The Engagement "Myth"
Today’s reading assignment, from Joel Himelfarb of the Washington Times, at Opinion Journal.com He reminds us that successive U.S. administrations have “engaged” both Syria and Iran since the late 1970s,…
The Way Ahead?
The much-anticipated report from the Iraq Study Group (ISG) is out. Thanks to a wave of pre-release media leaks and public statements by group members, there’s really nothing in the…
Another Black Eye
The Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps has taken another black eye. Less than two years after the service’s top legal officer was demoted two grades and forced to…
That Dog Won't Hunt
In trying to justify its own nuclear program, North Korea is trotting out a familiar, but false canard: we need nuclear weapons to “protect ourselves” from U.S. nukes in the…
The Final Roll Call
Later today, survivors of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack will gather in Hawaii for their last reunion. The remaining veterans of the surprise Japanese strike are now in their 80s…
Correcting the Record
It has become a part of our military lore. During World War II, the nation’s first black fighter pilots–better known as the Tuskegee Airmen–never lost a bomber they escorted to…
The Diana File
The British press is abuzz over reports that “U.S. intelligence agencies” monitored the phone calls of Princess Diana in the months leading up to her death. According to the Evening…
A Minor Victory Amid the Gloom for Airbus
The troubled Airbus A380 program got an expected–but needed–boost yesterday, when the super-jumbo jet received type certification from both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration.…
The World's Worst-Kept Secret
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is in a bit of hot water, or should we say, more hot water. In an interview with a German TV station, broadcast on Monday,…
Did We Spy on Di?
Appropriately enough, today’s gossip page in the New York Daily News has the latest on the “spy scandal” surrounding Britain’s late Princess Diana. Both the CIA and the Secret Service…