Since the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel, Iran’s allied militias and proxies have launched missiles and drones at international shipping and U.S. troops. Hezbollah, the crown jewel in the Islamic Republic’s “ring of fire” around the Jewish state, has dueled with the Israeli Defense Forces, driving nearly 100,000 Israelis from their homes. The Biden administration has responded with two aircraft-carrier groups on patrol (one has now departed), missile barrages and bombing runs against Iranian proxies, and a lot of peripatetic diplomacy, including multiple trips by Secretary of State...…Since the October 7 Hamas assault on Israel, Iran’s allied militias and proxies have launched missiles and drones at international shipping and U.S. troops. Hezbollah, the crown jewel in the Islamic Republic’s “ring of fire” around the Jewish state, has dueled with the Israeli Defense Forces, driving nearly 100,000 Israelis from their homes. The Biden administration has responded with two aircraft-carrier groups on patrol (one has now departed), missile barrages and bombing runs against Iranian proxies, and a lot of peripatetic diplomacy, including multiple trips by Secretary of State...WW…

IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT U.S. MILITARY assistance to Ukraine has been delayed for months in the House of Representatives. The Biden administration’s recent rebuke of the way Ukraine is defending itself against Russia’s ongoing military onslaught is making matters even worse.Despite strong, bipartisan congressional support for helping Ukraine, uncertainty over when, or even whether, the House will vote on a Ukraine aid bill has compelled Ukrainian forces to husband the weapons and ammunition that they have. Every day of delay is deadly for Ukrainians, and the battlefield situation is...…IT’S BAD ENOUGH THAT U.S. MILITARY assistance to Ukraine has been delayed for months in the House of Representatives. The Biden administration’s recent rebuke of the way Ukraine is defending itself against Russia’s ongoing military onslaught is making matters even worse.Despite strong, bipartisan congressional support for helping Ukraine, uncertainty over when, or even whether, the House will vote on a Ukraine aid bill has compelled Ukrainian forces to husband the weapons and ammunition that they have. Every day of delay is deadly for Ukrainians, and the battlefield situation is...WW…