The U.S. President and Israeli Prime Minister Proved That American Power, Properly Applied, Remains Decisive
Rather than Accepting Responsibility for the Disaster He Has Wrought, Khamenei Will Equate Himself to the Greatest Shi’ite Martyr
Disruption Could Cause Oil Prices to Surge Above $100 per Barrel, Worsening Inflation and Economic Instability Globally
With Limited Troops in Both Countries, the U.S. Needs a Defense System That Can Intercept Tactical Ballistic and Cruises Missiles
The Most Brutal Unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Is Staffed by Ethnic Azeri Officers and Rank-and-File
Regimes That Were Hostile to the Jewish State, or Doubted Its Effectiveness, Are Now Reconsidering
Pahlavi’s Anti-regime Organization Reflects His Hands-off Political Style, and He Must Impose Some Discipline to Move Forward
When the Future Is Unpredictable, Pushing Change Becomes Difficult—Especially Without Unity
The Decision to Concentrate Israeli Citizens in Cyprus and Greece Demonstrates the Strategic Alliance That Has Been Steadily Built over the past Decade
Spotlight: Turkey’s Turn Toward Terrorism
Why is Turkey—a NATO member and ostensible U.S. ally—supporting and hosting terrorists? Why are Hamas’s leaders—joined by hundreds of Hamas terrorists, including those wounded in Gaza fighting U.S. ally Israel—safely ensconced in a “friendly” country? Why did Turkey sponsor Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists who, having toppled Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, now slaughter ethnic and religious minorities?
NATO—the West’s strategic alliance of democracies—exists to defend its members against the kind of regime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan leads. It is time for the U.S. and its Western allies to demand that Turkey either cease its sponsorship of terrorism or face sanctions and ostracization from the civilized world.
NATO—the West’s strategic alliance of democracies—exists to defend its members against the kind of regime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan leads. It is time for the U.S. and its Western allies to demand that Turkey either cease its sponsorship of terrorism or face sanctions and ostracization from the civilized world.
The Case Against Turkey Is Not a Matter of Conjecture or Partisan Polemics; It Is a Matter of Open Record
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