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May: A mission accomplished in Syria
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President Trump is re-establishing the power of deterrence If you’re still unsure about whether President Trump did the right thing when he launched 59 cruise missiles at Syria’s Shayrat airbase last week, consider the alternative. He knew that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had yet again used chemical weapons to murder Syrian civilians, women and children…
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May: Mahmoud Abbas, the winner …
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… and still no champion of Palestinian democracy One man, one vote, one time: In 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was elected to a four-year term as president of the Palestinian Authority. He hasn’t bothered to run for re-election since. He also is president of Fatah, a political movement with past ties to terrorism and the dominant…
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No silver bullets: Jim Carpenter stresses fundamentals, agility
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Jim Carpenter likes to tell a story about a campaign stop more than two decades ago in a small town on the Eastern Plains. It’s no coincidence the story stars former three-term Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, a man Carpenter describes as the master of quick thinking and innovative approaches to the surprises any politician is…
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May: The problem with processed peace
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Negotiations alone seldom turn terrorists and tyrants into partners and allies When peace-loving people sit down together in a spirit of compromise they can find ways to resolve their conflicts. Does it follow that negotiations with those who don’t care a fig about peace and reject compromise also lead to good results? Logic says no,…
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May: A strategic mistake in counterterrorism
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The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act entails steep costs and few benefits For almost eight years, I’ve waited for Congress to stand up to President Obama, to demonstrate that the legislative branch is still – as the Founders envisioned – coequal to the executive branch, that senators and representatives are more than a commentariat,…
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May: Coming to America
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Who should we take in, how many can we integrate and who decides? Millions of people want to come to America. Actually, it’s tens of millions or perhaps hundreds of millions. Some Americans believe our borders should be open – that everyone has a “right” to live in the United States. That seems to me both…
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May: Iran and the future of the Middle East
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Obama’s bet on the Islamic republic moderating is a long-shot Nixon went to China. Obama will not be going to Iran. The 1972 visit of President Richard M. Nixon to the People’s Republic included meetings with both Chairman Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary leader, and Premier Zhou Enlai, the pragmatic head of the government. Détente…
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May: Tracking freedom’s enemies
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A new State Department report confirms most people are denied basic human rights If I were to ask an intelligent person like you what happened in the 20th century, or the 19th or the 18th, you could probably sum up the most significant developments. But if I asked you what is happening in the 21st…
