Putin Wins

Mar. 25, 2014 - 8:33 - Talking Points 3/25

How to Handle Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

Mar. 11, 2014 - 6:29 - Charles Krauthammer reacts to a new poll on the crisis in Ukraine

Dealing with the Villain Putin

Mar. 04, 2014 - 8:44 - Talking Points 3/4

Krauthammer on Voters' Remorse on Obama

Feb. 27, 2014 - 5:13 - Syndicated columnist sounds off on new poll that finds many Americans are disappointed in Obama's presidency

Krauthammer on Ukraine: 'Everybody Is Shocked by the Weakness of Obama's Statement'

Feb. 28, 2014 - 2:24 - Charles Krauthammer told viewers Friday that President Obama's statement on the latest Ukraine developments late Friday afternoon showed "weakness" and implied that "we're not really going to do anything" about the political upheaval in Ukraine.

President Obama the Tough Guy

Talking Points 9/24

The Islamist Ascendancy
THE WASHINGTON POST – OPINIONS: Post-revolutionary Libya appears to have elected a relatively moderate pro-Western government. Good news, but tentative because Libya is less a country than an oil well with a long beach and myriad tribes. Popular allegiance to a central national authority is weak. Yet even if the government of Mahmoud Jibril is able to rein in the militias and establish a functioning democracy, it will be the Arab Spring exception. Consider:

Tunisia and Morocco, the most Westernized of all Arab countries, elected Islamist governments. Moderate, to be sure, but Islamist still. Egypt, the largest and most influential, has experienced an Islamist sweep. The Muslim Brotherhood didn’t just win the presidency. It won nearly half the seats in parliament, while more openly radical Islamists won 25 percent. Combined, they command more than 70 percent of parliament — enough to control the writing of a constitution (which is why the generals hastily dissolved parliament).

As for Syria, if and when Bashar al-Assad falls, the Brotherhood will almost certainly inherit power. Jordan could well be next. And the Brotherhood’s Palestinian wing (Hamas) already controls Gaza.

What does this mean? That the Arab Spring is a misnomer. This is an Islamist ascendancy, likely to dominate Arab politics for a generation. » | Charles Krauthammer, Friday, July 13, 2012