I just watched the Frontline documentary on Afghanistan. It is really excellent. All Americans seeking to understand the debates on Afghanistan and whether or not to pursue a counterinsurgency strategy there should watch it. John Nagl, Bill Mayville ...

Joe Biden is in Beirut. Unless, something crazy happens, like Biden waving a Hizballah flag and marching to the Fatima Gate, I stand by what I told Laura Rozen a few days ago about this: "I think there is probably some realism that March 14 coul...

Seymour Hersh, who has publicly distanced himself from the wack-job conspiracy theory -- promulgated by al-Manar and NewTV in Lebanon -- that the United States was behind the assassination of Rafik Hariri, has nonetheless opened a can of worms with h...

Gian Gentile passed along this highly entertaining Australian documentary on the United States Military Academy featuring another friend of the blog, Craig Mullaney (and a funny picture of The...

The most important line in this article on the fighting in Swat:The government has not helped, refugees said, with its erratic, seesawing efforts to appease and fight the militants. Some said they...