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<title><![CDATA[Ralph Peters - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14450.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ralph Peters]]></description><category domain="14450">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Shabby Attack on Trump's New CIA Pick]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2018/03/13/democrats-shabby-attack-on-trumps-new-cia-pick/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest Washington cry of &ldquo;You&rsquo;re Fired!&rdquo; will elevate current CIA Director Mike Pompeo to the secretary of state&rsquo;s chair. He&rsquo;s reasonably qualified and up to date on global challenges. After enduring a few circus stunts on the Hill, he&rsquo;ll be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump's Foreign Policy Started to Sing]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2018/01/03/how-trumps-foreign-policy-started-to-sing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the media&rsquo;s two warring camps, President Trump is either a new messiah or Satan incarnate. One destructive result is that we see little serious, politics-free analysis of the president&rsquo;s foreign policy and security initiatives. Yet, these are the issues that&rsquo;ll shape...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Arab Street Didn't 'Explode']]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2017/12/10/why-the-arab-street-didnt-just-explode/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of President Trump&rsquo;s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel&rsquo;s capital last week, the &ldquo;experts&rdquo; crowding the media predicted strategic calamity: Vast, violent protests and a wave of terror would sweep the Muslim world in the coming days.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bergdahl Goes Free, But the Wounded Serve Life Sentences]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2017/11/03/bergdahl-goes-free-but-the-injured-serve-life-sentences/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Attention, all troops peeved with your platoon sergeant, bored with your field rations, or who just want a little private time: It's okay to desert your post in a combat zone. It's fine for you to &#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kelly Is Right About Robert E. Lee]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2017/10/31/kelly-is-right-about-robert-e-lee/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In these willfully ignorant, fiercely partisan times, let's recall that we fought our bloodiest war to end human bondage. Almost three-quarters of a million Americans died in a complex struggle tha&#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Stakes in Syria Just Went Up - A Lot]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2017/06/19/the-stakes-in-syria-now-include-us-russia-war/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The stakes in Syria just jumped mighty high. Syrian troops attacked the anti-ISIS fighters we back. We warned them to knock it off. In reply, a Syrian aircraft struck our allies. An American jet sh&#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Syria Airstrike a Huge Loss for Putin]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2017/04/09/trumps-syria-airstrike-was-a-huge-loss-for-putin/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest loser from last week's cruise-missile strikes on a Syrian air base wasn't President Bashar al-Assad. It was Vladimir Putin. The Syrian leader was punished, but Russia's new czar was h&#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Finally Have a Fearless Leader Back in the White House]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2017/04/07/trump-shows-we-finally-have-a-fearless-leader-back-in-the-white-house/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Leadership. That's what we lacked for eight years. In the early hours of Friday morning in Syria &#195;&#162;?? late Thursday evening here &#195;&#162;?? our military, acting on the order of our commander-in-chief, avenged &#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bergdahl Pardon Would Be Obama's Final Betrayal of Military]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/12/05/a-bergdahl-pardon-would-be-obamas-final-betrayal-of-the-military/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will President Obama betray our military one last time by pardoning Bowe Bergdahl? He&rsquo;s already imposed rules of engagement that protect our enemies, kill our soldiers and deny us victory. He&rsquo;s targeted the US armed forces for social engineering, undermining combat...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's No Better Pick Than General Mattis for Defense]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/12/02/trump-couldnt-have-made-a-better-pick-than-gen-mattis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'm lucky enough to know Gen. James Mattis slightly. Just well enough to trust him unreservedly with our military and our nation's security. The president-elect could not choose a better man to be &#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Have Failed to Protect Christians From Islamic Terror]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/07/26/we-have-failed-to-protect-christians-from-islamic-terror/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When two fanatics pledged to ISIS slit the throat of 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel at mass on Tuesday morning, we steadied the knife. Our tolerance for Islam&rsquo;s intolerance is the greatest weapon these blood-cult terrorists have. How, exactly, did we help kill that priest? We...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Erdogan Pays Price for Trying to Befriend Fanatics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/06/29/istanbul-terror-turkey-s-president-pays-price-for-trying-to-befriend-fanatics.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What does Turkey&rsquo;s destructive president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have in common with the Saudis, Pakistanis, Iraq&rsquo;s Sunnis and the conservatives of Germany&rsquo;s Weimar Republic? They all thought that they could exploit and control fanatics. One might as well try to befriend...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Surprise Plucky Brits Leading the Anti-Europe Revolution]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/06/25/its-no-surprise-the-plucky-brits-are-leading-the-anti-europe-revolution/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Spanish Armada, Waterloo, the Battle of Britain and Brexit: Once again &#195;&#162;??Little England&#195;&#162;?? boldly defied a European tyranny. Coincidentally, Friday&#195;&#162;??s vote also blocked another German move to domin&#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Defeat the Islamist Fanatics]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/06/14/how-to-defeat-the-islamist-fanatics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since 9/11, our leaders have chosen not to defeat Islamist terrorism. Their sins have been those of omission, of essential actions avoided and crippling self-delusion. Consistently, they have denied the nature and scope of the threat. Even the George W. Bush administration pandered to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Will We Stop Underestimating Putin?]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/04/23/obama-dismisses-putin-but-czar-is-getting-better-of-us-again-and-again/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To pinched-nostril commentators in the West, Vladimir Putin, Czar of all the Russias, is a boorish clown destined for ultimate failure. To me, he&#195;&#162;??s a genius. I don&#195;&#162;??t like the guy one bit. But I hav&#195;&#162;?