The US initiative on Gaza has only alienated its friends in the region. Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama's latest foreign policy initiatives have just crashed and burned, in the most easily predictable fashion. After direct … [Read more...] about U.S. Foreign Policy Fails Again
U.S. Foreign Policy
The Bear is Loose
No, not the self-designated ursus in the White House, but the Kremlin’s ruler. Having launched a program attempting to reinstate Moscow’s hegemony over the former Tsarist/Soviet Empire, Vladimir Putin now has been hoisted on his own petard. When … [Read more...] about The Bear is Loose
Hamas Training Gazan Children
This year, as in years past, summer camps in the Gaza Strip were exploited by Hamas for radical Islamic ideological indoctrination and semi-military training* Overview 1. Every year summer camps are held throughout the Gaza Strip during the summer … [Read more...] about Hamas Training Gazan Children
Weekly Briefing – July 20 – 25, 2014
On ACD Whitewashing Hamas - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The siding with Hamas, which uses Gaza’s residents – most of whom support the terrorist group’s agenda – as human shields - is not limited to outsiders. The Israel based organization B’Tselem, which … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – July 20 – 25, 2014
Testing, testing, testing…*
The horror of 298 innocents, oblivious to the warfare 33,000 feet below them, blown out of the sky by criminally negligent fanatics supported by Russian Vladimir Putin, forebodes greater catastrophes. The incident is a part of a worldwide scene … [Read more...] about Testing, testing, testing…*
The “Moral Equivalence” – Hamas, ISIS and the Media
Hamas fighting methods in the current round of Israel's Operation Protective Edge illustrate, yet again, the practical and ideological proximity between Hamas and the atrocious radical Islamic organization the “Islamic State” (ISIS). However, Hamas's … [Read more...] about The “Moral Equivalence” – Hamas, ISIS and the Media
Weekly Briefing – July 13-19, 2014
Left: Protesters display placards and banners as they take part in demonstration against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in central London on July 19, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Carl Court) From ACD A View from the “Emergency Routine” under the Iron Dome … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – July 13-19, 2014
Economic Sanctions Seldom Work*
The prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, particularly in the case of rogue countries such as North Korea and Iran, is a goal universally accepted by the international community. There is no such unanimity as to what to do to prevent … [Read more...] about Economic Sanctions Seldom Work*
Celebrating Ramadan – From the White House to Gaza
Expressions of sympathy to Gazans, for having their Ramadan celebrations foiled by Israeli retaliations, highlight a prevailing ignorance of Islamic values, not only on the part of the American media. On July 9, in his “Ramadan Message,” President … [Read more...] about Celebrating Ramadan – From the White House to Gaza
Horror Vacui
* This column was originally published in The Washington Times, Sunday, March 20, 2011, and it has not been updated. President Obama has given new meaning to that epithet “imperial presidency.” It was slung at Richard M. Nixon not only for his … [Read more...] about Horror Vacui