http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110530-israels-borders-and-national-security?utm_source=GWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign= “However, I draw a different conclusion from these facts than the Israelis do. If the worst-case scenario is the basis for planning, then Israel must reduce its risk and restructure its geography along the more favorable lines that existed between 1949 and 1967, when Israel was unambiguously victorious in its wars, rather than the […]
New English Review Warning! Terrorists Ahead! by Jerry Gordon (June 2011) Erick Stakelbeck is truly unique. He is the only on-air TV journalist who has a full-time “beat” on Islamic counterterrorism for the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). Stakelbeck has just published The Terrorist Next Door, a riveting first person account that is neither politically correct […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/268503 Congress Has War Powers, Too And it is time to start using them. Which is worse: bad leadership or no leadership? That’s a question for a Congress that remains AWOL while young Americans continue to be placed in harm’s way in military missions increasingly divorced from American national interests. Like developments in Afghanistan and […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6990380/the-floating-theatre-of-the-jihad-part-two.thtml Melanie Phillips Two things are due to happen in Gaza in June. The first is that a second shopping mall is due to open. According to Khaled abu Toameh, this will house a huge supermarket, clothes and gift shops, a large restaurant, a modern coffee shop, a cinema and entertainment sites for children. This […]
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0511/ahlert.php3?printer_friendly There’s an episode of the old cartoon Popeye where girlfriend Olive Oyl sings a song entitled, “If I Were President.” In keeping with that spirit, a very short list, in no particular order, of what I would attempt to achieve with four years in the Oval Office: With respect to Israel: I would […]
Raped and Ransacked in the Muslim World by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.meforum.org/2920/raped-and-ransacked-in-the-muslim-world Plundering the possessions, lives, and dignity of Christians in the Islamic world: is this a random affair, a product of the West’s favorite offenders—poverty, ignorance, grievance—or is it systematic, complete with ideological backing? Consider the very latest from the Muslim world: Pakistan: Muslim […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ The Great Error of Israeli Normalization Israel has celebrated its 63rd independence day, but it is a hollow celebration in a country that is less independent than it has been in decades. Rather than working within regional and global realities, its leaders instead fanatically pursue normalization and stabilization. But normalcy and stability are illusions […]