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Jed Babbin

American Spectator contributing editor Jed Babbin served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the George H. W. Bush administration. He writes the “Loose Canons” column for The American Spectator and often appears as a talking warhead on television and radio. He is coauthor (with Herbert London) of the book The BDS War Against Israel. He is also the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think. You can follow him on Twitter@jedbabbin.
by | Jul 25, 2021

President Biden’s border crisis, for which he is entirely responsible, has gotten steadily worse. Biden is allowing practically anyone from anywhere to enter our southern border (except for Cubans, whom Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas has said wouldn’t…

by | Jul 18, 2021

On Tuesday, the UN Human Rights Council resolved to address systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the context of law enforcement. It was, as is usual for the UN, a setup to bash the United States….

by | Jul 11, 2021

When strong leaders of nations meet, the outcome can’t always be forecast. When Ronald Reagan met with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986, he suddenly walked out on Gorbachev because the Russian demanded that he include ballistic missile defenses in any future…

by | Jul 4, 2021

If you know nothing else about former Secretary of Defense Donald Henry Rumsfeld, who died last Wednesday at age 88, you should know this. At 9:37 a.m. on September 11, 2001, al-Qaida terrorists crashed United Airlines Flight 77 into the…

by | Jun 27, 2021

The more we see of the generals and admirals President Biden has picked to run the Pentagon, the less confident we can be that they are fit for command. Under Biden’s direction, they are working hard to impose Critical Race…

by | Jun 20, 2021

President Biden returned from his meetings with G7 and NATO leaders and his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to near-universal praise from the media and adulatory comments from his staff. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, “I really…

by | Jun 14, 2021

There is a direct link between the Democrats’ identity politics and the anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism we see more of every day. Some immunity is awarded to those who belong to one of the more fashionable minorities du jour. Some minorities…

by | Jun 6, 2021

Iran has suffered a lot of bad luck during the past few weeks. We should be cheering for the people who have made it so and are working to ensure it stays bad. With any luck on our side, it…

by | May 31, 2021

Three months after calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “killer,” President Biden has sought and obtained a meeting with him. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the meeting, which will take place on June 16 in Geneva, is…

by | May 23, 2021

The brief war between Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip and Israel is now under an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement that will last as long as it takes for Hamas to rearm. While that war went on, as well as in…

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