“American exceptionalism” is a term being bandied about a good deal these days by politicians and The Talking Heads. The Founding Fathers, of course, believed quite rightly that they had created a new and unique form of government even though they … [Read more...] about The American Exception*
2016
Palestinian Terrorism *
Popular terrorism is violent by nature. Thus, Mahmoud Abbas' claim that the "popular resistance" is "peaceful" and "unarmed" is baseless. On September 13, 2015, the Palestinians began a wave of popular terrorism (called a "popular awakening" by the … [Read more...] about Palestinian Terrorism *
Plowing the American Mind
Left: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Iran at the White House in Washington, January 17, 2016. Obama signed an executive order on Saturday lifting sanctions on Iran related to its nuclear program after Tehran fulfilled … [Read more...] about Plowing the American Mind
Through the Eyes of an Islamist Extremist: The World according to Bosnia’s Fatmir Alipahić
Over the past twenty-five years, the militant Islamist movement in Bosnia & Herzegovina has developed a broad range of electronic and print propaganda vehicles designed to draw recruits and spread ethnic and religious intolerance. These … [Read more...] about Through the Eyes of an Islamist Extremist: The World according to Bosnia’s Fatmir Alipahić
Stumbling into War*
Despite Pres. Barack Obama’s continued insistence that he has pulled the U.S. out of endless – and unsuccessful – wars in the Mideast, American military involvement continues there. Witness to the continued engagement, and in fact what appears to be … [Read more...] about Stumbling into War*
Should You Buy Iodine Pills?
Growing nuclear proliferation global radical Islamist terror network has raised the possibility of nuclear terror attacks, including potential sabotage of nuclear facilities, as well as the use of conventional explosives to disperse radioactive … [Read more...] about Should You Buy Iodine Pills?
Sponsoring Hamas’s Murderous Indoctrination
Left: The video produced for the Palestine Festival for Childhood and Education, credits:: Interpal and the Bank of Palestine, the festival sponsors. (YouTube, April 4, 2016). Hamas needs cannons and cannon-fodders to attack Israel. Hamas cannons … [Read more...] about Sponsoring Hamas’s Murderous Indoctrination
台灣如何強化空防*
美國智庫蘭德公司（Rand Corporation）4月初發表「台灣防空選項」研究報告。最主要防空選項建議我方裁撤275架幻象與IDF(經國號)機隊，僅保留約50架F-16戰機，將節餘經費用於購買更多機動式防空飛彈、雷達與電子反制系統，以因應所謂的新形態戰爭。 蘭德公司這項另類的建議，不僅國內專家認為是為特定廠商鎖定我國大批鷹式飛彈汰除後的替代方案的商機，也受到許多美國關心台灣防務的專家質疑。年初曾來台灣觀選的前國防部副部長布萊恩博士(Stephen … [Read more...] about 台灣如何強化空防*
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose*
The French, as always, have a word for it: the more things change, the more they are the same. Looking around the world just now, one has to take that into account. After the cataclysmic destruction and rehabilitation of World War II, we would have … [Read more...] about Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose*
Protected-Christians in Muslim lands*
Bethlehem’s Christian Arab leaders lobbied Israel against transferring the city to the Palestinian Authority. Thus, in 1993, on the eve of signing the Oslo Accord, the Christian mayor of Bethlehem, Elias Freij, urged Israel’s Prime Minister Rabin to … [Read more...] about Protected-Christians in Muslim lands*