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Can air power crush this enemy?

May 11, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

President Barack Obama's air war against terrorist targets in Syria has begun, sooner and more deeply inside Syrian territory than expected. The question: Will the strikes — which mark the...

Is Obama Islamic State’s worst nightmare?

May 11, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

There's an air of tragedy about President Barack Obama. He wants to chart a new course — pivot to the Pacific, end the long decade of war, do nation-building at...

Iranian children throw flowers into the sea as they commemorate the 24th anniversary of the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the U.S. Navy, at the port of Bandar Abbas on July 2, 2012. The plane was shot down by mistake, killing 290 civilian passengers and crew members.

America’s Flight 17

May 11, 2019 at 1:44 a.m.

— Fury and frustration still mount over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and justly so. But before accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes or dismissing the...

Condi presided over a catastrophe. So why is she lecturing Obama?

May 23, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

WASHINGTON — To watch Condoleezza Rice, the face of George W. Bush's foreign policy, stand before a convention of cheering Republicans and condemn Barack Obama for diminishing America's standing in...

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

August 22, 2021 at 2:45 a.m.

Obama has said that we have "limited goals" in Afghanistan. He hasn't defined the term precisely, but it's clear that he suffers from no illusions that a Western-style democracy is...

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