Left: Fatah memorial poster to an attacker with the Dome of the Rock in the background. January 25, 2015 The sensitivity to criticism of the Islamic fundamentalist attitude on the “death for Allah” concept, which has been fully adopted by the … [Read more...] about Dying for Allah *
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A Pakistan Time-Bomb?*
Left: Mourners carry a coffin of one of the victims during a funeral a day after a suicide bomb attack at a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 28, 2016. Rahat Dar, EPA Although the Obama Administration may well not recognize it, Pakistan is turning … [Read more...] about A Pakistan Time-Bomb?*
NATO Should Fight ISIS in Europe*
Europe is in a war, but it has yet to acknowledge it. Neither does NATO which has not been called upon to fight the war. All of this is very strange because the turmoil being caused by ISIS in Europe poses a considerable threat to peace and security … [Read more...] about NATO Should Fight ISIS in Europe*
Unseemly Behavior*
Left: "HE’S GOT THE MOVES: US President Barack Obama dances tango with a dancer during a state dinner in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. (AFP)" Arab News, March 25, 2016 For an Administration, which supposedly excels in its appreciation and manipulation … [Read more...] about Unseemly Behavior*
Europe: A Grave Security Risk*
Left: The power plant in Doel, Belgium. There is no reason to any longer trust Europe. Europe is a collection of incompetent and dangerous nation-states with reduced sovereignty that are incapable of defending their borders and inept at ferreting … [Read more...] about Europe: A Grave Security Risk*
Candels and Cartoons Will Not Stop ISIS
Defeating Islamist terrorism in Belgium with cartoons of the Manneken Pis statue urinating on ISIS fighters will be as effective as the cartoons following the attack on Charlie Hebdo, or the candles to mourn the people who died when ISIS attacked the … [Read more...] about Candels and Cartoons Will Not Stop ISIS
World War III*
Left: President Barack Obama enjoying a baseball game in Cuba yesterday after the news of ISIS attacked in broke. "You don't send a picture of yourself laughing while people have just been blow up at a level that...is the equivalent of September 11 … [Read more...] about World War III*
Repairing the Special Relationship*
There are important lessons for the U.S. in the apprehension in Belgium, after four months, of one of the chief perpetrators of the November 13, 2015, Paris massacre which took the lives of 130 innocents. This security lapse has its parallel in the … [Read more...] about Repairing the Special Relationship*
Russia’s Syria Pull-Out – A Tactical Move with a Strategic Rationale*
Why is Russia pulling out of Syria? Is it because Russia is out of money and the Syrian operation is hurting? Or is something else going on? There is no doubt Russia’s economy is suffering. Even without sanctions, Russia would have a hard time … [Read more...] about Russia’s Syria Pull-Out – A Tactical Move with a Strategic Rationale*
Calling it Christian Genocide*
Among the many anomalies of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy, none appears so anachronistic as its refusal to label the persecution and annihilation of Christians in the Middle East as genocide. Granted that the term has been too often … [Read more...] about Calling it Christian Genocide*