Lebanon is an incredibly complex society composed of groups that have often found it difficult to live together. After years of civil war, peace slowly came, but only as parts of the country and government were occupied by Israel and Syria. Hezbollah was the proxy...
“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln, December 1, 1862 The events of the past are constantly shaping the future course of human events. Because of this, there are few instances in the past century where the...
EUFOR Chad What happens when the U.N decides that a situation requires military intervention and the U.S. is unwilling or unable to to take a lead role? Looking to the nations of the European Union would seem to be a natural alternative. This in fact is exactly what...
After the Cold War “You can always rely on America to do the right thing. Once it has exhausted the alternatives.” Winston Churchill At the time, I was mostly too young to comprehend the events of the late 1980’s and the end of the Cold War. There are a lot...
Flash back to 1987. Baby Jessica. Margaret Thatcher. Black Monday. Robert Bork and Gary Hart. Bruce Willis. If, in 1987, I had told you that in twenty years, in addition to Bruce Willis churning out Die Hard 8: the Search for More Money, 2007 would see the...
