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.
After eighteen months of a foreign policy wedded to apology, bows and mixed signals we find ourselves alienated from our two historically strongest allies, Israel and England and losing influence with the rest of the nations whom we need to
As noted previously, Robert Spencer is visiting Sweden. Yesterday he was invited by Sverigedemokraterna (the Sweden Democrats) to speak at an event in Almedalen. The Swedish media coverage, as expected, was absurdly biased. Many thanks to Reinhard of FOMI for
Daily we are struck with ever more outrageous signs of an administration that seems to lack all common sense when it comes to Islam, and the violent and peaceful jihad being waged against the West. We have a President who
There has been a lot of talk about the Rules of Engagement (ROE) in Afghanistan and whether they are too restrictive of our troops ability to defend themselves. Many are speculating that Gen. Petraeus will loosen them now that he
As Netanyahu returned to Washington and met again with Barack Obama on Tuesday, it’s important to recall what neither man would mention: the specific reason for the war between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. It’s a religious war, just as
Breaking news – NASA has been re-focused and re-purposed. As reported by FoxNews.com; “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his ‘foremost’ mission as the head of America’s space exploration agency is to improve relations with the
Here’s an update on Youtube’s removal of Latma-TV‘s English-subtitled “We Con The World” video – the parody of the politically correct posturing in the original “We Are The World” song. The Latma video parodied the singers as “Flotilla terrorists” singing
B’Tselem is an Israeli “Human Rights” Organization whose full name is The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Just by it use of the phrase Occupied Territories you can tell its politics (even most liberal Israelis
Last week, with nearly unanimous support, Congress agreed to a new package of unilateral sanctions against Iran, which, if enforced, will put significant pressure on the regime. The failure of our current policy to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions presents a
Why, over six months after his West Point speech is there still such a debate over President Obama’s July 2011 departure date for Afghanistan? Simple; a military campaign has never been won where you run a blinkered Time-Based campaign instead
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Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch is currently visiting Sweden at the invitation of Sverigedemokraterna (the Sweden Democrats), the only mainstream political party in Sweden that opposes mass immigration and the Islamization of Europe. [youtube xYAm9Gv-Zcc nolink] A Swedish reader has
Back on May 10th, we broke the story that Taliban leader, Mullah Omar had been captured by the Pakistanis. Our reporting was subsequently backed up by The Jawa Report, Oliver North, Millblogger Baba Tim, Uncle Jimbo at Blackfive.net, the Nation,
When the founding fathers declared our independence, they could not have imagined that, 234 years later, our nation would be so spectacularly dependent on a market dominated by countries fundamentally hostile to America, some implicitly and some explicitly, for something
The important issue prompted by the current Rolling Stone article isn’t Gen. McChrystal’s defiance or rank insubordination. It’s the announced deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, an insane move that guarantees defeat, as well as other war-losing moves. Would you
If you have not served in combat, go see Restrepo … and if you have served in combat, go see Restrepo. Every American should watch this gripping film if for no other reason than to allow our collective conscience as
We launched Big Peace on the day we celebrate our independence from England. But let’s remember the country that has become our strongest and most reliable friend and pray that our current administration work harder to repair the needlessly strained
[youtube _VXXwyl5G0A nolink] “Peace is made by the fact of strength. Economic, military and strategic. Peace is lost when such strength disappears, or, just as bad, is seen by an adversary as disappearing. “
It is not true that General McChrystal demonstrated insubordination (as too many commentators held), and if we remember the long train of events launched in the fall of 2008 and concluding in McChrystal’s dismissal, we will readily understand that. First,
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As the citizens of the United States await President Obama’s new Commander of U.S. and NATO Forces in Afghanistan to make his mark, one can only imagine the new direction that will be taken by this battle proven leader –
I’ve never before been encouraged by a threat to our national security. But last week’s news that the FBI arrested ten Russian spies is reassuring – even rejuvenating – in a very odd way. (That an eleventh, apprehended in Cyprus
Almost all Muslim countries have underground Islamic groups hell-bent on enforcing Sharia, Islamic Law, to the fullest. A committed Muslim must live Sharia and claim it as a religious right. Some in the West buy this claim even though Sharia
The revelation that eleven individuals allegedly were insinuated under deep and illegal cover into various communities around America by Russian intelligence for the purpose of influencing U.S. policy has been met here as much by puzzlement as outrage. For most
