Who won the best performance at the 68th General Assembly of the Theatre of the Absurd (aka the UN)? Was it U.S. president Barack Hussein Obama, or Hassan Rouhani, Iran's president? Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, would be right to choose … [Read more...] about Obama’s Progressive Middle East Myopia
Middle East Conflicts
The Shiite-Sunni Violent Rift Feared to Spill Over to US and Canada
The Islamic revolutions in the Arab world, known as the Arab Spring (or Islamic Winter), deepened furthermore the split between Shia and Sunnis, the two major and rival denominations of Islam. In Syria, the prolonged bloody conflict between the … [Read more...] about The Shiite-Sunni Violent Rift Feared to Spill Over to US and Canada
Al Qaeda’s Offspring in Terror Uprising
While the blissfully ignorant of the world go about celebrating the Putin-Obama deal on Syria, the militant form of Muslim Brotherhood -- similar to al Nusra in Syria, -- al Shabab has been massacring "infidels" in Kenya. The defeat of the … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda’s Offspring in Terror Uprising
The War on Terrorism Goes On
If the Boston Marathon Massacre and the growing Syrian Civil War jihadist outrages were not self-evident, the bloody attack on innocents at the Nairobi, Kenya, mall provide new evidence that the international terrorist conspiracy continues virtually … [Read more...] about The War on Terrorism Goes On
Why Syria’s chemical weapons agreement will succeed
Much of the current debate on Syria of the current debate on Syria centers on whether Assad will in fact give up his chemical weapons. Not to worry. The chemical weapons agreement will be a resounding success. This is not because all or most of the … [Read more...] about Why Syria’s chemical weapons agreement will succeed
The Futility of WMD Inspections
On September 12, Robert Einhorn, until recently a senior nuclear negotiator for the Obama administration appearing before the Atlantic Council chapter in Washington D.C., remarked casually that "President Obama's flexibility on Iran" will be affected … [Read more...] about The Futility of WMD Inspections
Is a “Tehran Moment” in Obama’s Future?
If it were not for Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs, Obama would have probably made a deal with Iran a long time ago. Now it seems that Washington's acceptance of Russia's scheme to dispose of Syria's chemical weapons is … [Read more...] about Is a “Tehran Moment” in Obama’s Future?
Meet the Next Peace Laureate
On September 12, two days before the announcement on the agreement between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a plan to destroy Syria's chemical weapons--an agreement that has yet to be approved by Bashar … [Read more...] about Meet the Next Peace Laureate
Northeastern Syria; The Kurdish Minority and The Oil Card
In a thought provoking essay titled "The P-Word" published in the American Thinker blog, Ben Cohen offers a précis of the history of a multi-ethnic multi-cultural Middle East. He suggests that a solution to the present Syrian cataclysm would be "to … [Read more...] about Northeastern Syria; The Kurdish Minority and The Oil Card
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Ongoing Violence in Cairo & Sinai
While the world's attention is on Obama's twists and turns on Syria, there are important developments in Egypt. It appears that the military, with help from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, is busy successfully suppressing the Muslim … [Read more...] about The Muslim Brotherhood’s Ongoing Violence in Cairo & Sinai