With the launching of a blatant cyber attack on Sony over the release of "The Interview," Kim Jong-un's regime revealed its greatest weakness: the truth.
North Korea took a significant risk hacking Sony, weighing exposure of the country's cyber warfare capabilities against the threat to Jong-un's cult of personality. The inevitable retaliation from abroad was a built-in bonus for the pariah country's Stalinist government.
ISIS poses grave threat
The aftermath of George W. Bush's war in Iraq was always a matter of how bad the outcome would be for the United States and the Middle East. This is about as bad as it gets.
The most prescient critics of the Iraq War compared the U.S.-led invasion to plunging a fist into a hornets nest. Now, Iraq is a nearly failed state, with a dysfunctional army; Iran is ascendant; and the region is buzzing with violence and reeling under the crushing weight of religious extremism reminiscent of The Crusades.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, aka Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, is so vicious that even disgraced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a palatable partner in the fight to defeat them. Mass executions and immolation of prisoners are never good hallmarks of social movements.
Rudy Giuliani plays with weapon of mass political destruction
It's like the script to an apocalyptic science-fiction movie about a society developing weapons of mass destruction that careen out of control. Republican should be careful what they ask for, they just might get it.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani beat the lowest drum of Republican politics last week, accusing President Obama of lacking love for his country and harboring hostile intent in his heart for America because of his upbringing.
Socialism reality check: Obama has been as friendly to Wall Street as any Republican president. The Hawaii native let the perpetrators of the 2008 financial meltdown skate.
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