The United States needs to stop telling the Iraqis how to run their government and give them a chance to run their country.
The surge in Iraq is helping stabilize the political situation and should have been implemented much earlier.
After five years of terrible losses,the Iraqi peoplemay now be getting the chance to build their own society.
Despite what some may believe, the world is not in another nuclear arms race. The threat of just a few nuclear weapons should act as a deterrent.
George Tenet blames intelligence failures on the White House, but his CIAwas found lacking, with dire consequences.
Things that start badly seldom end well, and the Baker-Hamilton findings start badly, with the commission's wholly unproven assertions on Iran and Syria.
Leadership, conviction, and courage have produced a backlash of defeatism, resignation, and ingratitude. The prime minister remains in good company.
On both sides of the Atlantic we need to abandon the illusion that extremist leaders are authentic and less voluble moderates are not.
The Bush administration’s decision to negotiate with the clerics on nuclear energy has weakened the U.S. position and has sent mixed messages to Iranian dissidents who look to the United States for support.
The mullahs don't blink--they glare.
America owes Caspar W. Weinberger admiration and gratitude.
Broad lessons from our expereince in Iraq that are likely to be applicable to future situations in which we find it necessay to use military forces to combat our terrorist enemies.
News of the World
November 14, 2004
Yasser Arafat's death may open the way to progress in resolving the Arab-Israeli dispute because it opens the way to a new kind of Palestinian leadership.
News of the World
June 27, 2004
Nowhere is the prospect of a decent Iraq more menacing than next door in oil-rich Saudi Arabia.
Sunday Telegraph
June 6, 2004
Ronald Reagan's leadership was instrumental in the demoralization of the Soviet leadership that produced a Western victory without war and ended conflict between East and West.
Los Angeles Times
January 23, 2004
The UN's rules prevent America from answering threats.
New York Times
January 21, 2004
If the Democrats are serious about their analyses of the terrorist threat, they need toreveal their plan to destroy the terrorists and change the policies of the states that support them.
Wall Street Journal
January 7, 2004
Under the leadership of President George W. Bush, two approaches to American foreign and security policy have emerged.
AEI Online
January 1, 2004
Hard-liners are actually far more pragmatic and realize that the war on terrorism requires vigorous, decisive action.
Wall Street Journal
August 14, 2003
We would be wise to invest more in long-range bombers, since the ability to operate globally on short notice will be vital to winning the war on terror.
AEI Online
August 1, 2003
The war in Iraq has demonstrated the significance of government leadership, bold military tactics, and the possibility of spreading democracy throughout the Arab world.
Iraqis are freer today and we are safer; relax and enjoy it.
Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2003
Phony ethics charges shouldn't distract from the nation's defense.
The Spectator
March 22, 2003
Richard Perle bids farewell to the United Nations and its history of anarchy and abject failure.
National Post
March 21, 2003
As we sift the debris of the war to liberate Iraq,we shouldpreserve the intellectual wreckage of the liberal conceit of safety through international law administered by international institutions.
The News of the World
February 23, 2003
The terrified and brutalised people of Iraq will rejoice at the downfall of Saddam Hussein.
News Group Newspapers
January 26, 2003
Do not expect a smoking gun when chief weapons inspector Hans Blix delivers his report to the United Nations tomorrow.
In all the talk of the need for a coalition to confront Saddam Hussein, the coalition that matters most is to be found here in Washington, at opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Jerusalem Post
September 20, 2002
The present Palestinian leadership is inconsistent with the hopes of those Israelis who believed that Oslo offered a reasonable prospect of peace.
It is simply not possible to devise an inspection regime on territory controlled by Saddam Hussein that can be effective in locating, much less eliminating, his weapons of mass-destruction.
Daily Telegraph
August 8, 2002
Saddam Hussein is down to his last card: dividing America and Britain in the hope that the former will be unwilling to act alone to remove him from office.
AEI Online
August 1, 2002
Choosing war, especially preemptive war, is a difficult decision for democracies, but ithelp the United States and its allies avoid a much more dangerous conflict with a nuclear-armed Iraq.
President Bush was not only accurate in his description of Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an “axis of evil,” but he was wise to use that memorable phrase in his State of the Union address.
Testimony by Richard Perle before theSenate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 28, 2002.
The Sun
February 16, 2002
It is patronising of Chris Patten to emphasise how much he loves and admires America and then to embark on a foreign policy prescription that would leave us vulnerable to terrorism.
New York Times
January 1, 2002
Saddam Hussein must be stopped before he comes any closer to his dream of possessing a nuclear arsenal.
