Robert Gates said...

turbulent, unstable, and unpredictable times have recurred to challenge U.S. leaders regularly since World War II

My concern is that I don't see an overreaching--or overriding strategy on the part of the United States with this comple...

In the end, the Iraqi leadership did not try to get an agreement through their parliament that would have made possible ...

The policymakers who will follow us . . . will not have the same historical, personal and, indeed, emotional ties to Eur...