Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
The new Start Treaty embodies, in my judgment, the emerging mood in American security policy circa 2011. As the preamble to the treaty indicates the Russians will have a veto over the deployment of anti-missile systems. Despite President Obama’s assurance
News item: “US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has rejected calls to adopt Israeli-style security checks at American airports. Napolitano, who came this week toIsrael, said during an interview Wednesday that methods suitable for a small
You will be encouraged when you listen to Frank’s interview with the new chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Congressman Mike Rogers of Michigan. There are now competent national security and intelligence professionals in power in Washington
Our Flemish correspondent VH has compiled a report on a scandal which unfolded during the Christmas holiday and caused quite an outrage in the Netherlands. It seems that the socialist leader Job Cohen dusted off the time-tested comparison of European
The United States’ withdrawal of its demand that Israel impose a second construction freeze in order to bring the Palestinian Authority (PA) back to the negotiation table does not necessarily indicate that the Obama Administration now sides with Israel. Moreover,
Someone sent along a link to Ed Morrisey’s Hot Air post on a USS Enterprise video kerfuffle I haven’t been following. When I first saw Captain’s Quarters years ago, the old naval battleships in the banner left, in my opinion
I considered writing about the Captain of the Enterprise scandal but blew it off until I read Andrew Marcas’ piece on Big Peace. I was shocked that someone who never served in the military would consider himself qualified to condone
Violent Islamist extremism is akin to mental illness and not rooted in poverty, memories of Western imperialism, and anger over the Israeli-Palestinian situation, Robert Sibley writes in Monday’s Ottawa Citizen. This is ignored by the chattering class, Sibley writes, which
Chavez is in the middle of a diplomatic row with the US. He suggests to end the impasse that the Obama Administration appoint one of Venezuela’s “friends” to the post of Ambassador to his country. The Guardian reports: “Hugo Chávez
Endless money forms the sinews of war. – Cicero By moral influence I mean that which causes the people to be in harmony with their leaders, so that they will accompany them in life and death without fear of mortal
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally requested that President Obama release convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. Netanyahu is simply doing what any leader does: look out for the interests of his country. I have enormous respect for Netanyahu–but he’s dead
Tonight, World Net Daily continued its pathbreaking coverage of what amounts to an assault on the conservative movement. Ironically, this assault is not coming from outside the movement’s ranks. Rather, it is being perpetrated by some of the key organizers
There are two new areas of operation in which I’ve had a particular interest in setting up SAFE operations. One is Nogales, the other is the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation. The most pressing of the two, for a variety of
From the UK’s Independent newspaper comes the following stunning report. Keep in mind, the Independent is a Center-Left newspaper: “The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to one of the most
The Israeli Left was once an optimistic place. But that is no longer the case. It once promised peace and happiness. But that is no longer the case. Today the Left is marked by equal doses of doom and gloom,
I think the main takeaway from this entire sordid affair is how barely sordid it is. If this qualifies as a major incident and breach of good order and discipline, then I guess we can quit paying attention. This looks
Fox Business News’s Eric Bolling asks, “could hundreds of mosques around the country be fronts for terror training?” The answer to that is no– however, many embrace the theo-political-legal system called Shariah that mandates Jihad. The North American Islamic Trust
Get this: the massacre of 21 Christians in Egypt on New Years Day was not an example of Islamists killing Christians. The massacre was actually carried out by Israeli intelligence, or so says the Iranian media. Iranian television even quotes
Fifteen years ago this week, on Jan. 1, 1996, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz became regent and effective ruler of Saudi Arabia. His anniversary offers an opportunity to review the kingdom’s changes under his leadership and whither it now heads. The Saudi
This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, on his book revealing how communists, from Moscow to New York to Chicago, have long manipulated America’s liberals/progressives. Dupes:
For one reason or another, some metrosexuals in government and media are making an issue of the alleged moral outrage of Navy officers recording lewd videos. The series of clips was apparently intended to entertain the troops during their long
On today’s show, Lt. Col. (ret.) Ralph Peters of Fox News joins Frank to discuss a spectrum of national security issues. They include the destructive force of political correctness on the military in light of today’s undue media frenzy over
Germany’s Der Spiegel reports that Neo-Nazis in former East Germany are making a concerted effort to infiltrate and take over several Kindergartens. In some respect they are trying to mimic other groups because their hope is to “indoctrinate” young kids.
What would happen, Ariel Sharon was asked in 2005, if Hamas took power in Gaza and started a new war? “Israel would react relentlessly,” was the answer. His autobiography is titled Warrior; he has been called Arik, King of the
