Middle East
200 pieces tagged “Middle East”, newest first.
Yemen Displays Obama Failures in a Nutshell
Just what did retaliatory strikes accomplish in this proxy war?
Obama's Syria Failure
U.S. and Russia break up talks on jointly fighting the Islamic State.

Obama and Clinton DID Create the Islamic State!
Predictably, the vacuum left by the 2011 Obama-Clinton retreat from Iraq created the resurgence of a far more dangerous incarnation of global Muslim terrorism.

Clinton's Khan: Who Is Trashing Whom?
Hillary Clinton used the Khans' religious, ethnic, cultural and political status, in addition to their loss and grief, as fodder for a disgraceful political charade.
Libya in Chaos, Obama Lobs Bombs
Hillary Clinton's policy has yielded disastrous results.
The Bad Guy Wins in Turkey
Erdogan's regime gets even worse with severe crack down on opposition.
More Chaos on Obama's Watch
He lives in a make-believe world, and it has real-world consequences.

Still Blocking the Way for Christian Refugees
Obama has kept the number to a shocking minimum.
Does Saudi Arabia Deserve America's Friendship?
Saudi Arabia certainly isn't acting innocent.

NEWS ALERT: 'Islamist Terrorists Nuke U.S. Urban Center'
Boots On, Off and On the Ground Again
Bypassing Security Screening to Import Syrians
Another Obama end-run that could yield disastrous results.
Broken Promises and Feckless Policy in Syria
Obama puts boots on the ground despite repeatedly saying he wouldn't.

Obama Seeks Peace in His Time
Which would be funny if it weren't so tragically at odds with reality.
Clinton's Libya Problem
It's isn't just that nation; it's her entire tenure as secretary of state.
About the Ceasefire in Syria Planned for Friday...
The chance of that happening has grown slim.
Stumbling Toward War
America's adversaries have taken the measure of our commander in chief.

Who's Up for a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East?
The inevitable is coming to fruition.
Saudi Arabia and Iran Grow Heated as U.S. Steps Back
Middle Eastern countries take matters into their own hands.

The 'Isolationist' Smear
After the latest Republican presidential debate, The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin argued that Ted Cruz had undone himself "courting" the "Trumpkin base," sinking "further into the far-right brew of isolationism and xenophobia." And to prove this contention, Rubin grabbed hold of two words Cruz used, "America" and "first," to claim that the senator from Texas was signaling support for 1930s/'40s-style isolationism.