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Max Boot
Fighting in the Streets
It may not be worth the billions in dues that we pay, but the United Nations does perform a few useful functions, among them producing...
Gates, Way Off Message
In the midst of the usual catastrophes, there is, finally, a bit of good news from Iraq. As a Los Angeles Times headline on Monday...
Going Backward in Baqubah
One of the most common arguments employed by those who argue for a rapid drawdown of U.S. force in Iraq is that we don’t need...
Ignorance, Not Bliss
During the cold war, the American public often recoiled from the possibility that the Soviet Union might be behind some outrage too horrific to ignore....
Good Bad News from Iran
Good news from Iran. The Associated Press reports that “Iranians smashed shop windows and set fire to a dozen gas stations in the capital Wednesday,...
Lugar on the Surge
Senator Richard Lugar is winning encomia from all the predictable quarters—e.g., Joe Conason in the New York Observer—for his supposed wisdom and independence in declaring...
Kilcullen’s War
Readers of contentions interested in learning more about current military operations in Iraq than what they get from the headlines (which invariably focus on casualties,...
Flawed Logic on Iran
Dissecting and analyzing what passes for news in the New York Times can be a full-time job. (The estimable Hilton Kramer used to do precisely...
Life Among the Fobbits
If you ask the average American what life is like for our troops in Iraq, the answer you get would probably be "a living hell."...
Teaching Soldiers
It seems fairly certain that the Army will expand over the next few years. The only question is by how much. Secretary of Defense Robert...
Command Performance
The recent spate of appointments of admirals to top “joint” jobs within the U.S. armed forces is, so to speak, making waves within the military....
Lieberman’s Vision
It seems to be about 40 years too late for Joseph Lieberman to run for President as a Democrat, the 1960's being the last time...