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Christian Whiton Archive

  • Obama Is Still Lost and Without a Plan, When It Comes to Libya and the Middle East

    Published March 09, 2011

    If, despite spending $80 billion a year on its intelligence community, the U.S. government is unable if called upon to identify, understand, contact and support the best of the Libyan freedom fighters, then President Obama is failing to manage the national security apparatus.

  • Why Would the U.S. Ever Count On the U.N. to Help Fix the Libya Mess?

    Published March 03, 2011

    The centerpiece of the White House response to the unrest currently engulfing the Qaddafi regime has been a U.N. Security Council resolution prohibiting arms sales to Libya. But this cannot possibly help rebels in the near term, when their fate is likely to be decided.

  • Obama Uncertainty Encourages Mubarak

    Published February 10, 2011

    History will clarify what events on Thursday led to the expectation that Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak would step down, only for Mubarak to announce that he would remain. By making a transition to real democracy less likely and clear, the chance of much a worse option in Egypt only increases.

  • O'Reilly Obama Interview Shows That President Still Hasn't Changed Course

    Published February 06, 2011

    The current conventional wisdom in Washington is that President Obama has moderated since the November elections and performed better in his job. Judging by Sunday's interview the conventional wisdom is wrong.

  • Obama Is Failing on Egypt

    Published February 02, 2011

    Why is it that embracing democracy and defining U.S. interests seems impossible for the Obama White House? Why does it have a habit of approaching crises with a lack of urgency and purpose?

  • After Arizona -- What Message Are We Sending About America?

    Published January 12, 2011

    How can a country win a war if its leaders choose not to understand its enemy at all?

  • Export American Values, Not Socialism

    Published January 04, 2011

    Contrary to the conventional wisdom in Washington, our country needs to spend less, not more on foreign assistance; and it's time for us to get our head in the game.

  • Arms Agreement Gets 2011 Off to a Bad START

    Published December 22, 2010

    With START and so many other matters, the Washington foreign policy establishment has failed America as we enter a perilous new year. 

  • Dereliction of Duty: Obama and the WikiLeaks Train Wreck

    Published December 08, 2010

    President Obama and his team have dithered rather than act decisively in the WikiLeaks scandal. Once again they have demonstrated that they have little idea of how to the defend America.

  • What WikiLeaks Revealed: Our Diplomats Aren't Dopes

    Published December 02, 2010

    WikiLeaks set out to smear U.S. diplomats in its latest release. But guess what? Instead of making America's diplomats look bad, they have ended up looking rational, well intentioned and perceptive.