Obama’s Afghan Dilemma Obama’s Afghan Dilemma
Obama calls Afghanistan "the right war." But sending more US troops into the quagmire will only make the crisis worse.
Dec 3, 2008 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
He’s Baaaaack! Holbrooke, that is. He’s Baaaaack! Holbrooke, that is.
The other shoe is dropping. Now that Hillary is feathering her nest at State, it seems likely that a flock of Democratic hawks -- or are they vultures? -- will be settling in, too...
Dec 3, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s New Team at State, Defense, NSC Obama’s New Team at State, Defense, NSC
The Wall Street Journal, evidently keen readers of this blog, devoted an editorial on Friday to my criticism of Barack Obama's foreign policy team. Its November 28 editorial, enti...
Dec 1, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mumbai Terror Could Cascade Across Region Mumbai Terror Could Cascade Across Region
The bloody terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, have the potential to cascade across the region. If Pakistan's army and intelligence service, which have long supported anti-India t...
Nov 28, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The US-Iraq Deal Doesn’t Bode Well The US-Iraq Deal Doesn’t Bode Well
Secular and nationalist opponents of the Baghdad regime of Nouri al-Maliki failed, and spectacularly so, to block the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), and their failure ...
Nov 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Foreign Policy Team Obama’s Foreign Policy Team
I hate to say I told you so, but here it goes. In late September, in this column, I criticized Barack Obama for what I called a "pathetic" debate with John McCain, in which Obama...
Nov 24, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
That Iranian “Bomb”? Relax. That Iranian “Bomb”? Relax.
With the Bush administration swirling around the drain -- get out the plunger! -- it's now time to stop hyperventilating about the "Iranian bomb." For goodness sakes, let it go! ...
Nov 20, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Rewarding War Crimes Rewarding War Crimes
A doddering old former US secretary of state wants President-elect Obama to do more than keep Robert Gates on a secretary of defense. He suggests that Obama ought to retain W.'s p...
Nov 18, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama, Iran, and the US-Iraq SOFA Obama, Iran, and the US-Iraq SOFA
Why, after so many months, was the US-Iraq security pact approved now? True, the two countries were facing a deadline of December 31, when the UN authority for the occupation expi...
Nov 17, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
O’Hanlon Gives Obama Some Bad Advice O’Hanlon Gives Obama Some Bad Advice
In today's Wall Street Journal, a top hawkish Democrat -- a supporter of Hillary Clinton in the primaries whose hardline views on Iraq forced Hillary to break with him -- gives Ba...
Nov 14, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss