By John Price – SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES, Thursday, May 16, 2013 ANALYSIS/OPINION The Arab Spring that prompted the ouster of authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya also led to the rise of Islamists who are bent on creating Islamic states that adhere to Shariah law — and that fate could await Syria [...]
Read MoreState Department ‘must protect’ diplomats — and didn’t By John Price and The Washington Times, Monday, May 13, 2013 ANALYSIS/OPINION: Always unarmed, ambassadors often are protected only by the goodwill of the countries in which they serve. But when hostilities arise, when governments fall, when their very lives are threatened, ambassadors and their staffs can rely only [...]
Read MoreThe Washington Times By James Morrison, Thursday, May 9, 2013 A former U.S. ambassador with extensive knowledge of terrorist operations in North Africa warned Thursday that the Benghazi debacle will hurt the State Department’s ability to recruit diplomats for dangerous duty if they fear Washington will ignore their concerns about security. “It is dereliction, incompetence, [...]
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