National Security

Geert Wilders is back in court in the Netherlands. The Islamic-critical leader of the Party for Freedom in was tried last fall for “inciting religious hatred”, but his case ended in a mistrial when Mr. Wilders’ lawyer revealed the sensational

As the threats against Israel mount from all directions, the job of the IDF Chief of General Staff is becoming more challenging by the day. First on the list of threats is Iran. While it is apparently true that the

The Muslim Brotherhood has taken a greater role in organizing the protest against the Egyptian regime as it unfolds its independent political agenda. Rashad al-Bayumi, the Brotherhood’s second-in-command, announced in an interview with Japanese TV that the group would join

Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank notes the both glaring and saddening contrast between Obama’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt now and his silent apathy toward truly democratic counter-revolutionaries in Iran 2009. But it isn’t really

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After the London subway bombings on 7/7/2005, the subsequent investigation found that the bombings had been perpetrated by British citizens, young Muslims who had been influenced by radical Islamist terrorists in Pakistan. David Cameron in Munich (AP) As shocking as

HERZLYIA, ISRAEL– I’m at the 11th annual conference on Israel’s national security at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzlyia, a northern suburb of Tel Aviv. As Israel is both America’s most dependable and strategically important ally in the region, the

As events have developed in the Middle East in the past two weeks we have watched a transition in the public pronouncements of nearly every entity on the planet. The only person to hold ground, to some degree has been

Let’s follow the money trail behind Virginia Military Institute’s plans to host a “celebration” commemoration of the Islamic conquest of Spain. Previously, Patrick Poole exposed the planned March 23-25 “celebration” entitled “711 AD – 2011: East Meets West” organized by

The Iranian mullahs are constantly trying to beat back “western influences,” whether its western fashion or western ideas. But Iranian TV has now issued rules which declare that cooking shows, yes, cooking shows, are not to teach Iranians how to

Every beginning has an end. As I witness the millions protesting in Egypt over the last 2 weeks this saying keeps resonating in my head. Where does this revolution leads Egypt and what will be the domino effect on its

Karzai and the Afghan Supreme Court Mullahs — Five years ago, the story of Abdul Rahman, a Christian convert from Islam under prosecution for his faith in US-“liberated” Afghanistan, did not make the pages of the New York Times. The

Falk’s imaginary Ayatollah, circa February, 1979: Having created a new model of popular revolution based, for the most part, on non-violent tactics. Iran may yet provide us with a desperately-needed model of humane governance for a third-world country. If this

Most Americans agree that democracy is a desirable system of government for most people in the world. The route to reach it, however, is anything but simple. With current events in Arabia, the Obama administration once again finds itself out

Obama campaign fundraiser and bundler Cynthia Stroum was appointed Ambassador to Luxembourg for her support. She has now resigned and is returning to private life. The Associated Press reports that she was an amazing prima donna and particularly nasty to

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood announced it will enter talks with Vice President Omar Suleiman about “the process of [President Hosni] Mubarak leaving office, the right to protest in public places and guarantees for their safety,” an MB spokesman told Reuters. The

CLASSIFIED: TOP SECRET THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 17, 1983 National Security Decision Directive Number 75 U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE USSR (S) U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union will consist of three elements: eternal resistance to Soviet imperialism; internal pressure

American strategy and politics during the Cold War frequently worked from contradictory positions. On the one hand, American strategy, summed up by the doctrine of containment, was to outlast the Soviet Union. That was not a simple thing to do:

This weekend I have on display in my home a remembrance of Ronald Reagan, in honor of his 100th Birthday. It is a small 1984 campaign placard showing a large red heart and “Women for Reagan.” The president himself signed

Cuban-Americans gave Ronald Reagan 90 per cent of their vote. No other American ethnic group approached this level of devotion. Even “southern whites,” America’s most reliably Republican voting bloc, fell short of this “Hispanic” group’s support for The Gipper. A

Ronald Reagan was my first and best vote, no doubt about it. But into the mounting paeons timed to mark his centennial today, I have to toss some clay if only to slow apotheosis, beatification or whatever celebratory conservatives starved

Ronald Reagan’s three most important pillars of national security policy were (1) peace through strength; (2) trust but verify; and (3) beware of evil in the modern world. We followed that wisdom. And communism collapsed. The Soviet empire crumbled. Tyrants

CLASSIFIED: TOP SECRET THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON May 20, 1982 National Security Decision Directive Number 32 U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY I have carefully reviewed the NSSD 1-82 study in its component parts, considered the final recommendations of the National Security

The first Presidential election I was old enough to vote was 1980, Ronald Reagan’s first successful run. My journey during his two terms was a miracle–from a lost anti-American liberal to a proud American veteran and conservative. Was that a

No part of President’s Reagan’s legacy is more important and enduring than his belief in peace through strength. In no other aspect of his core beliefs was closer to the founding fathers. Thomas Jefferson observed, “The power of making war