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The Prospect Of A Nuclear Iran
The recent disclosure about a new secret Iranian facility devoted to the Iranian nuclear program — one of several such facilities in Iran — significantly raises the stakes in our relations with that...
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Find The Cost of (Egyptian) Freedom
Egypt is now experiencing its fifth day of violent street protests. The army has been called out, social media communications and internet access have been disrupted, and most recently President Hosni...
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Holding Our Breath
In the United States, the decision of Hosni Mubarak to yield power to a supreme military tribunal should be a cause for circumspection, not celebration. Much as we understand and appreciate the desire...
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The Wave Rolls On
In the Middle East, these are interesting times — which means these also are interesting times in the halls of the State Department. With popular protests having brought down the regimes in Tunisia and...
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Bloody Syria
Another country in the Middle East seems to be rapidly descending into bloody chaos. This time, it’s Syria. In the last month, protests have escalated and spread across the country. In the past week,...
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I Remember
I remember being at my desk when the attorney in the office next door told me that a plane had crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. I remember when he told me moments later that...
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The Keystone Pipeline And Lilliput
Today President Obama rejected a proposal to build the Keystone Pipeline. It is one of those decisions, I think, that carries a deeper message about our country, its leaders, and where we are headed....
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Syria On The Brink Of Chaos
It’s bad in Syria, and it seems to be getting worse. This is not good news for the United States, or the world. Fighting between Syrian government troops and rebels apparently is raging across the...
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As Binding As A UN-Brokered Cease Fire
In a few hours another UN-brokered cease fire is supposed to take effect in Syria. Don’t hold your breath. This is just the latest in a series of would-be cease fires announced by the United Nations....
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Spray On the Neck
Today I went to lunch with friend and loyal Webner House reader and commenter Mike N. We met at Milestone 229, at the southern end of the Scioto Mile. We sat outside, next to the the fountain and...
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The Value Of In Person, Versus In Writing
The recent attacks on U.S. embassies and consulates in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen have come on the heels of reports that President Obama has missed more than half of his daily intelligence briefing...
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The Final Debate
Tonight, in Florida, President Obama and Mitt Romney have their final debate. This debate will focus on foreign policy and — as UJ notes in his post today about the Middle East — there is a lot to...
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Secretary Clinton Stands Down
Hillary Clinton has stepped down from President Obama’s Cabinet. After battling health problems, she has been replaced as Secretary of State by John Kerry. With so much of international diplomacy...
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The Embassy Closures
The United States closed 21 of its embassies and consulates in the Middle East and Africa on Sunday, and most of those facilities will remain closed this week. As usual, our government seems incapable...
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A Shirking President, And An Army For Rent
I mentioned in my post this morning that the Obama Administration seems to be making up its Syria policy as it goes along. Two things happened today that reinforce that conclusion for me. First,...
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Iran And Nukes
Today the United States and a group of other countries reached agreement on a proposal that addressed the Iranian nuclear program. The agreement is a temporary one, apparently designed to freeze the...
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The Secretary Of State’s Security Screening
On Tuesday U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is in the Middle East trying to arrange for a cease-fire in the Israeli-Palestinian fighting in Gaza, met with the Egyptian President. Prior to the...
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The President’s Speech About ISIS
Tonight President Obama will give a nationally televised address about the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the group of murderous terrorists who have seized territory in those countries and intend to...
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2016’s Rocky Start
It’s only the first official workday of 2016, and already the year is off to a very rocky start. In the Middle East, tensions are high because Saudi Arabia — where Sunni Muslims predominate — recently...
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