President Obama Goes AWOL on the Ukraine Front
Barack Obama has been busy defending his dismal foreign policy record on his trip to Asia this week. At a press conference in the Philippines… Read More
Kerry Offers Himself as a Martyr for the Administration’s Failed Foreign Policy
During a recent Senate hearing, Secretary of State John Kerry said he would take the blame for any failures of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy,… Read More
Israel Intercepts Missile Shipment from Iran as U.S. Shortchanges Missile Defense
Last week, Iran was once again caught red-handed shipping arms, including advanced rockets, to Gaza-based Palestinian terrorists. The Israeli navy intercepted the Klos-C, a Panamanian-flagged… Read More
As Kyiv Burns, the Obama Doctrine Is Going Down in Flames
The Obama Administration’s lack of leadership on international crises has become so apparent that even The Washington Post is launching broadsides at the White House…. Read More
The Obama Administration’s Syria Policy Meltdown
Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that the Obama Administration’s policy on Syria was failing and needed to be changed, according to two Republican Senators…. Read More
U.S. Suspends Aid to Syrian Rebels as Islamists Seize Supplies
Washington has suspended nonlethal aid to Syrian rebels after Islamist militants seized warehouses containing U.S.-provided supplies close to the Turkish border, U.S. officials announced Wednesday…. Read More
The Obama Doctrine’s Misleading Rhetoric on Terrorism
Despite the Obama Administration’s narrative, the al-Qaeda network and its radical ideology pose an unbroken and significant danger to the United States homeland and its… Read More
The Obama Doctrine: The Not So Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The state of U.S. foreign policy under President Obama resembles nothing so much as the mess surrounding Obamacare. This was the grim message of Thursday’s… Read More
After Syrian Confusion, the Obama Doctrine Lies in Ruins
Even as he took office, President Obama set out a vision of a doctrine that would “transform” the United States. In foreign policy, the “Obama… Read More
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Susan Rice to NSC: Obama Goes All In on Failed Policies
President Obama’s jarring choice of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice to be the Administration’s new National Security Adviser showcases the President’s… Read More
Top 10 Reads: June 28, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Obama’s illusory ‘peace dividend’ – Ed… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Dithers While American Credibility Burns
President Barack Obama invited ESPN into the White House yesterday so that The Worldwide Leader In Sports could tape his picks for the 2011 NCAA… Read More
Libya: The Obama Doctrine Inaction
The Wall Street Journal wrote Saturday: Whatever else one might say about President Obama’s Libya policy, it has succeeded brilliantly in achieving its oft-stated goal… Read More
Niall Ferguson Slams Obama’s Handling of Egypt on ‘Morning Joe’
Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson was on Morning Joe yesterday morning to talk about the cover story he wrote for the latest edition of Newsweek… Read More
Morning Bell: Egypt Exposes Obama Doctrine Happy Talk
The Obama Administration thought they had solved the crisis in Egypt. Yesterday in Marquette, Michigan, President Barack Obama told students at Northern Michigan University, “What… Read More
Turmoil in the Middle East, Confusion in the White House
There was a time when the U.S. government boldly supported democratic movements and spoke out unabashedly in favor of political and human rights. It wasn’t… Read More
More Carter Redux in the Middle East
From the outset of the Obama presidency and the emergence of the Obama Doctrine, the similarities between this Administration and that of Jimmy Carter have… Read More
Ahmadinejad, Chavez and the Obama Doctrine
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wrapped up a two day visit to Iran with a flurry of official agreements and rhetorical broadsides denouncing the United States…. Read More
Jones Resigns NSC. Nothing Changes.
If you change the cast of a soap opera and the script is the same, the next episode is not much different than the last…. Read More
Morning Bell: Peace Doesn’t Keep Itself
Yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama told his Economic Recovery Advisory Board: “I realize that we are facing an untenable fiscal situation. What I won’t do… Read More
Jimmy Carter’s National Security Policies—The Sequel?
They remade the Brady Bunch, Charlie’s Angels, and The A-Team—why not replay the presidency of Jimmy Carter? The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund joined the… Read More
That ’70s Feeling
Americans appear to be taking a cue from the Obama Administration on foreign policy and the U.S.’s role in global affairs. Much like President Carter’s… Read More
Morning Bell: Neglecting Allies and Appeasing Foes
In yesterday’s New York Times, International Herald Tribune columnist Roger Cohen reported: “Since taking office, President Obama has reached out to the Muslim world as… Read More
Morning Bell: The Obama Doctrine
Aside from the wooden performance, there was nothing particularly noteworthy about President Barack Obama’s Oval Office address on Iraq last night. The President again evinced… Read More
Morning Bell: Slouching Towards Irrelevance
Earlier this month while in Brussels, Vice President Joe Biden told the European Parliament that while “some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington,… Read More
Duty, Honor … Country Optional
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
