Orde Wingate’s counterinsurgency rules.

Israel may be the sticking point.

The Islamic Republic is in Syria to stay.

Palestinian lives matter.

Iran hasn’t given up on its plans.

Achieving what’s possible.

U.S. support is necessary.

The Palestinian cause is no longer sacrosanct.

So long as Assad rules, there will be Shiite and Sunni terror.

A dress rehearsal for the echo chamber.

To the benefit of neither Iranians nor Palestinians.

Abdication of U.S. leadership rarely works out well.

Doing the bare minimum.

When red lines converge.