A new doctrine of disengagement
Most Americans did not comprehend in 2008 what President-to-be Obama meant when he declared that he was going to “fundamentally”...
Paving the way for a nuclear Iran
The surprise Nov. 23 agreement reached in Geneva with Iran does little to limit the Islamic republic’s ability to enrich...
An international commander in chief
President Obama’s remarks at the Group of 20 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, that he was “elected to stop wars, not start them”...
Restoring military readiness
The impact of fighting two wars over the past decade has taken its toll on our military forces. They have...
A call to courage over Benghazi
Five committees of the House of Representatives recently issued an interim report on the Benghazi tragedy, which clearly indicated that...
Are We Being Compromised by Barack Obama’s Murky Past?
Since he first became a presidential candidate, President Obama must have spent millions of dollars in legal expenses to combat...
The Islamic cloud over Brennan and Hagel
Originally published in the Washington Times Two key national security nominations by President Obama are up for confirmation following Congress‘...
Confronting Iran Beyond the Fiscal Cliff
As leaders in Washington face a battle over massive spending cuts, they should remember that the outside world continues to...
A hard slog to get Benghazi answers
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s performance last week before the Senate and House committees on foreign relations provided, regrettably,...
Solving the Navy’s carrier shortage
The U.S. Navy, operating with too few carriers, now has a forward-deployment dilemma. Keeping two carriers deployed to the Middle...
Forcing our all-volunteer force to fail
Concerns raised by Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and four of her colleagues on the proper vetting of Huma Abedin, the deputy chief...