Left: “Hit the gas at 199 [km/h] for Al-Aqsa,” urges the Palestinian “Run over Organization” calling on Palestinians to use their cars to kill Jews. [Facebook, “Fatah – The Main Page” Nov. 6, 2014]” Source: Palestinian Media Watch. - Plowing into … [Read more...] about Terrorism Trend Setters – The Palestinians
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US Powerless as “Europe” Collapses*
The British vote in midweek looks more and more like endorsing withdrawal from the European Union. But the process looks increasingly messy. The U.S., whose sponsorship of a united Europe has played a huge role in the past six decades, now appears … [Read more...] about US Powerless as “Europe” Collapses*
Washington: Russia Should use Smart Bombs in Syria*
Washington has ramped up criticism of Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria, complaining that the Russians are using “dumb” bombs when America uses “smart” bombs almost exclusively. Is Washington right, and are the Russians just trying to wipe out … [Read more...] about Washington: Russia Should use Smart Bombs in Syria*
The Syrian Threat to Israel*
Left: Map of Syrian Civil war/ Global conflict in Syria - liveuamap, February 22, 2016 There are more than two dozen state and non-state actors battling over the prostrate body of what used to be Syria, one of the artificial entities carved out in … [Read more...] about The Syrian Threat to Israel*
Europe’s Shame: Failing to Protect its Female Citizens
Left: New Year's Eve in Cologne. Witnesses spoke of at least 1,000 men, many of them of North African or Arab descent sexually molesting women at the main train station.Credit: Spiegel -- Videos of hundreds of “North African or Arabic” looking men … [Read more...] about Europe’s Shame: Failing to Protect its Female Citizens
A Century after Sykes-Picot: Strategic and Geopolitical Aspects*
"The instability and the uncertainty that characterize the current state of affairs is best exploited, as mentioned before, by the most prominent enemies from the Radical Islamic camp – both Iran and its surrogates and the Sunni Radicals." The … [Read more...] about A Century after Sykes-Picot: Strategic and Geopolitical Aspects*
“Roots of the Problem”*
On July 20, 2015, Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron presented his plan to defeat domestic Islamist Extremism (and how to stop it.).. Here are some excerpts: "It begins – it must begin – by understanding the threat we face and why we face it. … [Read more...] about “Roots of the Problem”*
ISIS – Live With It
President Obama's attempt to minimize the threat posed by the Islamic State begins with his reluctance to identify the enemy by its name, "Islamic Caliphate." Instead he calls it ISIL. Since according to him and many other politically adjusted … [Read more...] about ISIS – Live With It
ISIS: Why Does Obama Sit on His Hands?
Left: ISIS victory parade in Ramadi - Is President Obama kept on the dark by his intelligence briefers about ISIS’s rapid advance in Iraq and Syria? Why does he think there is time to now begin training more Iraqi and some Syrian self-declared … [Read more...] about ISIS: Why Does Obama Sit on His Hands?
The Iran Deal Through an (Oil) Glass Darkly
The profit margins Big Oil requires are no longer to be made in Saudi Arabia but in Iran and Iraq. Once the US concludes a nuclear deal with Iran, Big Oil will see to it that it sticks, and Washington can turn its attention to the true cause of … [Read more...] about The Iran Deal Through an (Oil) Glass Darkly