In mid-January of this year, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Tweeted a statement and accompanying video in which he said that “The goal of our maximum pressure campaign is to deny the regime resources to conduct its destructive foreign policy. We want Iran to act like a normal country.” He…
After more than eighteen long years, American troops may finally be on their way out of Afghanistan. Reports indicate that the United States (U.S.) and Taliban forces are close to reaching agreement on a seven-day truce followed by withdrawal of most U.S. troops from Afghanistan. This news comes as Ashraf…
Clare Lopez discusses how communism/Marxism are alive and well in America. These days it’s not just about spying for the Soviet Union or China, but rather being true believers in a totalitarian system that would crush individual liberty. Sadly, it has found a home on our university campuses and even…
The deadly Wuhan Coronavirus, dubbed “2019-nCoV” by the World Health Organization (WHO), is spreading farther and faster than the SARS virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) did at a similar point in its outbreak, although this corona virus’ lethality rate is still lower than for SARS at around 4% so far. The…
Clare Lopez, a member of the CCNS, discusses the aftermath of the killing of Quds Forces leader Qasem Suleymani. She discusses the ideology that drove him, and the “Twelvers.” He set up jihad terror militias all across the Middle East. He was enemy no. 1 for both Israel and the…
In this interview on One America News, CCNS member Clare Lopez discusses the 40 year war that Iran has waged, what doctrine motivates the Iranian government to pursue their goals, and how President Trump is a different kind of president than they have faced before.
In this interview with host Tom Trento, CCNS member Clare Lopez discusses the recent attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad by Iranian proxy forces (this interview took place prior to the killing of Qassem Soleimani). She talks about the recent history and relationship between Iraq and Iran, the various…
There should never have been any doubt that the Iranian regime would return to direct strikes against American targets. It got away with the 1983 Beirut Embassy and Marine Corps barracks bombings; overtly allying with Usama bin Laden in Khartoum in 1990; Khobar Towers (1996), the East Africa Embassy bombings…
CCNS member Clare Lopez appears on the Glazov Gang to discuss the recent attack at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida by Saudi Air Force 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani. He killed three and eight others were wounded during the jihadist attack. Lopez discusses the behind-the-scenes issues regarding Saudi Arabia…
“I don’t want to comment on that,” President Trump said. “The answer’s ‘no’.” And with those words, the President of the United States dismissed a golden opportunity to offer even a word of encouragement to the courageous Iranian people who have stood up to an enemy regime to demand their…
The Iranian people have been in the streets, protesting against their corrupt, oppressive, tyrannical regime since late December 2017. But since Friday, November 15, 2019, there’s been a violent new outpouring of disgust for the mullahs and their defending thugs in the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), MOIS (Ministry of…
‘Maximum pressure’ has been the crux of Trump administration policy towards the Iranian regime. Withdrawing from the disastrous nuclear deal, reinstating tough sanctions, targeting top leaders of the regime, and forging the closest personal relationship ever between an American President and Israeli Prime Minister have been hallmarks of the “maximum…