Monthly Archives: February 2006

Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has patrolled distant seas and guarded far away lands under the auspices of maintaining stability in strategic regions of the world. This policy, a remnant of the Cold War, … Continue reading →

Ali Hosseinitash is the Iranian nuclear negotiator who recently left Moscow after two days of inconclusive talks with Soviet Russian officials. While the average American high school student wouldn’t know him from Adam’s house cat, Saburo Kurusu is well known … Continue reading →

President Bush is so determined to wedge his foot squarely in his mouth, that he may give himself a hernia in the process. Today, the president threatened to veto any legislation, which holds up the UAE port deal. The president’s … Continue reading →

For some time now we have been asking the question: why? Why can’t the US cast off the shackles of energy dependence? For over 30 years, politicians, business leaders and community activists have spoken of the ills of dependence on … Continue reading →

The backlash over the administration’s approval of a port deal with an Arab company continues, and rightly so. The president can offer no satisfactory justification for turning over port operations at several major east coast ports to a company based … Continue reading →

The Bush administration just announced a deal giving an Arab company, based in UAE, management over six major U.S. seaports. The ports include: New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami, and New Orleans. The announcement, naturally has sparked outraged amongst the left … Continue reading →

China has long said that it favors a “diplomatic” solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis. In short, China wants to avoid conflict at all costs. Unlike, France, China is not overtly fearful of conflict or loss. China would gladly sacrifice … Continue reading →

According to a slew of scientists speaking at an annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), world starvation rates are on the rise. So much so, in fact, that by 2015, 100 million more people … Continue reading →

As any frequent reader of The Phalanx can attest, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez is a popular topic of discussion, for the simple fact that Chavez is a model for leftist strategy in America. Chavez is a typical demagogue who plays … Continue reading →

This week President Bush asked Congress for an additional $72 billion to fund combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through September (through September?!?), bringing the total costs of these wars to $500 billion. The war on terror has been a … Continue reading →