What I saw wasn’t war — it was annihilation by Irfan Galaria In late January, I left my home in Virginia, where I work as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, […]
Tag: war
Trump’s NATO rants make U.S. weaker
by Jonah Goldberg On Sept. 12, 2001, 24 hours after the 9/11 attacks, representatives of the then-19- member North Atlantic Treaty Organization, convened to invoke Article 5 of the NATO […]
U.S. retaliation for American deaths shouldn’t be driven by war fever
by Daniel DePetris Until this past weekend, the roughly 45,000 U.S. troops based in the Middle East were able to insulate themselves from the chaos of the region. Granted, American […]
Defending our own interests
by Steven Roberts America must not abandon Ukraine. Congressional Republicans who are blocking President Biden’s request for another $61 billion in aid to Kyiv are making a deeply dangerous mistake. […]
How are people changed by being taken hostage or fleeing bombs?
by Anastasiia Timmer Violent conflicts and atrocities can seem omnipresent in the world — and all the more traumatic in an age when wars are fought by terrorizing civilians more […]
Dec. 10 letters to the editor
The shadow over West Virginia’s solar future The allure of solar energy captivates the individual homeowner through its offer of energy independence and environmental stewardship. While my solar array hasn’t […]
Blaming Iran for all Middle East violence not right tack for U.S. policy
by Daniel DePetris The sailors aboard the USS Carney, based in the Red Sea, had a busy weekend — one that could have just as easily turned deadly were it […]
Where is outrage against Hamas?
by Marc Champion It’s something close to a law of nature that the farther people are from a conflict, the more simplistic their views about its causes and solutions. That […]
It’s becoming more dangerous to be a journalist
Good reporting depends on the bravery of good journalists who are willing to venture into unsafe places in order to get real and real-time information. War zones have always been […]
Hamas’ goal: Kill, create ‘permanent’ conflict with Israel
Former President Barack Obama has shamefully come down on the side of moral equivalence in the Middle East. He should know better. In an interview released Nov. 4, Obama implied […]
