Even if we are able to topple the Assad regime, which will be increasingly difficult with the overt support of Assad by Russia and the covert support by Iran, what next?
the Obama administration basically admitted that the IRGC was one of the most powerful economic actors within Iran
I think if you look at the heart of what Iran is doing, okay, the ideologically driven externalization of its Islamic re...
The security architecture that we have in place in Afghanistan is not working.
We need a complete review of our policy.
We cannot abandon our ally. We must redouble our efforts to remain engaged to seek a more stable Afghanistan.
We must rethink the scope of our mission to include taking on more than just al-Qaeda and its affiliates.
The administration needs to revisit its strategy, and not just put a halt on the withdrawal because artificial timelines...
We need to use this leverage to get Pakistan to do more on the counterterrorism front.
The stakes are too high in Afghanistan for the Afghan people, for the region, and for U.S. national security interests.
We should be putting pressure on Pakistan to clean up the mess in Afghanistan that it has made.