In an attempt to defend President Obama’s foreign policy decisions the Center for American Progress has released a terribly misguided one page chart comparing the Iraq war and the Libya war. The chart’s basic message is that Obama is better than Bush, because Obama is much more thrifty when he launches an illegal war based [...]

I wish the people of Libya, like I would wish people anywhere, the best. After a six month civil war and Muammar Gaddafi now deposed, I hope the Libyans end up with a free, fair and open democracy. It would be wonderful if Libya now enters a phase of peaceful prosperity under a government that [...]

It is a powerful reminder of how signals from partisan leaders can go a long way to shape the views of their base on some issues. The President isn’t some hapless slave to popular opinion. His bully pulpit actually is powerful and can cause people to change their minds. Now if he would just use it for changing minds on other issues.

The negotiation table is like the poker table, you don’t get a seat unless you have chips to pay with. By failing to prove she actually has the will and/or power to say no, Pelosi has shown the president she has no leverage, so doesn’t deserve a seat.

It seems that a large part of whether you support a war or not depends on the party you belong and if the president is from your party. With Americans turning against the U.S. involvement in Libya, it is the Independents and Republicans who are leading the way, while Democrats stay stable.

Being a Cassandra is a real drag. When people ask “Who could have predicted that the Libyan war would go long and be complicated?” I always raise my hand.

The American people think the United States should not be involved in the current civil war in Libya, by an overwhelming majority. According the a new CBS News poll only 30 percent of the country believe we are doing the right thing in Libya while 59 percent believes we shouldn’t have been involved.

There are few things the leaders of our two major political parties will work together on, but keeping America fighting wars is surely one of them.

With Libya deep in a civil war with no clear end in sight, NATO has just approved an extension of its military mission in the country.

In Libya, NATO is insistent on deposing Muammar Gaddafi, but their rebel allies are simply not up to the job. Gaddafi’s forces are better armed and better trained. On the other hand, NATO and the United States don’t want to deploy the ground forces that deposing Gaddafi would normally require, so what is happening is [...]