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.
In the Middle East, a former Bush administration official once told me, perception is reality. That is one reason why bad ideas have such staying power–it’s about a narrative, not results. But when those bad ideas finally die, it serves
[youtube qzZYLalwGck nolink] How is it possible that one of the chief supporters of Hamas in the U.S., a group that is a designated “Foreign Terrorist Organization,” is now the “Human Rights Commissioner” for Jacksonville, Florida? That is the question
Photo: Filip Dewinter (Belgium’s Vlaams Belang) and Heinz-Christian Strache (Austria’s FPO) studying regional maps in Israel — An indicator of life, a flicker of the survival instinct in this moribund time? Leading politicians of the European Counter-Jihad have found their
At Claremont McKenna College, one of America’s best conservative liberal arts college, Bassam Frangieh, a supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah, teaches a senior seminar on “Trends and Movements in the Modern Middle East” about “the emergence of the Modern Middle
The Mideast peace process has collapsed after a stark admission of failure by the Obama administration, abandoning its strategy for reaching a Mideast peace agreement, according to VOA. Mahmoud Abbas The Obama administration will no longer try to persuade Israel
US Army Special Forces ret., Jim Hanson, fills in for Frank on Secure Freedom Radio and dedicates a full hour to the forgotten war in Afghanistan. Jim is joined by one of the nation’s top national security reporters, Sara Carter
Every once in a long while, being a blogger has excellent perks. Getting a private demo of state-of-the-art training technology is one of them. Two weeks ago I was able to meet up with Mark Meadows, US Sales & Training
The worm’s eye view of our diplomatic dithering points out an aspect of diplomacy and US public policy that is worth discussing, LIES! Does our government tell them? Constantly, should they? In some cases, yeah. Sec. Def. Gates has been
From a report by Young America’s Foundation: On the campaign trail, then Senator Obama said that he would support reinstituting the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) on our nation’s campuses despite “differences in terms of military policy.” Young America’s Foundation
Newsweek first revealed that the Bush administration used harsh interrogation tactics to obtain intelligence from terrorist masterminds in 2004. American Progressives leapt at the chance to attack the evil, war-mongering, Halliburton-loving, Cheney-controlled Bush. Their pious, humanitarian tinged caterwauling was heard
By signing a memo Oct. 29, 2007, James R. Clapper Jr. exposed U.S. military personnel to greater-than-necessary danger as they served their country in Afghanistan, Iraq and other hot spots around the world. Then an Under Secretary of Defense and
Oliver North has a fascinating new book out, a tribute to our Special Forces operators. Wonderful stories, superb photos, and a great tribute to our silent heroes. I’m giving a copy to my 13-year-old son. For those looking for a
Breathless scoop from a terrified government source dug up by the intrepid news agency Reuters, virtue of their coveted Havana Bureau, Dec. 6th, 2010: “We estimate the total (visitors from the U.S. to Cuba) for the year will be more
It is a question that sadly bears asking. In the midst of the complete debacle that is Obama’s domestic policy, it is easy to forget what a soup sandwich his foreign policy is as well. Afghanistan was Obama’s rallying cry
Defense spending is a uniquely higher priority than other government programs. Yet, as Mackenzie Eaglen explains on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, the defense budget has been and will be taking disproportionately larger hits than the rest of the government.
An Islamist organization whose stock in trade is criticizing U.S. counter-terrorism efforts has been invited to train Transportation Safety Officers at Los Angeles International Airport. According to a press release by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), the organization recently
If you were still wondering about China’s plans to control more (if not all of) the world, look no further than their actions regarding the upcoming Nobel Prize ceremony. 1. Nobel Awards announced 2. China stomps its’ feet in anger
According to the German daily Die Welt, Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has agreed to grant Iran a “military base manned by Iranian missile officers, soldiers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [Corps] and Venezuelan missile officers.” The paper goes on to
We are a nation at war. We are engaged in combat in two countries. We have combat and support troops in scores of countries around the globe. Hostile groups plan and operate 24 hours a day against us. They would
On Dec. 3, Maj. Gen. John Campbell, commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, spoke to reporters about the Afghan Border Policeman who shot and killed six US soldiers from the 101st on Nov. 28. He doesn’t mention teatime, as
As if enough nonsense hasn’t already emerged from the Cancun Climate Conference, on Sunday CNN founder Ted Turner called on world leaders to address the global warming crisis by drastically reducing the number of people on the planet. Maintaining that
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed Tuesday a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s alleged targeted killing program, saying a federal court “lacks the capacity to determine whether a specific individual in hiding overseas, whom the Director of National Intelligence
Channel Two in Israel has reported that the US and Israel will make announcements tonight that the proposed deal of US benefits and assurances in exchange for a 90 day extension of the building freeze in Judea and Samaria is
The ever alluding peace, the Holy Grail that Israel has been seeking for years, is not here yet. After years of negotiations there are still major obstacles on the way to peace in the Middle East. I (as Giyus.org) met
Marine Corps photo of a weekly souvenir bazaar near Kandahar airfield. — I use quotation marks in the headline because that is how the Taliban are describing the bomber who struck Sunday at a “weekly souvenir bazaar” at the Afghan
