Barack Obama Has Exhibited Sympathy, If Not

To His Lasting Credit, President Reagan Never Wavered. He Recognized The Strategic Importance Of Staying The Course, Both In Terms Of Denying Moscow The Military Hegemony It Sought In Western Europe And Of Restoring The Will, Cohesiveness, And Security Of The Nato Alliance, So Badly Frayed During The Turbulent 1970s.

History Demonstrates That Previous Military Drawdowns Invited Aggression By Our Enemies. After World War I, America Drew Down Forces Until The U.s. Army Had Fewer Than 100,000 Men In Uniform. That Weakness Invited Nazi Aggression In Europe And The Imperial Japanese Attack At Pearl Harbor.

But I Really Believe It Is In America's Interest As Well As That Of The Free World More Generally To Stop Iran From Getting Its Hands On Nuclear Weapons. This Regime Has Threatened To Wipe Israel Off The Map And Bring About A World Without America, And Either Of Those Is A Really Bad Prospect.

One Of The Most Important Post-9/11 Efforts Made To Counter Terrorism And The Spread Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction Is President Bush's Proliferation Security Initiative (psi).

I Don't Believe There Is Such A Thing As A Moderate Islamist Party. The Challenge With Islamists Is That They Seek To Impose What They Call Sharia On Everybody, Muslim And Non-muslim Alike.