This cannot be the United States being the air force for Shia militias, or a Shia on Sunni Arab fight.

The question is always how you get the number of troops needed. They do not have to be coalition forces. We also have to expand the training program for the Afghan National Army and the national police, in particular. and Defense Secretary Robert Gates has already announced support for a significant increase in the Afghan army.

Fighting in cities is a totally different endeavor than obviously fighting out in the open.

I think Putin wants to recreate as much of the Soviet Union as he can through a variety of different means. He's invaded parts of Georgia, took Crimea, southeastern Ukraine, bases in other countries.

ISIS is on its way to defeat but terrorism threat persists.

This cannot be the United States being the air force for Shia militias, or a Shia on Sunni Arab fight.

The first official statements of President Asif Ali Zardari's new government have been firm and robust. Pakistan is obviously a renewed democracy.