The world has been at war for sixty-eight of the past hundred years. World War I lasted four years, World War II six years, the Cold War 44 years and the war with radical is now fourteen years old and counting. Western civilization eventually won … [Read more...] about Which Side Are YOU On?
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Islamist Terrorism and European Amnesia
Left: Jo Goldenberg's restaurant at the Marais district, Paris, attacked in 1982 by PLO mastermind Souhaur Mohammed Hassan Khalil al-Abbassi, aka "Amjad Atta" that killed six people and wounding 22 others. Politicians and the media in Europe and the … [Read more...] about Islamist Terrorism and European Amnesia
The Paris Attack: Arabic and Iranian Propaganda
Left: This caricature was published in the London based Qatari owned (!) al-Arabi-al-Jadeed. Here are a few more caricatures published in Arabic and Iranian newspapers after the jihadists attacks in Paris on Friday: Saudi … [Read more...] about The Paris Attack: Arabic and Iranian Propaganda
Obama’s illogic
Left: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Barack Obama. (Photo: Cihan), Nov.13, 2015 The confusion in the President’s thinking and strategy about the current terrorist crisis is frightening in its implications. As the tragic … [Read more...] about Obama’s illogic
Palestinian Propoganda Fueling Anti-Israeli Terrorism
Left: A cartoon by Hamas-affiliated Omaya Joha (Facebook page of PALDF, November 8, 2015). Spreading Lies: Riyadh Mansour, the permanent Palestinian observer in the UN, sent a formal complaint to the president of the Security Council claiming … [Read more...] about Palestinian Propoganda Fueling Anti-Israeli Terrorism
Do the Palestinians Want Two States?*
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?*
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 Review, Oct 18-23, 2015
Taiwan's Democracy Needs U.S. Arms - Sol W. Sanders - If there was any doubt that Taiwan is the first democratic state in the long history of the Chinese, it came this week in the buildup to January presidential election. The current ruling … [Read more...] about Weekly Review, Oct 18-23, 2015
ISIS Takes a Chapter from the Palestinian Incitement Book
Left: Screenshot"Infographic by Islamic State militants on how to kill Jews" Bi-Partisan Congressional condemnations of the Palestinian Authority (PA) for inciting violence against Israelis, such as passed by House Foreign Affairs Committee on … [Read more...] about ISIS Takes a Chapter from the Palestinian Incitement Book