
“Well-designed attacks on an opponent’s credibility can overpower well-crafted messages.” —David Horowitz AUTHOR’S NOTE Calumnious charges against my new book, American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character (St. Martin’s Press), originated in a review that appeared at FrontPage
by Diana West6 Sep 2013, 2:55 PM PST0

David Horowitz has recently leveled grave charges at Breitbart against my credibility as a writer based on my new book, American Betrayal. Indeed, according to Horowitz, I “should not have written this book.” Thankfully, he is not in charge of
by Diana West17 Aug 2013, 6:52 AM PST0

What did I do on my summer vacation? I stayed home. The family went to the country this week but not me. I stayed behind to deal with a white-hot controversy. About what? Me. Thus, I am now engaged in
by Diana West16 Aug 2013, 8:01 AM PST0

This is the fifth and final part in a series based on the new book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character (St. Martin’s Press) by Diana West. On March 3, 1945, under prodding from both the senior
by Diana West8 Aug 2013, 7:47 AM PST0

This is the fourth in a series in five parts based on the new book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character (St. Martin’s Press) by Diana West. The two most ardent boosters of the Normandy invasion were
by Diana West7 Aug 2013, 3:43 PM PST0

This is the third in a series of five parts based on the new book American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character (St. Martin’s Press) by Diana West. For many Americans, the first inkling of an anti-Nazi German
by Diana West6 Aug 2013, 9:45 AM PST0

This is the second in a series in five parts based on the new book, “American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation’s Character” (St. Martin’s Press) by Diana West. It’s difficult to imagine someone more important in U.S. history than
by Diana West5 Aug 2013, 3:04 PM PST0

The following begins a series in five parts based on questions that arise from integrating revelations of intelligence history – specifically, the influence on US policy-making by Americans acting on the Kremlin’s behalf– into the well-known sequence of World War
by Diana West4 Aug 2013, 2:36 AM PST0

How could there be anything left to say about World War II and the Cold War that hasn’t been said already? We know the narrative, start to finish. In researching my new book, American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our
by Diana West18 Jul 2013, 2:00 PM PST0

The articles of the Afghanistan constitution open as follows: Article OneCh. 1. Art. 1 Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic, independent, unitary and indivisible state. Article TwoCh. 1, Art. 2 The religion of the state of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
by Diana West9 Mar 2012, 12:00 PM PST0

Just as Koran-Burning Rage 2012 must not be seen as an isolated event but rather as a cycle of sharia ascendancy, or, as indicated in my last column, another notch in our decline into dhimmitude, so, too, the advance of
by Diana West8 Mar 2012, 4:00 AM PST0
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Six U.S. military men have been murdered by Afghan security forces seized by what may be labeled Quran-Burning Rage. Quran-Burning Rage follows Pastor Jones Rage, which, after a Florida pastor burned a Quran in 2011, seized Afghan Muslims and inspired
by Diana West4 Mar 2012, 9:30 AM PST0
Think you’ve heard it all? Think you’re shock-proof? Read the following report by on a recent trial in Pennsylvania in which an apparently Muslim judge (he states, “I’m a Muslim” while pronouncing his judgement) dismissed harassment charges against a Muslim
by Diana West24 Feb 2012, 11:17 AM PST0

For years now, we’ve watched an increasingly totalitarian Europe arise in the courtrooms of infamous speech trials in Holland, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, France, England, and elsewhere as dictatorial government authorities use the courts to maintain their political power against political
by Diana West10 Feb 2012, 1:01 PM PST0

I’ve been following (here and here) the escalating controversy in France over recent remarks made by a conservative French minister, Claude Gueant, to the effect that civilizations that support liberty, fraternity, equality (sounds like France) are superior to civilizations that
by Diana West8 Feb 2012, 12:40 PM PST0
In a recent post about military censorship of news of two Marine casualties in a January 18, 2012, suicide bomber attack on Kajaki Sofla bazaar (“COIN Claims Another Two Casualties in Afghanistan”), I referred to a October 31, 2011 IED
by Diana West8 Feb 2012, 8:25 AM PST0
Eight years and three months ago, I wrote a column inspired by the furor over statements by General William Boykin attesting to the religious dimension of the so-called war on terror. The thought that there might be a religious dimension
by Diana West1 Feb 2012, 8:30 AM PST0
US Army and Afghan Army play volleyball in southwestern Kandahar in 2011. On Sunday, a similar match in Zabul province turned deadly when an Afghan Army member shot and killed one American, wounding three. — It would be most helpful
by Diana West27 Jan 2012, 2:11 PM PST0
Military censorship only goes so far. Now we know, contrary to official reports, at least two US Marines were hit by the bomb driven into the Kajaki Sofla bazaar by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle on January 18, 2012.
by Diana West27 Jan 2012, 9:05 AM PST0
Beastweek decided to take a swipe at Geert Wilders this month — no particular reason, just because he’s still there. It’s a singularly empty piece, a selection of complaints by Christopher Dickey rattling around, anchored by an almost comically validating
by Diana West26 Jan 2012, 11:33 AM PST0
When anti-abortion advocate Austin Ruse explained to his audience that because his sturdiest allies at the United Nations were Muslims countries, his international anti-abortion coalition could not also be an international religious freedom coalition, my dhimmitude-meter kicked on — dhimmitude
by Diana West22 Jan 2012, 7:58 AM PST0
Another attack by an Afghan service member has killed four French troops and wounded 16. Reuters photo This brings my admittedly informal tally of the grim toll to 52 Western personnel killed by Afghan security forces in the past 26
by Diana West21 Jan 2012, 7:45 AM PST0
Having declared its policy of censoring information about Afghan-on-Western attacks inside the wire — an outrage! — ISAF now seems to be censoring information about every other kind of troop casualty, too. From the AP today: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) —
by Diana West19 Jan 2012, 7:00 AM PST0
Eight charged; seven cleared; one, please, let’s hope, to go. Finally, the last “Haditha” trial is in progress, and, thanks to Nat Helms at Defend Our Marines, everything you need or want to know about the proceedings, the witnesses, the
by Diana West18 Jan 2012, 3:56 PM PST0
The Secretary of State wears clothes, all right, but is she really ready to deal? — The Wall Street Journal reports: JANI KHEL, Afghanistan–In the American war against the Taliban, on whose side are the Afghan police? For many U.S.
by Diana West12 Jan 2012, 11:02 AM PST0