The President of Iran says his country is now a "nuclear power". With a second aircraft carrier battle group steaming toward the Persian Gulf, that pronouncement is sure to raise tensions in the region. Tony Blair has some thoughts on what the other Gulf States should do about Iran.

Tony Blankley thinks that the torrent of information bombarding us every day is causing us to lose our grip on reality.

Here is the answer to the neo-cons plan to surge more troops into Baghdad.

Ralph Peters says the new Army and Marine counter-insurgency manual gets it right.

Simon Tisdall says dark days are ahead for the pro-Western government in Kabul.

This story illustrates how reason is being trumped by irrationality in so much of the Middle East.

Blogger Bill Roggio, who is embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq, has this excellent piece on the attributes and shortcomings of the new Iraqi Army.