The State Department motto, "Diplomacy In Action," has always seemed vainglorious, and after seven months of Joe Biden at the helm, a rebranding seems in order. In light of the amateurish job it played in evacuating Afghanistan... 
"But the enemy is not just 'terrorism,' some generic evil. This vagueness blurs the strategy. The catastrophic threat at this moment in history is more specific. It is the threat posed by Islamist terrorism – especially the al... 
Clifford Smith: "By accepting the reality of Israel's permanent existence, Palestinians can achieve their unrealized potential." 
Sam Westrop on Aafia Siddiqui, America's jihadi sweetheart. 
In a speech to the House of Commons in 1952, Winston Churchill said, "A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him." Israel's prisons currently hold thousands of Palestinian... 
Germany's government-financed Central Council of Jews is leading a campaign to ruin the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. It's motives are deeply suspect. From Daniel Pipes. 
In a new ceasefire agreement that may bring an end to a 75-day Assad-regime siege on the Syrian town of Deraa al-Balad, Syrian rebels have, with few alternatives, made far-reaching concessions to the Syrian government. The siege... 
The US and the EU should not buy Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's fake pro-Western posture (such as when he offered to run the Kabul airport, then fled) or his fake anti-radicalism (such as when he is courting the Afghan...
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