Since the heinous attacks on September 11, 2001, New York has avoided any subsequent “Al-Qaeda-style 9/11” terrorist attacks. Given the impending fifteenth anniversary, another period of reflection is upon us. In fact, there are a disparate set of reflections that will dominate the national anniversary. Most notable, all Americans, as with…
Throughout the primary process, and now well into the 2016 General Election period, few have noticed that there have been a host of iterations of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s plans to defeat ISIS. Unknown too many is that there have been a number of statements and subsequent revisions of…
The view within Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff is that having served in the capacity as secretary of state, the candidate could use this qualification as a means to flout her foreign policy credentials. Equally important, there are those staffers that fervently believe that by holding such a position no Democrat…
The word strategy is a critical word in understanding the global war on terrorism. Edward Meade Earle defines strategy as the utilization of “the resources of a nation—or coalition of nations—including its armed forces” to preserve the vital interests against one’s enemies.[1] The problem with nearly all of the…