When Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced his “definitive” retirement from politics last week, his armed militias and allies did what they usually do. The riots in Baghdad killed at least 30 people. Al-Sadr, after ordering his followers to leave…
It might be too early to draw specific tactical and operational lessons from the war in Ukraine but one strategic trend has already emerged. In its wake, nuclear saber-rattling has become an almost daily event. Indeed, it could be hypothesized…
Winston Churchill wrote that there was never a war that could have so easily been avoided as World War II. Almost the precise opposite must be said about the coming war with Iran over its nuclear weapons: there have been…
Recent developments should have served as a wakeup call for the U.S. to cease negotiating with Iran on the latter’s nuclear program. Last week, Iran threatened the world by stating that it could enrich uranium to 90 percent, which is…
For several hours last Wednesday, an insurrectionist mob attacked a joint session of Congress and prevented it from performing its constitutional duty to count the votes cast in the Electoral College to certify the results of a presidential election. The…
There’s an element of chance that affects the lives of men and nations. You can make your own luck or suffer what the world imposes on you. Napoleon, always one to make his own luck, once was criticized that he…