Is the Palestinian “popular uprising” in its current manifestations the preferred form of struggle for the Fatah leadership – as opposed to small-scale demonstrations at focal points of friction? When an interviewer on a prominent TV show on the … [Read more...] about Do the Palestinians Want Two States?*
Obama’s NATO Lapse*
Pres. Barack Obama’s veto message of the Military Authorization Bill mentioned the controversial closure of Guantanomo’s terrorist facilities and the failure to achieve reform of systems acquisition and other issues. But critics charge it was largely … [Read more...] about Obama’s NATO Lapse*
Weekly Roundup, Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2015
Left: Russian plane crash in the Sinai (Source APTN) BBC ACD Weekly Roundup Capitol Hill: House & Senate Hearings GAO Reports CRS Reports News & Analysis Middle East Iran Russia China Cyber Europe Misc. ACD Weekly … [Read more...] about Weekly Roundup, Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2015
MANPADS Threats To Civilian Aviation
Left: Two insurgents in Iraq with SA-7b and SA-14 MANPADS. Courtesy of U.S. Department of Homeland Security What crashed the Russian Airbus A321 in the Sinai Peninsula is yet to be determined. The British Telegraph reported an ISIS "bomb plot was … [Read more...] about MANPADS Threats To Civilian Aviation
What’s behind Abbas’ Opposition to Israel – The Jewish State
Left: Source: Fatah Twitter account, Aug. 14, 2015, PMW The following are excerpts from Shmuel Even's paper on the strategic implications of Mahmoud Abbas's unwillingness to recognize Israel as the Jewish State of Israel. "Many years after the … [Read more...] about What’s behind Abbas’ Opposition to Israel – The Jewish State
Stabbing Israelis – Palestinian Jihadi “Resistance”
Left: This photo was posted on Free Palestine Facebook page on October 19, 2015. Some Israel's top terrorism experts are strangely echoing secretary of State John Kerry statements that the recent wave of Palestinian terrorism is secular and … [Read more...] about Stabbing Israelis – Palestinian Jihadi “Resistance”
Don’t flag with the flag!*
After much too much time elapsed the Obama Administration acceded to U.S. Navy urgings to challenge Beijing’s capacity to block of one of the world’s most important naval arteries. Beijing has chosen vague 1947 maps of the South China Sea in an … [Read more...] about Don’t flag with the flag!*
Qasem Soleimani – A Portrait*
Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' ((IRGC) Qods Force, is "the instigator of Iranian subversion and terrorism in the Middle East and around the Globe," writes. Dr. Raz Zimmet*, who studied … [Read more...] about Qasem Soleimani – A Portrait*
The incremental Road To Hell*
If there were one lesson from America’s tragic Vietnam encounter – and as some dead white man has said, all historical analogies are odious — it is that incremental approaches to war inevitably result in disaster. News reports suggest that Pres. … [Read more...] about The incremental Road To Hell*
Weekly Roundup, Oct 25-30, 2015
Left: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Vienna, Austria, October 29, 2015. (Photo: Islamic Republic News Agency) ACD Weekly Roundup Capitol Hill: House & Senate Hearings GAO … [Read more...] about Weekly Roundup, Oct 25-30, 2015