Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wrote: “For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.” Kissinger, like him or not, is spot on in his succinct assessment of Obama’s policy for Russia. As the West descends into another reckless and disastrous […]
In my on-going series analyzing the growing rift between the US and Russia, it is important to evaluate a nation’s leadership. Specifically, let’s look at the qualifications and performance to date of Presidents Putin and Obama. Before we go any further, it is necessary to lay down a few ground rules of the debate. First […]
April 2013 has gone down as the deadliest month in Iraq since June of 2008 when the worst of the insurgent violence was finally beginning to diminish. The casualty figures are staggering with the United Nations reporting 712 people killed last month, including 117 members of the Iraqi security forces.[i] Whether or not one believes […]
As the never ending War on Terror drags on into the fourth consecutive presidential term without any decisive gains, one must question not only the effectiveness and strategy, but also our very leadership. Nowhere is the ground truth more palpable than in western Pakistan. Since President Obama took office and significantly increased drone strikes against […]
President Obama’s policy of intervention in Libya has been an abject failure and the bloodshed is likely to get worse. Specifically, more American lives will be lost in the coming months and we are again the first analytical outlet to bring you this critical inside information. Most readers are aware that four Americans were killed […]
This article is one of an exclusive Black Box Wire multi-part series on the upcoming war with Iran. This article discusses the feasibility of a successful strike to stop Iran’s nuclear development. If America is going to be led into another war, the public deserves to be properly informed about what it is about to undertake. In future exclusive articles, […]