Tikrit Offensive Setbacks Raise Questions About Effort for Mosul
Iraqi government forces, together with a small number of Sunni tribesmen and large numbers (20k+) of Iranian-led Shia militia forces...
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ISIS Reportedly Deploys Chemical Weapons Against Kurds
Since October and the battle over Kobane, Kurdish fighters have repeatedly accused Islamic State of deploying chemical weaponry, chlorine gas...
Lt. Kasasbeh’s Death Spurs Jordan On
The murder of Jordanian pilot 1st Lt. Moath Kasasbeh has galvanized the nation and its leadership. Jordan's air force has...
The Obama Administration’s Strategic Schizophrenia
Last week in the Wall Street Journal it was reported that the Obama administration sought an agreement on fighting ISIS...
The Key to Defeating ISIS: The Kurds
As the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate in the war against the Islamic State, one wonders how long...
Frank Gaffney and Doug Feith analyze Iraqi WMD scandal
CSP President and CEO Frank Gaffney interviews Douglas Feith, who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the...
Why the New Reports of Chemical Weapons in Iraq Matter
Revelations last week by the New York Times that U.S. troops found chemical weapons in Iraq – about 5,000 CW...
Karl Rove’s “Biggest Mistake”
Yesterday, the New York Times editorialized on a story it reported the day before about the George W. Bush administration...
Think Tank Close to Obama Misses Mark on ISIS Strategy
The Center for American Progress, a think tank close to the Obama Administration, recently released a strategy proposal on how to...
Welcome, Kurdistan
Before welcoming the emerging state of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, I confess to having opposed its independence in the past....
Is Obama’s ISIS Strategy to Make It Someone Else’s Problem?
The New York Times is previewing what they say will be President Obama's strategy for deal with the Islamic State...
Why the Yazidis?
There are those in the policy community who seem a little out of sorts because the President has (after great...
It’s Not Just ISIS That’s a Threat
The Obama administration is warning that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham poses a serious threat to this...
Obama Can’t Escape His Responsibility for the Iraq Crisis
President Obama over the weekend said he could have done more to stop the violence in Iraq if it were...
Iraqi Christians: Look to the “Uncivilized Mountain Mule”
As recent news reports tens of thousands of Iraqi Christian and Zoroastrian refugees fleeing the Islamic State into the mountains...
How Wars Don’t End
President Obama once explained that U.S. unilateral withdrawals from conflicts is “how wars end in the 21st Century.” The absurdity...