‘Tactical Patience,’ ‘Zero Casualties’ and Still no Goal

The peak of lunacy in the American fight against ISIS may have been reached.
We Could be Facing Civil War, and Our Security Forces are Crippled

A state of emergency has been declared in France.
No, Mr. President — Values are Not Universal

The telling example of the Palestinian death cult.
ISIS in Egypt: The Other Big Threat to the West

They can take a cue from Israel.
Fresh Perspectives on Benghazi Keep the Scandals Alive

There is also a movie coming out in January entitled “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” that we’re hoping is as powerful as the book and the story from the men who wrote it.
With All Eyes on ISIS, Iran ‘Drills’ Israel’s Destruction

The West is, unfortunately, all too capable of pretending Iran is its ally against a more graphic but, meanwhile, much smaller threat.
Turkey: Wrong Partner to Fight Terror

In Erdogan’s usual Sunni supremacist language, he accused the victims of jihad rather than the jihadists.
The Intifada Comes to Austin

The hateful disruption of a professor’s lecture and its litigious aftermath may signify a new kind of “uprising” on the American campus.
How Terrorism’s Victims are Responding

Belgium’s justice minister came in for a fair bit of stick this week over some injudicious observations regarding the Nov. 13 Islamist terrorist massacre in Paris.
Jewish Lives Matter

The entire civilized world watched in horror when Islamic State launched its attacks against the people of Paris.