Articles by James Carafano

 

Morning Bell: Time to Dump the Afghanistan Timeline

James Carafano | June 22, 2010

The Washington Post reports today that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. commander in Afghanistan, apologized for an upcoming article in Rolling Stone magazine that portrays him… Read More

Security

Slipping on Spill Cleanup: Lead, Follow, or Get Out the Way

James Carafano | June 09, 2010

The Daily Caller explains how it works in the Gulf. “Escambia County sends a request to the Mobile, Ala., Unified Command Center…Then, it’s reviewed by… Read More

Security

RSC Gets Budget Right, Defense Wrong

James Carafano | June 04, 2010

Heritage budget analyst Steve Keen, rightly points out that the Republican Study Committee (RSC) has unveiled a budget proposal that “is a welcome fiscal blueprint… Read More

Security

That 70s Show

James Carafano | June 04, 2010

According to The New York Times, Secretary Gates has told the Pentagon to tighten its belt to pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and… Read More

Security

Will the Taliban Learn a Lesson From Hamas?

James Carafano | June 03, 2010

Heritage Middle East analyst Jim Phillips makes a pretty good case that the Israeli confrontation with a convoy at sea bound for Gaza was a… Read More

Security

Pakistan Attack Plans – What Is Wrong With This Picture?

James Carafano | May 29, 2010

According to Reuters, “U.S. military leaders are reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan if there is a successful attack on American soil tied… Read More

Security

Biden Speaks at Naval Academy

James Carafano | May 28, 2010

Vice President Joe Biden explained to graduates today why the Obama Doctrine and new national security strategy have all the right answers. First, it will… Read More

Security

Explaining the Obama National Security Strategy

James Carafano | May 28, 2010

Yesterday the White House unveiled its national security strategy. It came in basically three parts. Part One is the “anything but Bush” part. Where the… Read More

Security

More Arizona Bashing

James Carafano | May 26, 2010

Today, Attorney General Eric Holder held a pep rally for state and local law enforcement officials who object to the Arizona immigration law. Perhaps having… Read More

Security

Back to the Border

James Carafano | May 25, 2010

The President has announced he plans to send up to 1,200 troops to the border with Mexico, a move that prompts many questions. Sending troops… Read More

Security

Duty, Honor … Country Optional

James Carafano | May 24, 2010

Thomas Jefferson established an academy at West Point because he wanted an institution to train Army officers which would be beholden to no political party…. Read More

 

Red Flags on Iran

James Carafano | May 24, 2010

“The lights are turning red,” droned the song by the Eagles. They could have been singing about Iran, which continues to make US foreign policy… Read More

Economy

The Entitlement Spending Threat to National Security

James Carafano | May 24, 2010

David Ignatius’ latest column “How debt imperils national security” could not get the issue of spending and national security more wrong. He starts off fine… Read More

Security

Missing the Long War

James Carafano | May 21, 2010

The names of war do not matter all that much. After all we won the Cold War even though it sounded like a battle against… Read More

 

On Director of National Intelligence’s Resignation

James Carafano | May 20, 2010

It is being widely reported that the Director of National Intelligence has resigned. Much of the speculation over the resignation revolves around his role in… Read More

Security

You Gotta Fight, for Our Right, to Missile Defense

James Carafano | May 19, 2010

Yesterday, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) clashed head on with Obama administration officials in the first hearing over New START, a proposed nuclear arms control treaty… Read More

 

Saturday Night Live II

James Carafano | May 13, 2010

The funniest thing on television is not Betty White on Saturday Night Live. It’s the Iranian President.  “Live from Tehran. It’s Nuclear Summit Too!” That’s… Read More

 

The President Doth Protest Too Much

James Carafano | May 06, 2010

The Washington Post “coincidentally” ran a story today reporting that the president has a meeting on terrorism every week. It is hard not to believe… Read More

 

National Security from ‘Saturday Night Live’

James Carafano | May 03, 2010

“Live from Tehran. It’s Nuclear Summit Too!” That’s how Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should have opened his “nuclear” summit with representatives from 60 countries. Ahmadinejad’s… Read More

Security

Missile Defense Whoppers

James Carafano | April 20, 2010

Bradley Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy, recently testified before a House of Representative Armed Services subcommittee, touting Obama’s plan… Read More

Security

Well Said, But Mr. President . . .

James Carafano | April 19, 2010

Violent extremism of any stripe is beyond the pale. The intentional murder of innocents remains one of the world’s ultimate evils. If only everyone speaking… Read More

Security

Foreign Thinking Missing in Foreign Policy

James Carafano | April 05, 2010

Treaties are just words. Deeds matter more. We were supposed to have learned that lesson from the fallout after World War I. That global conflict… Read More

Security

Reagan Missile Defense Speech Matters More than Ever

James Carafano | March 23, 2010

Twenty seven years ago President Ronald Reagan delivered one of the most important speeches in modern history. For almost five decades, Americans had lived under… Read More

 

Tehran’s Terrible Future, and Maybe America’s Too

James Carafano | March 22, 2010

It was a sobering read. In 1950, Samuel Glasstone’s “The Effects of Atomic Weapons” provided the first unclassified explanation of the physical destruction caused by… Read More

Security

Dumping Airborne Laser Leaves America Vulnerable

James Carafano | February 22, 2010

At 8:44 p.m. PST Feb. 11, 2010 … for just a second … man made night into day. A short-range ballistic missile launched from a… Read More

Security

Night of the Living Dead Idea

James Carafano | February 05, 2010

The Department of Homeland Security’s Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) is out. Like the Pentagon’s QDR it is supposed to detail future threats and how… Read More

Security

5 Myths About White House Immigration Reform

James Carafano | February 05, 2010

1. There will be lots of positive measures in the bill that conservatives will support. That does not matter. A massive amnesty will overwhelm all… Read More

Security

Helping Homeland Security

James Carafano | February 04, 2010

The only real victim in the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an international flight bound for Detroit was the Department of Homeland Security. Claiming the… Read More

Security

Government’s Out-of-Step Agitprop on Global Warming

James Carafano | February 03, 2010

Listening to Washington, you would never know that today’s hot topics include Climategate, Glaciergate, and an increasingly bitter debate about what we really know about… Read More

Security

Maybe Closing Gitmo is not in the Cards

James Carafano | February 03, 2010

Politico reported yesterday that “The second-ranking House Democrat signaled Tuesday that the White House is reconsidering a plan to move Guantanamo detainees to a prison… Read More