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Clifford D. May

cmay123@washingtontimes.com

Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for The Washington Times. He can be reached at cliff@fdd.org.

Columns by Clifford D. May

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2019 file photo, Ben Cohen, left, and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, attend a protest in Washington. The Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's has always been known for promoting social causes as much as its flavors of ice cream, but few have attracted as much attention as its decision to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

An open letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

Or is it okay if I call you Ben and Jerry? So, anyhow, I read your op-ed in The New York Times, headlined, "We're Ben and Jerry. Men of Ice Cream, Men of Principle," and I thought you might like - or at least tolerate - a little feedback.

August 3, 2021
Illustration on the return of antisemitism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The return of antisemitism

Antisemitism is back with a vengeance. According to the ADL, acts of assault, vandalism, and harassment against Jews are at the highest level "since ADL's tracking began in 1979."

July 13, 2021
Conquest of the UN by China and Russia Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Russia and China’s conquest of the United Nations

After the 20th century's first great war, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, and other major powers founded the League of Nations. Its primary mission: to keep the peace. It failed, of course.

July 6, 2021
Illustration on Iran and nuclear weapons policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Iran’s nuclear secrets have been exposed

The story begins on a cold night in January 2018 when Israeli agents stealthily broke into a warehouse in southern Tehran where Iran's rulers had stored an archive of their nuclear weapons program.

June 15, 2021
Afghanistan Withdrawal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Leaving Afghanistan

After Sept. 11, 2001, most Americans thought justice and prudence demanded sending troops to Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and extirpate its ally, al Qaeda, the organization that had carried out the most horrific terrorist attacks ever on U.S. soil.

June 8, 2021
Islamic Republic’s war on Israel illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The Islamic Republic’s war on Israel

Iran's rulers fund, arm and instruct Hamas, which rules Gaza, and has fired more than 3,000 rockets at Israeli cities and villages over recent days.

May 18, 2021
FILE - In this Tuesday, June 30, 2020 file photo, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno arrives for a group photograph during the G5 Sahel summit, in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Deby, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed on the battlefield Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in a fight against rebels, the country's top military commander announced on national television and radio. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Idriss Deby: The death of an African warrior

We worry about the Middle East. We pivot toward Asia. As for Latin America, we at least pay attention to Venezuela, Cuba and the countries from which emigrants are streaming north.

April 27, 2021
Illustration on the war in Afghanistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. chooses defeat in Afghanistan

If the Taliban were not teetotalers, they'd be shopping for champagne about now in response to President Biden's decision to unconditionally withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021.

April 20, 2021
Illustration on Biden's foreign policy bad deals by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s bad foreign policy deals

President Obama gave without getting, and then postured as though he'd achieved spectacular victories. President Biden is now doing likewise.

April 13, 2021