J.E. Dyer

The Obama Administration’s Attack on the US Financial System

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The Obama administration wants to take over the short-term financial services industry.

With Syria, at Least Israel Seems Ready

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This is the second time reports have surfaced that Israel hit Syria's Scientific Studies and Research Center.

The Shakiest Nukes in the West

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Nukes aren’t something you wave around like a drunk brandishing a knife.

Non-credible: Report of Israeli F-35s Operating Over Iran

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The source of the report claiming that Israeli F-35 strike-fighters flew into Iranian airspace during the past month was a sensationalist Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. So the claim seems most suspect.

Team Obama: ‘Too Politically Sensitive’ to Evacuate US Personnel in Iraq

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There is now NO possible explanation for not evacuating at least non-essential personnel from the U.S. embassy and consulates in Iraq.

The Two Key Aspects of Netanyahu’s Speech (Video)

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Bibi built the case for stopping Iran and showed there are more choices than "A Deal" or "Attack"

Steven Sotloff was an Israeli Citizen — and a Symbol of Civilization

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In his travels as a journalist in the Islamic world, Sotloff never referred to his Jewishness.

In the U.S. Capitol: Darkness Rather than Light

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It would be so catastrophic to not increase the debt ceiling that Senators must have the option of avoiding the people’s scrutiny.

Now the Mail Ate Hillary’s Laptop?

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Does anyone out there know anyone who would stick a laptop in the mail, in a cavalier manner that would leave it susceptible to being “lost”? Is it conceivable this person might become PRESIDENT?

Reagan’s Missile Defense Vision Derailed

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At least Russia and China are probably as mystified as we are about where Obama is going with his missile defense policy.

Are Drone Strikes Analogous to the Civil War?

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To advance our objectives in the War on Terror there was and will be nothing to justify the extra-judicial, standoff-distance execution of a US citizen.

J.E. Dyer: Tumultus Post-Americanus

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The Tumultus Post-Americanus is now well underway. There is no initiative on our collective part – we have done nothing but react in the last three years – and possibly even less appreciation of how the world is changing. The forms of international discourse – the processes of the UN, the G-8 and G-20, the IMF – are being adhered to now because they are a convenience, not because they produce anything useful.

Israel Should NOT be Stuck with a “Fair Fight” Against Hezbollah

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This fight must be to win.

J.E. Dyer: Peace in our time – Asian Navies Converging on the Mediterranean

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India has just conducted an unprecedented four-day port visit in Haifa, during which Indian sailors roamed Israel as American sailors have for many years, and joint ceremonies were held with the local population. A naval visit to Israel is a big political signal; India would not be sending it lightly.

BOMBSHELL: Obama agencies shut down probe that could have flagged Farook and Malik

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Political correctness kills-That’s the message from the San Bernardino terror massacre

J.E. Dyer: Strategic Ambiguity Watch – The Maritime Version

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Iran is making full use of strategic ambiguity on the high seas to advance its interests and dictate outcomes. Unless each new measure is directly challenged, strategic ambiguity would be a lot more fun for Iran than for the rest of us.

J.E. Dyer: America – This time, it’s personal

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The period of the Obama tenure, and now the 2012 election, are forcing Americans to reconsider, in a way I’m not sure we have for a good 200 years, what the vote means, and what politics means to our lives. Since 1792, the sense has gradually crept upon us that when we elect a president, we are electing our collective future. That sense took a giant leap forward with the FDR presidency, and frankly, it took another one when Reagan entered office.

Rock, Hard Place, Syria

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We're asking U.S. troops to go into Syria without an overwhelming advantage, and without minimizing our risks.

A Brief Meditation on Media Manipulation: Israel, Republicans, Ordinary Politics

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This isn’t news; it’s a polemic

Bunny Snuff Vid Shows Syrian Rebels Have Chemical Weapons

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At least we can probably count on the Muslims Brotherhood to refrain from making bunny-snuff videos.

Guerrilla-Terrorists ISIS Seize Mosul, Iraq: Territorial Strategy

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ISIS is executing, slowly but surely, a pincer move on Baghdad.

Two Men, No Authority

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Western culture as a whole lost the habit of defining authority for social purposes, and training its children to both respect and administer it.

Game change: Russia Can Now Warn Israel Against IAF Operations Over Syria

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Israel has never faced the reality of Russia potentially vetoing its air defense decisions

In the Short Run, Biden Might Well Keep his Promise that Iran Won’t Get...

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We would be fools to take seriously assurances from Joe Biden.

Strike at Damascus Airport: Israel Shows How it’s Done

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Iran, Assad, and Hezbollah tried to sneak in yet another high-value arms shipment via the Damascus Airport. Israel's destroying the shipment is a reminder of the IDF’s readiness to react immediately

J.E. Dyer: A Tale of Two Embassies

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The whole world knows the peril Chen and his family are in. The right approach here is not to seek a “solution” that gets the governments of China and the US off the hook; it’s to stand by Chen and demand that he be treated with the respect for his rights as understood in the Helsinki Accords. While China is not a signatory to the Accords, their standard for freedom, travel and emigration, and reunification of families is the touchstone to be invoked in this instance.