Iraq

 



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Our Self-crippled Policy Encouraged the Deadly Embassy Attacks [Foxnews.com]

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Galt Goes Global [Foreignpolicy.com]

Did Paul Ryan take his foreign policy from Ayn Rand?

What We Owe Our Soldiers

Iraq's Failing Government

How to Stop Iran?

The Iran Evasion

What Real War Looks Like

America's self-defense should not be left at the mercy of the United Nations

North Korea's Power Over the West

The Terrorists' Motivation: Islam

Their attempt to practice religion consistently explains the terrorists' actions.

Why We Are Losing Hearts and Minds

Our leaders have failed to answer the evil moral ideal of Islamic totalitarianism with a rational ideal of our own.

The Indispensable Condition of Peace

Only when the initiators of force learn that their actions lead to their own destruction, will peace be possible in the Middle East.

The U.S.-Israeli Suicide Pact

Diplomacy Only Encourages North Korea's Belligerence

Western "diplomacy" has strengthened North Korea

Washington's Pro-Hamas Foreign Policy

America's appeasing foreign policy encouraged Hamas

The Fear to Speak Comes to America's Shores

If the government does not protect our freedom of speech by force, America will join Europe's climate of self-censorship.

Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech

Muslim death threats against Danish cartoonists echo Khomeini's 1989 fatwa on Salman Rushdie--a death threat renewed this month by Iran's mullahs. Combating such religious terrorism is a moral necessity.

The Cartoon Jihad: Free Speech in the Balance

We must uncompromisingly defend the right to freedom of speech.

The Injustice of Saddam's Trial

By granting Hussein a trial, justice is perverted.

The Advent of Freedom?

The proposed Iraqi constitution will not bring freedom to Iraq or security to America.

"Muslim Opinion" Be Damned

America's attempts to appease "Muslim opinion" are depraved and suicidal.

Bush's Betrayal of America: The Iraqi Elections

The Iraqi election will bring neither freedom to Iraq nor security to America.

America's Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive

Fighting a compassionate war is immoral; it is costing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq and emboldening our enemies throughout the Islamic world.

World Opinion Be Damned

America's attempts to appease "world opinion" are depraved and suicidal.

America's Compassion in Iraq Is Self-Destructive

Fighting a compassionate war is immoral; it is costing the lives of American soldiers in Iraq and emboldening our enemies throughout the Islamic world.

American Appeasement in Iraq

The way to avoid a disaster in Iraq is to stop apologizing for our presence, and to start forcefully asserting our principle of individual freedom.

The Ideological Reconstruction of Iraq

The new Iraq needs to learn the meaning and value of the Enlightenment's respect for reason.

War and Morality

Mr. Bush's policy toward Hussein is doomed to failure because it refuses to evaluate the conflict with Iraq in moral terms.

 

Letters to the Editor

Looking for Allies

There Is No Need for an Endless Global Conflict

Bush's Pursuit of Democracy Can't Bring Freedom to Anyone

Withdraw or Stay the Course in Iraq? Neither.

Dissolve the United Nations

War on Terrorism Has Yet to Be Waged

Moral Courage Needed to Win the War

Our Irrational Enemies and their Sympathizers

Use of Force Against Iran Should Not Be Excluded

The Urgent Need for Preemption

New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam

What the Terrorist Attacks in Israel and Iraq Prove

U.S. Shouldn't Force Religious Freedom on Iraqis

Where Are the Peaceniks When We Need Them?

Iraqis Have No Right to a Dictatorship

Let FedEx Do the Job

What Kind of Government for Iraq?

Iraqi Oil Does Not Belong to the Iraqi People

No U.N. in post-war Iraq

Self-Defense Should Be the Purpose of the War

 

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