Live Missiles and Dead Letters
WITH missile threats proliferating, the issue of national missile defense, which has divided Republicans from Democrats for 15 years, is...
Middle East
Bibi’s Choice: Allow The Palestinians to Acquire a Real — and Threatening — State or Just a ‘State of Mind’
(Washington, D.C.): Tuesday's vote in the UN General Assembly according the Palestinian delegation "super-observer" status puts the handwriting on the...
Flash: UNSCOM Concludes Iraq Is Still Cheating — Proof That Toppling Saddam’s Regime Is the Only Solution
Affirms Need for Bilateral Kyl-Landau Missile Defense Panel
(Washington, D.C.): If it were not so deadly serious, the latest news from Iraq would be hilarious: According to today's...
About as Radical as The Reaganites
Not since Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter in 1980 has an election triggered such consternation from commentators anxious about peace....
Clinton Legacy Watch # 24: An Odious Ultimatum To Israel
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration has finally put to rest the misconception that the incumbent is the "most pro-Israel president"...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 24: An Odious Ultimatum To Israel
(Washington, D.C.): The Clinton Administration has finally put to rest the misconception that the incumbent is the "most pro-Israel president"...
Sen. Lott Shows How and Secures Means to Topple Saddam
(Washington, D.C.): Even as the Clinton Administration once again shows itself unable or unwilling to address the threat posed by...
The Handwriting on the Iraqi Wall
(Washington, D.C.): "Curiouser and curiouser." That's how Alice described the ever-more-bizarre situations she found herself in while visiting Lewis Carroll's...
William Cohen’s Agenda
The Jerusalem Post, 20 April 1998 Though today's visit will be his first as US secretary of defense, William Cohen...
Prepare Now for the Iraqi Endgame
(Washington, D.C.): Recent developments in Iraq demand fresh attention from American policy-makers: Unless action is urgently taken, the United States...
Endgame for UNSCOM?
(Washington, D.C.): The UN Special Committee on Iraq (UNSCOM) is expected to complete its first pass through Saddam Hussein's extensive...
On My Mind: Saddam’s Sanitation Squad
By A.M. RosenthalThe New York Times, 31 March 1998 The U.N. inspectors entered the room in one of Saddam Hussein's...
Unlucky 13: Clinton Initiative Threatens Both U.S.-Israeli Relations and Israel’s Security
(Washington, D.C.): As Clinton Middle East envoy Dennis Ross heads to Israel today, speculation is rife that a long-threatened U.S....
Father of a Free Iraq? Iraqi National Congress’ Chalabi Details a Program for Liberating His Country From Saddam
(Washington, D.C.): In powerful testimony delivered on 2 March before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Near Eastern and South Asian...
Sovereignty Surrender Watch # 2: Clinton Multilateralism Eroding American Interests, Rights on All Fronts
(Washington, D.C.): The disastrously ill-conceived deal brokered with Saddam Hussein by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is bad enough. Worse...
A ‘Great Victory’ for Iraq
By William Kristol and Robert KaganWashington Post, 26 February 1998 The devil is in the details. With this mantra, critics...