By: Col. Robert Maginnis – Human Events
One-fifth of President Obama’s State of the Union speech was dedicated to rehashing his first term national security and foreign affairs policies but provided no new initiatives and plenty of cuts. That’s alarming given the major international problems facing America today. Continue reading
By: Col. Robert Maginnis – Human Events
Last week Israeli jet fighters destroyed two critical targets, a Syrian convoy loaded with sophisticated weapons intended for the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and an unconventional weapons facility near Damascus. Continue reading
The hostage crises in Algeria and Mali are linked to President Barack Obama’s failed Libya policy and could quickly metastasize across North Africa transforming it into the world’s epicenter for Islamic extremists. Continue reading
President Barack Obama wants to speed up the departure of our troops from Afghanistan no matter the consequences for that country, the region and American interests. Leaving prematurely will only make our inevitable return more costly. Continue reading
We can’t afford to wait years to decide whether the dire predictions associated with the latest round of defense cuts are more than political hyperbole. Continue reading
Syria has become the battleground for a proxy war that has little to do with those who are dying. The culprits fueling the fight are Russia, Iran, Syria’s neighbors, Islamists, and the United States. The outcome could radically reshape the Middle East.
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This week the U.S. Senate will likely pass legislation that accepts significant cybersecurity risk, an issue most Americans believe is “very important” for which our top cyber commander says we are grossly unprepared. Don’t expect real reform until after America is crippled by the coming cyber “Pearl Harbor” attack.
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Once Syrian president Bashar al-Assad falls, the country could regroup under a unity government to become a prosperous democratic state or it could experience years of civil war, sectarian atrocities and/or terrorists could take over to create an Islamic totalitarian state.
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There has been plenty of breaking news about Iran, but the most important story earned little attention.
Last week, the Pentagon declassified portions of a report to Congress that indicates Iran’s military is rapidly growing its conventional force’s lethality. That means the price of delaying military action to destroy Tehran’s nuclear weapons program, when sanctions inevitably fail, could soon become too costly.
Unless the Nigerian government quickly acts that African country could collapse into sectarian civil war and eventually become a terrorist haven like Somalia. That prospect creates a serious challenge for American interests in the region.