The following are excerpts from the Israeli PM's speech: "The remarkable alliance between Israel and the United States has always been above politics. It must always remain above politics. Because America and Israel, we share a common destiny, the … [Read more...] about Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress
Afghanistan
The Obama Persian Mystery
Obscured by all the hullabaloo over the Congressional speaking invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the more fundamental mystery of the Obama Administration’s Iranian strategy. Laying aside the increasingly evident incompetence … [Read more...] about The Obama Persian Mystery
AID to Pakistan: Money Down A Rat Hole
After Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif's visit to the Pentagon, Islamabad defense officials claimed that the United States would give Pakistan $1 billion through the Coalition Support Fund (CSF). The officials added that … [Read more...] about AID to Pakistan: Money Down A Rat Hole
Semantics? Not on our lives!
Yeah, it’s a big joke! The most amateurish hacks performing as government spokesmen, whether it is an arrogant but totally incompetent campaign apparatchik at the State Department, the White House’s befuddled spokesmen, or the embarrassed uniformed … [Read more...] about Semantics? Not on our lives!
Obama=Incoherence*
Left: Detainees praying at the military prison, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In any litany of the failures of policy of the Obama Administration, the question of Guantánamo ranks high on the list. The Bush Administration, in the white heat of post-9/11, … [Read more...] about Obama=Incoherence*
Old Islamists Never Die: Mohammed Haydar Zammar
On March 2014, in an Islamic-State-sponsored prisoner swap, Mohammed Haydar Zammar, the al-Qaeda operative jailed in Syria in 2001, was freed in exchange for Syrian army officers held by the IS. News articles that covered the prisoner exchange did … [Read more...] about Old Islamists Never Die: Mohammed Haydar Zammar
Afghanistan – Recent Developments
Left: Confident of victory, before the first round of Afghan elections. General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Ashraf Ghani. Photo: Dostum's Facebook page More than 100 days in office, Afgan President Ashraf Ghani has missed his promised deadline … [Read more...] about Afghanistan – Recent Developments
Weekly Briefing – January 5-9, 2015
The Mystery of the Islamic State - Rachel Ehrenfeld -- Over several months last year, in an effort to understand the Islamic State movement, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, sought the … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – January 5-9, 2015
Is The Taliban–Pakistani Alliance on the Rocks?
The bloody attack on an army–run school in December 14, 2014, is considered the most vicious attack ever carried out by the Taliban Movement in Pakistan. Seven Taliban suicide bombers attacked an army-run school auditorium in Peshawar, where children … [Read more...] about Is The Taliban–Pakistani Alliance on the Rocks?
Weekly Briefing – December 28-January 2, 2014/15
Cybersecurity and the 114th Congress - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The Sony hacking served as a national reminder that cybersecurity should be taken more seriously...In May 2010, former National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander lamented, "The scale of … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – December 28-January 2, 2014/15