Posts Tagged: Obama Foreign Policy
Obama is the Problem in US-Israeli Relations
In an interview on the PBS television 'Charlie Rose' program, President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision...
Report: Reactions to Netanayhu Congress Speech Show Hollywood Turning Away From Obama on Iran
Early reactions from Hollywood honchos to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress on Tuesday showed growing disappointment with President Obama's foreign policy, specifically...
Arab Commentators Strongly Back Netanyahu on Congress Speech, Iran Nuclear Threat
Leading Arab opinion makers weighed in on the controversy surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress on Tuesday and expressed strong support for his...
Taking the Long View
On June 7, 1981, on the eve of the June 30 Israeli election, Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered the demolition of Iraq's nuclear reactor,...
It’s Too Late for Obama to Correct the Failures of His Presidency
With the supposed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine a mirage, the White House can soon be expected to return to its public pondering of whether to...
What Would Winston Churchill Say to Barack Obama?
If Winston Churchill were alive today, this is probably the letter that he would send to President Obama. Dear Mr. President, As the leader of the...
Obama’s Foreign Policy Will Damage America for Decades
Any administration's national security strategy written for public consumption inevitably involves platitudes, vacuous rhetoric and self-congratulation. But the strategy announced last week for President Obama's...
Obama’s Iran Strategy HAS Been Consistent. That’s What’s Scary.
Today's Washington Post editorial opposing the president's Iran policy will get a lot of attention: AS THE Obama administration pushes to complete a nuclear accord with Iran,...
Obama’s Failures Tell Us What to Avoid
What role should foreign policy play in the 2016 presidential election campaign? With good reason, national-security issues will loom larger than at any point since the...
A Foreign Affairs To-Do List for the GOP
The "red wave" of the midterms means Republicans will have considerably greater leverage dealing with Barack Obama's waning presidency. In national security matters, however, unlike domestic...
Why the Republicans Won in 2014
The only surprise about the giant Republican congressional victory is why it didn't happen sooner. Why did President Obama even win reelection in 2012? Clearly, the...
Obama’s Kobani Crossroads
President Obama has consistently disregarded the advice of his military experts on the ISIS threat. And he seems to have written off the Kurdish-Syrian town of Kobani,...
President Obama Refuses to Recognize Reality
President Obama's halting, erratic, often contradictory response to the Islamic State's emergence is a classic example how rigid ideology can distort reality. His unwillingness to...
Obama Discusses Middle East Crisis During Annual Rosh Hashanah Call With U.S. Rabbis
JTA - In his annual Rosh Hashanah call with American rabbis, President Obama focused on crises in the Middle East. "He spoke about the complexities and...
