Libya & Yemen: The Next Al Qaeda Strongholds?
Question: Why are we in Afghanistan? Answer: To prevent al Qaeda from reestablishing its safe havens in that country. Q: Why did al Qaeda choose Afghanistan for its safe havens? A: Because the local...
View ArticleIs Al Qaeda Gaining the Upper Hand in Libya?
A Libyan rebel commander who recruited his countrymen to serve as jihadists in the Iraqi insurgency has said radical Islamists “today are on the front lines” in the uprising against Muammar Qaddafi....
View ArticleBin Laden’s Death Brings Justice For 9/11 Families
On Thursday, President Obama will visit ground zero in New York City to mark Osama Bin Laden’s death and to meet with families of 9/11 victims. FrumForum interviewed 9/11 family members to get their...
View ArticleAmerica’s Afghan Mission: The Wrong Front Line?
After the death of Osama bin Laden, the U.S. is now faced with a difficult question. My latest column for CNN.com asks: Is the commitment of 100,000 troops in Afghanistan hurting our ability to fight...
View ArticleFive Questions About Bin Laden’s Killing
1) Was there an informant inside the Osama Bin Laden compound? Might that explain why there’s so much confusion in the White House account of the action – there is a fact they are anxious to conceal?...
View ArticleLibya Part Of A Larger-Scale Effort
It’s easy to snipe at Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, and George Will does a great job of this in a recent column. Will bristles at McCain’s and Graham’s charge that Republicans who eschew...
View ArticleCan Conservatives Accept Success in Fighting Terror?
America is winning the War on Terror. At least by the most visible metrics, that is. As David Frum wrote for FrumForum, the death of Osama bin Laden was the culmination of a decade in which the...
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Al-Qaeda’s Iranian Presence Should be a Greater Concern
Yesterday, the U.S. government formally announced what many of us have known for sometime: there is a direct connection between al-Qaeda and Iran. The Treasury Department sanctioned “six members of a...
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No Victory in Sight in Afghanistan or Libya
It’s tempting to attribute the killing of 22 Navy SEALS from Team-6 as retribution from the Taliban or Al-Qaeda for the nailing of Osama bin Laden. To do so, would be the stuff of novels. But it would...
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America’s Postmodern War
The most senior US military officer has accused Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency of supporting the Haqqani group in last week’s attack on the US Kabul embassy: “The Haqqani network … acts...
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