For better or worse, each passing day the Middle East is becoming more unstable. Regimes that have clung to power for decades are now being overthrown and threatened. Others are preemptively cracking down on their opponents or seeking to appease
While everyone’s eyes are on Egypt and its possible Islamization, something even more significant is going on under the wire in Turkey. The government of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan took a major step towards consolidating its regime by conducting
The way our system of governance is set up, the President is given lots of discretion in foreign policy. Which in Obama’s case means a license to mess up. Compounding matters, Obama’s Republican opposition is focused on repairing the damage
Pro-Hezbollah, pro-Hamas Professor Bassam Frangieh, head of Arabic and Middle East Studies at Claremont McKenna College, delivers a twenty-minute rant at the University of Bridgeport in 2007. Frangieh claims, among other things, that Islam is “very democratic” and that Saddam
The Texas State Senate is now officially complicit in the furtherance of stealth Jihad in America. It makes no difference if its recent actions demonstrate willful collaboration or willful ignorance; the result is the same. Shamefully, the facts behind Senate
Reuters: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Sunday urged Palestinian refugees to take advantage of current unrest sweeping across the Arab world and stage a march on the Palestinian territories. “In the context of the popular Arab revolutionary movement, the Palestinian
Yesterday I called my friend Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, President Reagan’s ambassador to the United Nations. She was busy leading a contingent of folks speaking with Saint Peter about reducing the media budget of the socialist parties that run a blog
Egypt has been thrown into completely unknown territory by the decision of Hosni Mubarak to resign as President. Somber Omar Suleiman, vice-president of Egypt, delivering Mubarak’s resignation announcement Vice president Omar Suleiman delivered the following extremely dramatic address, according to
Governments throughout the world – Egypt, Iran, Syria, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and on and on – block or dramatically control their peoples’ access to the Internet. We in America have enjoyed a government-free Web. Which has led to
With the current upheaval in Egypt, a quick look at the history of government there might help in considering what changes, if any, might be expected. Fatimid Caliphate In the late 10th Century, the Fatimids conquered Egypt, transferring their capital
The Egyptian people have finally awakened to the reality of decades of oppression, dictatorship, backwardness and extreme poverty. For now, they are united in viewing Hosni Mubarak as the one obstacle to their freedom and democracy — but will they
Ominous polling data from the contemporary Egyptian population reflect their deep, longstanding favorable inclination toward the Sharia, in all its totalitarian, brutally anti-freedom “glory.” The electorally successful Algerian Sharia supremacists of two decades ago came up with an apt expression
As their nation’s capital descends into chaos and violence, one thing that continues to characterize this crisis in Egypt has been the behavior of its army – an army showing restraint. This is in a nation that in living memory
“Israel is waking up to a new reality in the Middle East; one that’s becoming less stable, more dangerous – a reality that isn’t encouraging at all,” former Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday of the violence sweeping Egypt
Most countries that resulted from the Colonial Era are not like the United States or Canada. The native populations were not replaced, and many had to resort to varying levels of civil unrest to achieve independence. As I said in
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold hearing today on “The United Nations: Urgent Problems that Need Congressional Action,” including recommendations to stop funding the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Perhaps now that the U.S. debt crossed 14 Trillion
The sudden and yet-unexplained exit of Tunisia’s strongman, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 74, after 23 years in power has potential implications for the Middle East and for Muslims worldwide. As an Egyptian commentator noted, “Every Arab leader is watching
One of the things I love about blogging is the abundance of authors and their books we get to see. Whether it’s Brad Thor putting up one, Ollie North getting a new tome’ out, or some of the others, we
Gunfights erupted in major Tunisia cities on Sunday, two days after president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country from deadly protests, after 23 years in power. It appears that the gun battles were between the army and security
Several new reports illustrate how Iran and Syria continue to aid terrorist groups that target Israeli civilians by providing weapons and terrorist training to jihadist organizations on Israel’s borders. In Gaza, Hamas and other terror groups have fired thousands of
This is one of those days where there is just to much great content to post just one segment of Secure Freedom Radio. The influence of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah in Lebanon has come to a breaking point in the
There is a powerful oped in Israel’s Ynet news that puts things in proper perspective. The Jewish people have a historic homeland in Israel. They were there in any organized fashion before the Islamists ever showed up. Be sure to
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,
From all of us at Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, I hope you have a happy New Year in 2011! Secure Freedom Radio is signing out 2010 on some shockingly somber notes. Below you can hear Frank’s monologue on the
On Sunday thousands of Israel haters gathered in Istanbul to welcome the Turkish-Hamas terror ship Mavi Marmara to the harbor. Festooned with Palestinian flags, the crowd chanted “Death to Israel,” “Down with Israel” and “Allah akbar” with Hizbullah-like enthusiasm. The
