Defeating Jihadism Requires More Than Killing Terrorists
Who’s really being naïve about nation-building?
September 1, 2017
Defeating Jihadism Requires More Than Killing Terrorists
Who’s really being naïve about nation-building?
On August 21, the president outlinined a new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and announced a plan to send more troops there. Henceforth, he said, the objective of the war will be “killing terrorists” rather than “nation-building.” Yet moments later he added that victory will entail “obliterating Islamic State, crushing al-Qaeda, preventing the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan, and stopping mass terror attacks against America before they emerge.” And all that, writes Elliott Abrams, can’t be accomplished solely by killing bad guys:
September 1, 2017
Unless Iran Allows Inspectors into Its Military Sites, It Can Violate the Nuclear Deal with Impunity
The deal isn’t being enforced by its own standards.
Israel Should Fund the Temple Mount Sifting Project
And counter the Islamist plan to erase Jewish history.
Why the Torah Commands “Blotting Out the Memory of Amalek” but Forbids “Despising the Egyptian”
Rational and irrational hatred.
British Theater Has an Enemy, and Its Name Is Israel
The Rachel Corrie revival.