The Case Against Saddam (I): The Terror Connection
(Washington, D.C.): In the emerging debate over the need to effect regime change in Iraq, one of the opponents' most...
Middle East
As U.S. Companies Bail-out of Iraq, Russians Set to Bail-in’; Secretary Rumsfeld Warns Investment May Flee Russia
(Washington, D.C.): Russia's recently announced $40 billion deal with Iraq stands in stark contrast to the prudent business decisions being...
Beware ‘Leadership by Consensus’
(Washington, D.C.): There has been a subtle change in the unsolicited advice George W. Bush is receiving from prominent figures...
Evidence grows that ‘Laurent of Arabia’ has it right: Saudi Arabia is an unreliable ally at best, at worst a real foe
(Washington, D.C.): It is becoming harder and harder to be an apologist for Saudi Arabia. People -- including many who...
Wall Street Journal Derides Efforts to ‘Spin’ G.O.P. Opposition To Liberating Iraq and Champions of ‘Stability’ Uber Alles
(Washington, D.C.): Today's Wall Street Journal features a lead editorial that helpfully clarifies where it -- and the vast majority...
To Iraq, or not to Iraq?
(Washington, D.C.): Like a chorus of Hamlets, a number of Republican elders have recently begun wringing their hands in public...
Don’t Do It, Mr. President: Palestinian State Under Present Circumstances Will Only Make Matters Worse
(Washington, D.C.): If press accounts are to be believed, President Bush is determined to commit his administration to the recognition...
Inviting Losses on Two Fronts
(Washington, D.C.): In the months that have followed the murderous attacks launched on September 11th, President Bush has repeatedly, and...
Washington won’t let Israel win
Wednesday's New York Times led with the banner headline, "New Strategy Set by US and Saudis for Mideast Crisis." The...
Careful What We Wish For
(Washington, D.C.): President Bush's success on Sunday in brokering a deal to spring Yasser Arafat from his Israeli-imposed house-arrest in...
‘J’Accuse’: Needed Context Before Jenin Inquiry Morphs into an International Witchhunt against Israel
(Washington, D.C.): As international media and UN investigators gain access to the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Jenin and refugee camp...
The War on Terrorism — America’s War and Israel’s
SPEECH BY DOUGLAS J. FEITH, UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY, TO AMERICAN-ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE It's good to have...
‘The False Trail of Arafat’ Would Lead to Defeat for U.S. War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): One of the most astute, and courageous, observers of the Arab world is one of its own, Fouad...
NEW T.V. AD SHOWS ARAFAT IS AGAINST US, NOT WITH US
(Washington, D.C.): The Center for Security Policy announced today that, starting on Tuesday, 9 April, it will launch an advertising...
Return to Mideast First Principles
(Washington, D.C.): One thing is for sure. The Bush Administration is going to have to come up with a better...