Islamic governments need to respect religious liberty at home before lecturing the West about intolerance.
Israel would lose a lot in a peace deal with Palestine. If Obama really wants a new settlement, he needs to reward the Israelis for cooperating—and punish them if they don’t.
The president’s Cairo address confirmed his skill as an orator and encouraged Arabs and Israelis to work toward peace. But the realities of the AfPak conflict will probably ring truer in Muslim ears than Obama’s dulcet tones.
Nancy Pelosi’s flip-flopping votes on the Iraq War and wishy-washy statements on torture are indicative of the supine stance Congress took during the Bush administration.
While the Afghan and Pakistani presidents have photo-ops with President Obama, their people are coming to see them as little more than stooges for America.
Pakistan, beset with high food prices, has just decided to sell a large chunk of arable land to foreign investors. Could Islamabad be any more foolish?
The Taliban’s PR in Pakistan is pretty bad. If we stopped drone attacks, the insurgency would become even more unpopular.
Instead of being bold and daring, Obama has been staid and cautious. He needs to take some risks and step on some toes to get America out of its economic funk.
Although Obama is a cut above recent presidents, our times demand extraordinary leadership—and so far he hasn’t delivered.
Despite vows to not repeat its mistakes from Lebanon in 2006, Israel has made the same missteps in Gaza.