National Security

After decades of stasis, the Middle East is in uproar. With too much going on to focus on a single place, here’s a review of developments in four key countries. Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi in full military splendor. Libya: With most Americans

This was not a new speech. It was an old Obama speech with some of the words changed. It had elements of his Egypt speech in 2009, as well as his “race speech” after Jeremiah Wright was introduced to the

New evidence has emerged that the Iranian government sees the current unrest in the Middle East as a signal that the Mahdi–or Islamic messiah–is about to appear. CBN News has obtained a never-before-seen video produced by the Iranian regime that

The fall of the Roman Empire was not a sudden event. The imperial power wielded by Rome decreased gradually over the course of centuries, during which time a steady deterioration was punctuated by repeated barbarian incursions and the sacking of

With his budget, President Obama shows he misunderstands arithmetic; with his energy plan, he shows he misunderstands supply and demand. Or perhaps, as his congressional critics allege, he understands them all too well. Speaker Boehner laid out the charges: “[The

Steve Emerson of the Investigative Project on Terrorism joined me on the radio today and shared some shocking information about several people involved in the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights hearing set for Tuesday in

In the last couple of days, rebels have been sweeping towards Tripoli, capturing or recapturing one town after another — Ajdabiya, Brega, Uqayla, Ras Lanuf and Bin Jawad, according to the BBC. Sirte is still a Gaddafi stronghold, while Misrata

Since this wave of revolutions began in the Middle East thousands of people have lost their lives in their fight for freedom. Leaders of countries like Egypt, Syria, Lybia and Iran have shown little mercy to their people’s right for

The story of the first successful homegrown Islamist terror attack on American soil.As noted in Congressman Peter King’s House Homeland Security Committee hearings Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), an interfaith coalition of Christians, Jews, and Muslims today released a

President Barack Obama is likely to speak tonight about how the humanitarian crisis in Libya compelled him to commit American resources to stop Gaddafi. (Never mind that there are humanitarian crises all over the Middle East right now.) He’s also

The French Presidential elections are about one year away, but there is plenty of news that has the European political establishment quaking. President Sarkozy is running for reelection and he faces opposition from Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry. But leading

We may have found the actual answer to the question, why we involved ourselves in Libya. Prognosticators and armed chair generals will give you a laundry list of reasons legitimizing yet one more incursion into a region entirely hostile to

Gotta love this: a Marine Corps dad taking on Lebron James. From the Marine Corps Times: Pro basketball superstar LeBron James used his @KingJames Twitter account to pump himself up for the remainder of the NBA season. “20+ games left

European defenders of the West: Sobieski, Churchill, and Wilders Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders made a seminal address two nights ago (March 25, 2011) at the Annual Lecture of the Magna Carta Foundation in Rome, Italy. As is his wont, Wilders

It pains me to write this article, as our country’s highest representative is making our country a laughing stock to the world and what is even worse, to our most deadly enemies. Our community organizer President may have been able

Elizabeth Taylor, RIP A 1977 report by the JTA unearthed in the aftermath of Elizabeth Taylor’s death reveals that the actress, “…offered herself as a hostage for the more than 100 Air France hijack victims held by terrorists at Entebbe

Russia is moving towards the establishment of a consolidated state-controlled Islamic education system. Like the sharia court system in the UK, state madrassas in Russia seem to be the government’s way of recognizing an existing trend and controlling the foreign

From ABC News: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that Libya did not pose a threat to the United States before the U.S. began its military campaign against the North African country. On “This Week,” ABC News’ Senior White House

It should have come as no surprise that the Saudi royals welcomed “the butcher of Tunis”, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali when others spurned his request for asylum. It’s worth noting that Bin Ali is neither the first tyrant nor the

The sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan, which occurred a year ago on March 26, has had a profound effect on relations between the U.S. and China, as well as between North and South Korea. South Koreans raise the

A sterile map of the Middle East belies the political and social havoc on the ground. US Security policy should help our friends and hurt our enemies. In the Middle East and North Africa, we are apparently unsure of exactly

Below is an essay by the Danish psychologist Nicolai Sennels on a topic that has greatly preoccupied Western European leaders in recent months: the failure of Multiculturalism. Why multiculture will always fail by Dr. Nicolai Sennels Several leading European politicians

Cliff Kincaid is holding another one of his amazing press conferences at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, this coming April 1st from 12 noon to 4 pm. These conferences are not to be missed. As President of America’s

Wednesday’s terrorist bombing outside the main bus terminal in Jerusalem was not an isolated incident, it was part of a ramp-up of terrorist acts by the Palestinians during the month of March: March 6: A sanitation worker from the Jerusalem

I’ll admit, there is an argument – a thin, riddled, web of an argument – that it was U.S. interests that drove military interventions gone wrong in Iraq and Afghanistan. I don’t buy the argument: As it morphed into a