This should come as pleasant news to freedom lovers everywhere, but especially to the red, white and blue thumb-suckers at Commentary and The Weekly Standard. Just as they predicted, democracy is beginning to flourish in “liberated” Egypt. For one thing,
It’s the perfect career segue. Former New York Times UN bureau chief Barbara Crossette has found a home writing for the moribund leftwing rag The Nation. Here’s Crossette’s enthusiastic description of The Obama Doctrine and its new rules for the
Israeli military maps Hezbollah bunkers A few thoughts, as you look at those maps of southern Lebanon provided by the IDF to the Washington Post. Israeli intelligence is not an oxymoron. They are only showing us a fraction of what
In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group
In Biden’s own words: “…the president has no Constitutional authority to take this nation to war…unless we’re attacked, or unless there is proof that we are about to be attacked. If he does, I would move to impeach him.” [youtube
First came the assimilated European Jew who sought to blend into the background. Hitler brought that fantasy to an end. Then came “the Zionists” who reasoned Jews could only be secure in a Jewish state of their own that could
This video should make all Americans proud. It shows how Egypt is using our shiny new armored personnel carriers to spread freedom to the far corners of their country. It’s reassuring that the army is the stabilizing force during Egypt’s
Short memo to the Tea Party, Libertarians, Policy Wonks, et al…. Friends, you’re about to have the rug pulled out from under you and the rest of us to the right of center are going to be tripped up too.
Broadly speaking, there are four levels of Jew-hatred – or anti-Semitism, if you prefer. Level One is the off-color Jewish remark at a dinner party where no Jews are at the table. Level Two is the same remark at a
AP is reporting that the latest slogan being used to spur on the Libyan opposition is “Gadhafi, you Jew!” This has got to be a sure sign that 1) Gaddafi is history and 2) tears of joy are streaming down
I am not one who subscribes to the theory that Obama is creating crises in order to manipulate them. For one thing, Obama is not that smart. And more important, the theory is in the realm of the occult, impossible
Mr. President, do you think Muammar Gaddafi should step down? White House spokesman Jay Carney called on Gaddafi’s regime to respect the universal rights of its citizens and allow peaceful protests to take place. “We offer our condolences to families
Mubarak was a sick, old man on the way out and a pussycat as tyrants go, and Obama’s seeming indecision as the Egyptian crisis wore on wasn’t out of confusion or vacillation. It stemmed from intelligence (sic) reports he was
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
When someone whispers the word “democracy” into the ears of many neocons, their reaction brings to mind the mandatory yellow flag in Viagra ads: “Priapism is an erection that continues hours beyond, or is unrelated to, sexual stimulation. Priapism is
Israel’s Antagonists Never Give Up First came WikiLeak’s revelations that Arab leaders were way more worried about an Iranian H-bomb than they were about the “Palestinians.” Indeed, they implored the USA and/or Israel to attack Iran and blow the mullah’s
It is often said Israel lives in a “dangerous neighborhood” and the Middle East is a “volatile region.” To those characterizations you can now add another adjective “chaotic.” Even the usually self-assured Wall Street Journal seems flummoxed. In an editorial
If you get the paper edition of The Wall Street Journal you probably won’t be able to ignore a full-page ad signed by 400 rabbis and paid for by a group calling itself Jewish Funds for Justice. The ad takes
Hezbollah poised to take over in Lebanon Let’s face it, the Muslim world plays a game with which America’s diplomatic and intelligence elites are totally unfamiliar. But that also prompts a question: OK, so what’s Israel’s excuse? By allowing D.C.
First came Wikileaks which destroyed the meme that Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians is the prime irritant in the Arab world. Now the other shoe has dropped. Al Jazeera’s startling revelations yesterday on Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations clearly show that neither
Middle Eastern Muslims are not stupid. They target the weakest infidels living amongst them. Since Israel for the time being is strong, that leaves the defenseless Christian presence in Muslim lands which must – and can – be eliminated first.