&#194;&#166;]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Europe Must Do To Stop the Next Brussels]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/03/23/what-europe-needs-to-do-to-stop-the-next-brussels/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What used to be bitter slums are now militant colonies.The Muslim guts of European cities, from Brussels to Marseilles, and the high-rise banlieues of Paris (designed by the left as earthly paradises) or the grubby Stadtteile of Cologne or Hamburg, are no longer way-stations for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Syrian War Just Taught Putin to Worry About Iran]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2016/03/15/the-syrian-war-just-taught-putin-to-worry-about-iran/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the world by announcing on Monday that most of his troops would leave Syria. Military analysts were flummoxed. I, for one, had expected all of the forces backing the regime of Bashar al-Assad to catch their collective breath, then resume the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Level Raqqa: Kill Ten Thousand, Save a Million]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/11/16/obamas-patience-merely-gave-isis-time-to-grow/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has tried to spin its timidity and ineptitude in the face of Islamist terrorism as a clever policy of &ldquo;strategic patience.&rdquo; With eyes closed and fingers crossed, the president hoped that, miraculously, the mortal threat from ISIS would wither away.You...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Wants to Humiliate Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/09/30/putin-wants-to-humiliate-obama-with-airstrikes-in-syria/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first thing to understand about Vladimir Putin is that he&rsquo;s not content just to win. He has to destroy his opponents, foreign or domestic.His deeds may be despicable and his manners far too crude for the Upper West Side, but the guy is a force of nature, a man who &mdash; by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Right Now, We're the JV Team, Mr. President]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/07/09/junior-varsity-blues-why-isis-is-still-winning/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The upstart fanatics of the Islamic State (IS, aka ISIS) are the most innovative strategists of our time, while our military and government continue to recycle failed clich&#195;&#169;s. If we want to win, we have to stop underestimating our enemy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Islamic State and the Utopia Problem]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/06/26/islamic-state-and-utopia-problem-destroying-past-to-command-future.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Islamic State Caliphate has begun the destruction of the glorious archaeological site of Palmyra in central Syria, where the Roman Empire met the East and a fusion culture formed. The fanatics already had leveled numerous ancient monuments, irreplaceable wonders of humanity&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[End Moaning About &quot;Morality&quot; of Drone Strikes]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2015/04/23/end-the-moaning-about-the-morality-of-us-drone-strikes/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of drone strikes so far this year, from Syria to Pakistan. Hundreds of dead terrorists, many of high rank. Thousands of lives saved. And what makes headlines?Two Western hostages killed in an otherwise successful drone attack.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin vs. the Preppies and the Ph.D.s]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/03/13/putin-vs-preppies-and-phds-outsiders-not-insiders-change-world/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why do our &#194;&#147;best and brightest&#194;&#148; fail when faced with a man like Putin? Or with charismatic fanatics? Or Iranian negotiators? Why do they misread our enemies so consistently, from Hitler and Stalin to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State&#194;&#146;s self-proclaimed caliph?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Obama's Shaky History]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/398126/jihadis-14-crusaders-2-ralph-peters</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his ignorant and bigoted remarks to religious leaders this week, President Obama parroted jihadi propaganda. Bored (when not annoyed) by facts, the president referred to the Crusades and the Inquisition as evidence of the horrors religion can wreak. That kind of talk emboldens the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Utterly Disgraceful Move by Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/12/09/cia-interrogations-report-feinstein-offers-aid-and-comfort-to-enemy-stabs/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday&rsquo;s willful, unnecessary and gratuitously destructive release of the one-sided &ldquo;torture report&rdquo; at the insistence of outgoing Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. (backed by the White House) amounts to nothing less than providing aid...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama and the Mockery of Honor]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/379852/obama-and-mockery-honor-ralph-peters</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If a soldier who volunteered to serve in the military rapes or murders someone while in uniform, has he served honorably? Has Bradley Manning, who voluntarily joined the military and then betrayed his country by turning over hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks, served...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Team Obama Was Blindsided by the Backlash]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/379481/why-team-obama-was-blindsided-bergdahl-backlash-ralph-peters</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, Mr. President! And identical congrats to your sorcerer&rsquo;s apprentice, National Security Adviser Susan Rice. By trying to sell him as an American hero, you&rsquo;ve turned a deserter already despised by soldiers in the know into quite possibly the most-hated...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin's Vengeful Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2014/05/03/putins-vengeful-plan-to-recapture-the-old-russian-empire/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I was a child and Soviet dinosaurs roamed the earth, a potato chip ad dared Americans &ldquo;Bet you can&rsquo;t eat just one!&rdquo; That about captures President Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s lip-smacking attitude toward his neighbors and any territorial snack that was ever...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin Is Not Delusional, Obama Is Delusional]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/03/06/ralph_peters_putin_is_not_crazy_or_delusional_our_president_and_this_administration_are_delusional.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[LT. COL. RALPH PETERS: Putin establishes facts on the ground. Look, the vote in the Crimean parliament today, begging to be allowed to join Russia -- it's a done deal. The plebiscite coming up in less than two weeks is a done deal. Crimea now belongs to Russia. As I've said on FOX...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda's New Top Foe May Surprise You]]></title>
							<link>http://nypost.com/2013/11/20/al-qaedas-new-top-foe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ralph Peters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Know them by their deeds, not words. Although the old-school leaders of al Qaeda still rage against the US and jihadists welcome any chance to harm us, look at who the terrorists actually kill. We&#194;&#146;re not the main target of Sunni extremists these days. Iran, along with its allies, tops...]]></description>
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