Latin America is increasingly turning into a geo-political and international challenge. On the one hand, Venezuela, under the leadership of Hugo Chavez, continues to support the Colombian narco-guerrilla group known as the FARC. The FARC protects the activities of drug
“When a filmmaker does not make films, it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small jail, he finds himself wandering in a larger jail.” – Jafar Panahi On Monday afternoon I received word
With tactical nuclear weapons factored in, the New START treaty leaves the Russians with thousands more nuclear weapons than the United States. Russian tactical nukes are forward deployed and are used to intimidate our allies. The new treaty constrains our
On the heels of “Monitoring America,” a tiresome and finger-wagging piece about local American law enforcement’s efforts to combat terrorism in yesterday’s Washington Post by William Arkin and Dana Preist (something I’ll respond to later and at length here at
The Washington Post reports that the administration has once again strongly asserted that the new START treaty, under consideration by the US Senate, does not limit “our” missile defense plans as they are currently being proposed by the United States.
President Ronald Reagan used to say that the scariest words in the English language are: “Hi, I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Two hundred or so years earlier, our Founding Fathers had essentially the same thoughts when
We may just get a Defense Authorization bill out of this lame duck Congress, the question is whether that is a good thing. There is a bill in the Senate right now that has had many of the controversial measures
A leader of a homegrown terror cell plotting an attack that would be “bigger than the World Trade Center” was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday. A federal judge rejected the pleas of leniency from Abdul Kadir, a former
Americans can tell when we are being lied to. We’re being lied to when Harry Reid tells us that the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia is a bit of unfinished business that the Senate must ratify because it’s
Editor’s note: be sure to check out Reza Kahlili’s fascinating new book on his life as a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards while working for the CIA. The U.S. hiker recently freed from Evin Prison in Iran, Sarah Shourd, stated
The new epsiode of my show, Stakelbeck on Terror, may be our most important one yet. . We devote the entire show to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, the guardians of one of the world’s most secretive and radical regimes. Over
Making the rounds on YouTube these days is a film of a group of manly looking women preparing for and conducting a “flash dance” in a Philadelphia food store. The crew of ladies, dressed in tight black clothes and sequined
The President and his clan are all tied-up-in-knots over not being able to raise taxes on those they deem rich. When Democrats don’t get their way they loose all rational thought like teen-girls suffering a case of front row “Bieber
One day in 2006, Gen. Ali-Reza Asgari was called to a personal meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The president was troubled by a dream he had, which convinced him there was a Western spy working among those involved in
“This is a major arms control agreement and, in my mind, has some very serious flaws and can actually make the world more dangerous if we’re not careful.” – Senator Jim DeMint The Obama administration repeatedly claims that their negotiation
A large Asian aid convoy called the Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan left India for the Gaza Strip with about 500 activists from 17 Asian countries. While convoy organizers try to position their action as solidarity with the Palestinian people
Of all the Wikileaks revelations, the most captivating may be learning that several Arab leaders have urged the U.S. government to attack Iranian nuclear facilities. Most notoriously, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia called on Washington to “cut off the head
President Obama suffered a rebuke at the ballot box last month. But his presidency continues to shrink. There’s been the embarrassing release of WikiLeaks secret, the collapse of his Middle East policy, the unseemly push for the START treaty, and
**Link Fixed** Washington Times – Off-the-record exchanges and thousands of confidential e-mails dating back almost four years reveal that high-profile journalists have been aiding and advising President Obama since he announced his candidacy in early 2007. Provided by WikiLeaks to
Israelis can be excused for wondering why Brazil and Argentina unexpectedly announced they recognize an independent Palestinian state with its capital city in Israel’s capital city. Israelis can be forgiven for being taken by surprise by their move and by
News that Iran is placing medium-range missiles inside Venezuela that can reach the U.S. should come as no surprise. Last month, in a special episode of my show, Stakelbeck on Terror, a former high-ranking State Department official, Roger Noriega, shared
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
According to Israeli police, the horrible Israeli wildfire that killed 42 people and forced the evacuation of thousands of others from the outskirts of Haifa through the Mount Carmel region of the country had finally been extinguished. The fire could
Turns out there’s a fairly clear answer to the question Why is Julian Assange doing this? Anyway, it’s as clear as the topic of human motivations ever really get. Back in 2006, Assange wrote a couple of essays on the
Today is the 69th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that led us into the Second World War. As we remember the day, there is much we can reflect on and learn from as it relates to the Global
