National Security

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Merkel and other European leaders conspire to get Sarkozy reelected Netanyahu and Obama have ‘somber’ and ‘businesslike’ White House meeting Hizbollah provides only lukewarm support for Syria’s al-Assad Private Greek investors’ acceptance of ‘voluntary’

As I’ve mentioned in numerous posts on Big Peace during the past few months, Ron Paul’s foreign policy is problematic, to say the least. His stated position on Iran to “let Israel deal with it,” and this squares perfectly with

(AP) APNewsBreak: GOP leader suggests force vs. IranBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate Republican leader said Monday the United States should use overwhelming military force against Iran if American intelligence shows that Tehran has decided to build a nuclear weapon or

One of the speakers at Occupy AIPAC has a long history of anti-Semitic statements, and was a backer of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. From 5:30-7:30 on Saturday, Occupy AIPAC presented “AIPAC: What it is, who its allies

(AP) Muslims at rally: NYPD surveillance keeps us safeBy COLLEEN LONGAssociated PressNEW YORKQazi Qayyoom, an imam in Queens, says he believes the New York Police Department is keeping his community safe, and if that means some Muslims are monitored, so

Less than a year ago, Barack Obama surprised Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu with a call for a total freeze on Jewish building in Judea and Samaria after the annual AIPAC conference. In turn, Netanyahu unloaded on Obama with a

While Americans have been held captivated over Slut-Gate, starring a 30 year-old student playing the part of a 23 year-old co-ed law student and Rush Limbaugh playing himself, in which the fate of the Republic rested on the apology heard

(AP) Obama makes case against striking Iran nowBy ANNE GEARANAP National Security WriterWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama says he doesn’t want war but insists he would attack Iran if that was the only option left to stop that nation from getting a

(Reuters) – Russian riot police detained more than 500 protesters including opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday at rallies challenging the legitimacy of Vladimir Putin’s victory in the presidential election. Putin, who secured almost 64 percent of the votes on

(AP) A tearful Putin claims Russian election victoryBy LYNN BERRY and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWVladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s foreign minister said Sunday that American pressure will not affect Israeli thinking on how to cope with the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program. Avigdor Lieberman delivered his assessment on the eve of a key meeting between

Anti-Israel activists who have gathered this weekend at Harvard University’s “One State Conference” were told yesterday that the Jewish people do not exist. Prof. Susan M. Akram of Boston University’s School of Law told the gathering that there is no legal basis

President Barack Obama’s dwindling allies within the pro-Israel movement struggled to put on a brave face after a sorely disappointing address this morning to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Instead of signaling to Iran that he would be

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

Saudi Arabia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has found massive discrimination by building owners in discriminating against Saudis when renting out apartments. Complaints have been received from people in numerous cities throughout the Kingdom. Saudi Arabia has a large

Middle East expert Fouad Ajami of the Hoover Institution says that Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad may be declaring victory. He’s defied the outside world by continuing to exterminate his own people, with nobody able to stop him. By now, the

(AP) Syria hands over bodies of 2 foreign journalistsBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaThe bodies of two foreign journalists who were killed in shelling while trapped inside a besieged district in the central Syrian city of Homs have left Syria late

Judge Mark Martin–now infamous for presiding over the “Zombie Muhammad” case–was incorrectly identified by me as a self-professed Muslim, based upon a faulty audio recording of the court proceedings (see blogs here and here by Andrew C. McCarthy for the