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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 | May 16, 2021

The latest round in the war between Islamic terrorists and Israel broke out last Monday with an unprovoked rocket and missile attack against Israel launched by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip. It is playing out, as these wars always do, with casualties…

by | May 9, 2021

By now we’ve all seen the CIA’s woke recruitment video, which appears to be a comedy starring Hillary Clinton and directed by Mel Brooks. Too few, however, have paid attention to the Postal Service’s entry into the intelligence field and…

by | May 2, 2021

Emboldened by President Biden’s social experimentation on our military, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) may soon succeed in her years-long quest to take away military commanders’ ability to decide whether or not to prosecute sexual assault cases. If she succeeds, it…

by | Apr 25, 2021

Not since 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days as president set a benchmark for presidential performance, has any president done so much so quickly as Joe Biden. In fact, Biden is surpassing Roosevelt significantly in imposing massive damaging…

by | Apr 18, 2021

President Biden’s decision to pull the remaining U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by September 11, against the military’s advice, was partially right. His decision was also terribly wrong because it ignores the foreseeable aftermath of the withdrawal. We have done…

by | Apr 11, 2021

Last week’s events reminded us of how fragile our constitutional rights are and how the Left is working tirelessly to destroy them. President Biden, announcing his first round of gun control executive orders and legislative proposals, said that “no Amendment…

by | Apr 4, 2021

Commencing shortly after his inauguration, President Biden has been decreasing U.S. support for Israel that had existed under former President Trump. He has done so by resuming relations with and payments to the Palestinian Authority (PA), undermining the Abraham Accords;…

by | Mar 28, 2021

President Biden’s assault on the Second Amendment has begun, propelled by the murders in Atlanta, Georgia, and Boulder, Colorado. Biden’s assault will last beyond his presidency, as demonstrated by the number of courts, government agencies, and liberal politicians who will…

by | Mar 22, 2021

President Biden fell on the stairs of Air Force One three times this week, which is a pretty good metaphor for his first attempts at diplomacy. In one week, Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and National Security Adviser Jake…

by | Mar 14, 2021

Joe Biden’s campaign bus had a sign on it promising “No Malarkey,” but malarkey was a primary feature of his campaign. It’s not entirely correct to say that Biden’s Thursday evening speech was the equivalent of Jimmy Carter’s infamous “malaise”…

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