Obama’s Foreign Policy Smacks of the 'Carter Syndrome'

Obama’s Foreign Policy Smacks of the ‘Carter Syndrome’

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With a vastly ambitious deal governing trans-Pacific trade and a “no” to the oil industry’s pet pipeline project, President Obama is now thoroughly in that mode all White House occupants favor late in their time. Our 44th president is building…

Judy Miller’s ghost lingers: Putin, Syria and how the New York Times cheers on a new Cold War

Judy Miller’s ghost lingers: Putin, Syria and how the New York Times cheers on a new Cold War

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The propagandists have turned on the fog machine. Let’s try and sort out myth vs. reality with Russia, Middle East We reach a moment in the four-year-old Syria crisis when it is vital for anyone who has not succumbed to…

Defense and State In a Tug of War Over Obama’s Syria Policy

Defense and State In a Tug of War Over Obama’s Syria Policy

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For many of us, the news last week that President Obama is sending U.S. Special Forces to Syria to oversee the training of Syrian rebels fighting ISIS is confusing. It begs the question—what exactly is the Obama administration’s policy, strategy,…