January 19, 2008

World War IV: A Military Perspective

World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism, by Norman Podhoretz, New York: Doubleday, 2007. 240 pp.Not once during my six months serving in Iraq did I ever hear anyone refer to our conflict there as “World War IV.” In fact, to ...

December 28, 2007

The Battle of Pakistan

The assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto means that the nuclear-armed Islamic Republic of Pakistan is now a battleground just as important as those in Iraq and Afghanistan in the global war against the radical Islamists.The Battle of...

November 18, 2007

A Lesson in American Exceptionalism from Pakistan Chaos

General Pervez Musharraf's November 3, 2007 Proclamation of Emergency and the consequent suspension of Pakistan's Constitution and various "fundamental rights" remind us of America's cherished notion of unalienable human rights and freedom....