Robert Zapesochny
Since February, Niger’s army has been battling Boko Haram in its Diffa region. It borders Nigeria’s northeastern region where Boko Haram is trying to establish an Islamic state. This terrorist organization has killed more than 15,000 people and created 1.5…
When he was finally captured, the legendary bank robber Willy Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. “Because that’s where the money is,” he replied. That stunningly simple truth must have been in the minds of those who contrived to…
March 7 marked 50 years since 1965’s “Bloody Sunday,” when millions watched on television as state and local police fired tear gas at the crowd and attacked marchers in Selma, Alabama. The national outrage that followed led to a speech…
Ronald Reagan once said, “The difference between a republic and a people’s republic is a lot like the difference between a jacket and a straitjacket.” The same can be said about lethal aid vis-à-vis non-lethal aid. When Ukrainian President Petro…
Americans are outraged over the beheadings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff. We all want President Obama to defeat these savages. For any plan to be credible, it must acknowledge four important facts. (1) Without oil, ISIS has no economy:…
Last week’s bipartisan chorus’s calls for Secretary Shinseki to resign showed that members of Congress would rather give tough speeches than tackle problems that began well before the Obama administration. Take, for example, the deplorable conditions at Walter Reed Hospital in 2007 when…
The decline and probable failure of Secretary John Kerry’s peace initiative was predictable. It wasn’t because of a lack of meetings. From March 6, 2013 to March 17, 2014, Secretary Kerry met Mahmoud Abbas 46 times! With over twenty years…
Vladimir Putin stokes Russian nationalism, dreams of empire and a sense of victimization brought on by the “humiliating” collapse of the Soviet Union. He plays on the imagination of young people who have no personal memories of these things. At…
The Russian takeover of the Crimea, as well as many of our problems in the Middle East, was funded by high oil prices. Since there is no military solution to the Crimea conflict, President Obama should look closely at the…
