Iraq

Policy

Rand Paul Wants to 'Destroy' ISIS Yet 'Stay the Heck Out of Their Civil War'

Jacob Sullum | 9.19.2014 4:32 PM

Politics

How Many Billions Will Bombing ISIS Cost? What About Other Radicals?

Zenon Evans | 9.19.2014 1:45 PM

Foreign Policy

Is The Foreign Policy Elite Clueless?

Seems so

Sheldon Richman | 9.18.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

The Unlawfulness of Obama's ISIS Plan

Is the White House planning to run this war directly as LBJ did in Vietnam?

Andrew Napolitano | 9.18.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obama Waffling, Benghazi Paneling, V.A. Stonewalling, Scottish Secession, Millennial Couch-Surfing, Biden Shylocking, Private Space-Taxis, and Anthony Fisher on ISIS Propaganda!

Matt Welch | 9.17.2014 8:35 PM

Politics

Obama Promises That Military Operation Involving Hundreds of Airstrikes and Troops Won't Be a Combat Mission or a Ground War

Peter Suderman | 9.17.2014 4:07 PM

Politics

Rand Paul: "If it was wrong not to protect the consulate in Benghazi, then it's wrong not to protect the consulate in Erbil."

Explains rationale for military action in Iraq.

Nick Gillespie | 9.17.2014 10:45 AM

Policy

Obama's Dumb, Rash, and Unilateral War

Don't buy the president's lame excuses for attacking ISIS without congressional approval.

Jacob Sullum | 9.17.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Get Ready for Boots on the Ground in Iraq…

Nick Gillespie | 9.16.2014 3:58 PM

World

Obama Struggles to Build Anti-ISIS Coalition

Everybody is a bit tired of endless war

Reason Staff | 9.16.2014 2:27 PM

ISIS

Conference on ISIS Excludes Syria, Iran; Iran, U.S. Reject Idea of Cooperating Militarily

Ed Krayewski | 9.16.2014 1:54 PM

ISIS

US Launches Expanded Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq

It begins.

Reason Staff | 9.15.2014 8:25 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Skies Over Baghdad Have Been Re-Illuminated, Chris Moody on Rand Paul's Flip-Flops, Jacob Sullum on Asset Forfeiture, Former Linebacker Darrell Reid on the NFL, Plus NSA, Chinese Sidewalks, Hillary, & Aftersho

Matt Welch | 9.15.2014 8:13 PM

Politics

John Kerry Admits It: "We Are at War" with ISIS (But No Congressional Authorization Needed)

Nick Gillespie | 9.15.2014 8:47 AM

World

Propaganda Watch: Lindsey Graham Says ISIS Coming to U.S. to Kill Everyone

Robby Soave | 9.15.2014 8:45 AM

World

Obama's Unnecessary, Unpromising War

We don't know how to conduct a successful war against the Islamic State.

Steve Chapman | 9.15.2014 7:00 AM

ISIS

CIA Triples Estimate of Size of ISIS

From 10,000 people to more than 30,000

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 3:20 PM

World

Will the US Need Troops on the Ground Against ISIS After All?

J.D. Tuccille | 9.12.2014 12:25 PM

Politics

War/Not War?: Is John Kerry as Stupid as He Sounds? You Be the Judge

Nick Gillespie | 9.12.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

ClickHole Quiz: "Which Iraq War Are You?"

Zenon Evans | 9.11.2014 5:00 PM

World

Thumbs Up for President's War Plan From John Boehner

So, he has that going for him.

Reason Staff | 9.11.2014 4:01 PM

Politics

Watch Each of the Last Four U.S. Presidents Announce That We're Bombing Iraq

Peter Suderman | 9.11.2014 12:19 PM

Politics

Threat Inflation and Our Next Dumb War: ISIS Edition

Nick Gillespie | 9.11.2014 8:16 AM

Politics

Obama's War Speech Leaves 'Basic Questions Unanswered,' Amash Slams

Zenon Evans | 9.11.2014 12:20 AM

Politics

All the President's War Declaration (or Whatever it Was); Transcript

Nick Gillespie | 9.10.2014 9:34 PM

Politics

Americans: Dubious About War But Ready to Fight ISIS—Just Not With Ground Troops

Public opinion, military action, and ISIS.

Jesse Walker | 9.10.2014 1:10 PM

Policy

Terrorists Want Us to Overreact. Let's Not Give In, Mr. President.

Maybe it's time for America to stop taking the bait.

John Stossel | 9.10.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Nation Building Isn't Needed to Fight ISIS

The president should focus upon a narrow mission, and resist calls for yet another quixotic crusade in the Middle East.

Christopher Preble | 9.10.2014 9:30 AM

World

Obama Seeking Long War With ISIL—Who Needs Authorization? (Amash Does!)

If it's a rock-paper-scissors war Obama wants, it's a rock-paper-scissors war he'll get.

Robby Soave | 9.10.2014 8:00 AM

Policy

Ending Evil vs. Defending the Country

Do the Islamic State's crimes justify Obama's new war?

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2014 7:00 AM

World

Sotloff Family: 'Moderate' Syrian Rebels Sold Reporter to ISIL for Cash

Reason Staff | 9.9.2014 2:02 AM

World

Iraq Tries Again For a Functioning Government

It's not like local standards are so high.

Reason Staff | 9.8.2014 10:11 PM

Politics

Check Out the State Department's Anti-ISIL Propaganda

In a warzone both sides use propaganda.

Zenon Evans | 9.8.2014 2:56 PM

Politics

ISIL Poses 'No Credible' Threat, But Obama Plots 3-Year War Campaign

Zenon Evans | 9.8.2014 12:40 PM

World

How Many Years to Defeat ISIL?

White House plans a new war.

Reason Staff | 9.8.2014 9:17 AM

World

Obama on ISIL: No Ground Troops, Plan Forthcoming

Reason Staff | 9.7.2014 1:28 PM

Politics

What Do Libertarians Think About Rand Paul and ISIL? Let's Ask Them

Prominent libertarian writers weigh in.

Robby Soave | 9.5.2014 12:32 PM

World

U.S., NATO Plan ISIL's Destruction

Reason Staff | 9.5.2014 10:06 AM

Politics

Friday Funnies: Seems Like Old Times

Chip Bok | 9.5.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

'I Am Not an Isolationist,' Says Rand Paul

Can we at least get "non-interventionist"?

Reason Staff | 9.4.2014 3:56 PM

World

No Need For Assad's Permission to Blast ISIL Says Cameron

The UK gets tough.

Reason Staff | 9.4.2014 3:33 PM

World

Ignorance Fuels the Calls for War

Lack of knowledge never stops us.

Steve Chapman | 9.4.2014 12:00 PM

World

Biden on ISIL: 'We Will Follow Them to the Gates of Hell'

Reason Staff | 9.3.2014 2:43 PM

Iraq

Obama Authorizes Additional Troops to Iraq

350 military to protect personnel in Baghdad

Reason Staff | 9.2.2014 9:22 PM

Economics

Under ISIL Threat, Erbil Residents Snap Up Black Market Guns

J.D. Tuccille | 9.2.2014 4:39 PM

ISIS

Video Appears to Show Second American Journalist's Execution by Islamic State (Updated)

Video of Steven Sotloff appears online

Reason Staff | 9.2.2014 4:36 PM

World

Wacko Isolationist Rand Paul Would Seek Congressional Approval to 'Destroy ISIS'

Robby Soave | 9.2.2014 4:36 PM