AEI Online
January 1, 2002
Everything we know about Saddam Hussein forces President Bush to make a similar choice: to take pre-emptive action or wait, possibly until it is too late.
San Diego Union-Tribune
December 16, 2001
Al-Qaeda or the Taliban are only one of the sources of terror in the United States; the United States cannot lay any claim to victory if the other sources of terror are left intact.
Sunday Telegraph
November 25, 2001
Richard Perle argues against the proposedinternational consensus that action to alleviate poverty is needed to prevent a repeat of the September 11 attacks.
USA Today
October 24, 2001
What the 9/11 attacks should not do is ignore the task of preparing a defense against a missile attack before our enemies get these missiles.
Tech Central Station
October 9, 2001
Policy administrations was to retaliate against acts of terror by limiting the retaliation to the terrorists and not holding responsible the states that have supported terrorism.
Telegraph.co.uk
October 5, 2001
Terrorists have detected one of the fruits of their work: confusion and obfuscation about who the terrorists and their victims really are.
The Weekly Standard
October 1, 2001
Chronicle of Higher Education
September 28, 2001
Danger posed by terrorism is far greater that we imagined, and the consequences of allowing terror networks to operate against us are unacceptable.
The Daily Telegraph
September 18, 2001
There is an air of Vichyite defeatism about some of the commentary in Britain on the current war on terrorism.
Tech Central Station
June 14, 2001
In the context of U.S.-Russian relations, which should be one of friendship and cooperation, the anxieties that affected the relationship in the past simply don’t apply.
Chicago Sun-Times
May 6, 2001
Bush has launched consultations aimed at convincing friends and enemies that the Cold War is over and it is time for the United States to build a defense against ballistic missiles.
The alarm in Europe caused by rumors of a possible reduction in the level of U.S. forces in Bosnia shows just how dependent the European Union is on American military assistance.
Tech Central Station
March 23, 2001
Internal quarrels, inertia, and tradition will be replaced by a quickened pace in defense dept.
The Daily Telegraph
March 19, 2001
Reports thatU.S. might reduce its presence in Bosnia over the next two years have produced hand-wringing among diplomats and hysterical headlines.
American Outlook
January 1, 2001
The antiballistic missile system tested last month is not worth building. An effective missile defense will need to intercept missiles during their launch phase.
The Daily Telegraph
July 9, 2000
The prototype missile defence system failed for a technically trivial reason but the basic technology underlying it was validated in an earlier test.
The Daily Telegraph
July 3, 2000
Richard Perle argues that the cold war case for nuclear 'mutual vulnerability' is no longer valid in a fragmented and more volatile world.
New York Times
October 19, 1999
Isolationism and "partisanship" were the namesapplied tothe Senate's rejection last week of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Security Forum of the Center For Security Policy
October 12, 1999
Always generous with advice, a chorus of European officials has been urging the United States Senate to ratify the "Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty."
Review of Secrecy by Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
AEI Online
October 14, 1998
Washington Post
February 8, 1998
American Spectator
June 1, 1996
Washington Times
October 15, 1995
Review of My American Journey by Colin Powell.
Washington Post
July 19, 1995
International Economy
July 1, 1995
U.S. House of Representatives
January 25, 1995
New York Daily News
November 29, 1994
International Economy
November 1, 1994
Senate Armed Services Committee
May 12, 1994
Wall Street Journal
May 3, 1994
Rising Tide
April 1, 1994
New York Times
February 11, 1994
Evening Standard
February 2, 1994
Jerusalem Post
January 31, 1994
New York Times
January 11, 1994
Washington Post
January 3, 1994
Times Literary Supplement
October 15, 1993
Review of Martyrs' Day by Michael Kelly.
Association of Old Crows, National Operations Security Conference
May 10, 1993
U.S. News & World Report
June 22, 1992
New York Times
September 30, 1991
Washington Times
September 26, 1991
Evening Standard
August 20, 1991
Washington Times
July 31, 1991
Washington Times
June 5, 1991
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
April 23, 1991
U.S. News and World Report
November 19, 1990
American Legion Magazine
October 1, 1990
Subcommittee of Commerce, Customer, and Monetary Affairs Committee
September 27, 1990
U.S. News & World Report
September 24, 1990
U.S. News and World Report
July 23, 1990
The Washington Times
May 30, 1990
Washington Post
May 30, 1990
U.S. News and World Report
May 7, 1990
American Legion Magazine
April 1, 1990
Washington Times
December 12, 1989
Washington Times
September 26, 1989
Subcommittee on Investigations
May 16, 1989
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