The Washington Post
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 06:50
Senior U.S. officials describe the threat posed by the Islamic State in chilling terms, but they have mounted a decidedly modest military campaign to check its advance through northern Iraq.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:22
If Obama wants to send a signal that he’s serious about helping a new Iraqi government, he should consider sending retired Gen. David Petraeus and former ambassador Ryan Crocker — the two Americans who probably know Iraq best — to Baghdad as his special envoys.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 06:59
President Obama insists that it is in the U.S. interest to maintain a strategic partnership with Egypt’s new authoritarian government, while Secretary of State John F. Kerry keeps claiming that strongman Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi actually heads a democracy. So the reality check provided by Human Rights Watch this week is particularly worthy of attention. According to a meticulous, year-long investigation carried out by the group, the administration’s ally in Cairo is guilty of the “world’s largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history” and deserves prosecution for crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 06:59
President Obama insists that it is in the U.S. interest to maintain a strategic partnership with Egypt’s new authoritarian government, while Secretary of State John F. Kerry keeps claiming that strongman Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi actually heads a democracy. So the reality check provided by Human Rights Watch this week is particularly worthy of attention. According to a meticulous, year-long investigation carried out by the group, the administration’s ally in Cairo is guilty of the “world’s largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history” and deserves prosecution for crimes against humanity.
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 08:06
Palestinian militants began to fire rockets at Israel again Friday morning after a three-day truce ended and talks in Cairo to extend it sputtered.
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 07:24
Three years after U.S. and NATO forces helped liberate Libya from the dictatorship of Moammar Gaddafi, the country is beginning to look a lot like another nation where an abrupt U.S. disengagement following a civil war led to chaos: Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 07:19
Mr. Obama is right to deny new support to the Iraqi government as long as the toxic Mr. Maliki remains in office. But it can and should act immediately to address the humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq and to further support Kurdish forces, which face the Islamic state along a 600-mile border.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 07:00
Given the great expansion of the threat, U.S. support should be expedited. The United States should move immediately to work with local forces opposed to the Islamic State — not just the government in Baghdad but also Sunni Arabs and the Kurds
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:50
Corruption is a “cancer” that blocks opportunities for African nations seeking international investment, Vice President Biden said Monday, as the Obama administration welcomed African leaders
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 07:38
The collapse of a hard-won cease-fire in the Gaza Strip after only a few hours Friday lessens the already-limited American leverage to end Israel’s longest and most deadly war since President Obama took office.