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Western leaders seek the kudos of brokering “Middle East Peace” but their reliance upon Arab oil precludes an ability to be unbiased. U.S. initiatives are leaving Israel increasingly vulnerable.
It’s a siren song no US President can resist: Peace in the Middle East. It’s the Holy Grail, the Golden Fleece, the Excalibur for an American leader seeking an undying legacy. The phantasm of Middle East peace is more illusory than the quests of heroes like Heracles, Jason and Odysseus. It’s a fool’s quest with an incalculable cost in squandered money, national prestige and blood, yet the illusion of this messianic dream continues to draw American Presidents like Homer’s Sirens drew ancient mariners to their destruction.

Leave aside for a moment the delusion that leads us to arrogate unto ourselves the responsibility for the “peace process.” The Middle East is only one of a host of intractable situations in the world that go back into ancient history. Ireland. India-Pakistan-Kashmir. China-Korea-Japan. Africa. China-Tibet. China-Taiwan. Turkey-Greece. Russia-former satellites. Russia-Japan. Russia-anybody in her way. Sunni-Shi’ite. Flemish-Walloon. Cyprus. Argentina-Britain.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/30/source-cuccinelli-set-announce-gubernatorial-run/

Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II is likely to announce next week that he will run for governor in 2013, a highly placed Republican official said Wednesday night.

Mr. Cuccinelli, who has won national attention and conservative plaudits for his lawsuit against President Obama’s health care overhaul and his battle with the Environmental Protection Agency, among others, has hinted for some time that he was considering a run. He had also floated the possibility of running in 2014 against Democratic Sen. Mark Warner.

Should Mr. Cuccinelli enter the race, it would set up a potential GOP primary with Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling.

Mr. Bolling, who has taken on a heightened role in Gov. Bob McDonnell’s administration as chief jobs-creation officer, opted to run for re-election in 2009 to clear the way for Mr. McDonnell to run for governor.

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Once upon a time a mad Caliph demanded of an old servant of his that he teach a donkey to talk for his amusement. If he refused, he would be put to death. If he failed he would be put to death as well. The old servant shrugged and asked for a year’s time in which to complete the task. When other servants asked him why he had accepted, he answered. “A year is a long time. Either the Caliph will die, the donkey will die, or the donkey will learn to speak.”
It’s been quite a few years and the donkey is on its last legs. Obama has done to half a dozen countries what Carter did to Iran. The Islamists are in ascendance and the Caliphate genie has been let out of the bottle. Down the road they may well implode, but for the moment they are a rising political force in the region. The handful of Muslim countries that could have been accused of having moderate governments are gone now.

The Political Persecution of Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff

URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/12/01/the-political-persecution-of-elisabeth-sabaditsch-wolff-2/

Editor’s note: The following is the second installment of a series of articles following activist Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff’s battle against her own government, as they proceed to prosecute her for disseminating the truth about Islam. To read Part I, click here.

Just before Christmas, an article about Elisabeth appeared in Wienerin, a glossy Austrian magazine similar to Vanity Fair. Some translated excerpts:

She is said to have incited hate against Muslims, and is before the court on a charge of incitement. But even a conviction will not silence Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff. S. M. Steinitz accompanied the new figurehead of the Islam critics to Copenhagen. And witnessed how Sabaditsch-Wolff made her trial a manifesto — and gained in political influence.

The prosecutor apparently did not consider it necessary to prepare for the trial. No, he said, he had no questions for the defendant. The tape recording of her comments, the basis for the charge against Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, 39, he had only heard “in excerpts.” On this tape, covertly recorded by a reporter in the fall of 2009, can be heard how Sabaditsch-Wolff — during her seminar “The Fundamentals of Islam” — says to a participant, among other things, “Cardinals rape in spite of their religion. Muslims rape because of their religion.” Sponsor of the seminar: the Freedom Education Institute. A charge was laid after a report appeared in the weekly magazine, NEWS.

Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids Promotes Global Islamic State Posted By Ryan Mauro

URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/12/01/islamic-center-of-cedar-rapids-promotes-global-islamic-state/

If you need proof that radical Islam is spread across the country, look no further than Iowa’s Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids, whose extremism is plain for all to see online. One of its most notable attendees is Bill Aossey, a Muslim Youth Camps of America (MYCA) official and president of Midamar Corporation, a leading supplier of Halal foods that was given a loan guarantee of $1.75 million as part of the stimulus package. On August 13, 2010, Aossey sat at President Obama’s table in the White House to enjoy an Iftar meal.

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“It is still unclear whether they are inspired by the promise of building a new state, or the goal of destroying an existing one”: Ron Prosor To The United Nations
Ron Prosor, the personable and popular (with Israel’s friends, at least) diplomat who this year left the post of Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St James to become his country’s envoy to the United Nations, has proved his mettle yet again as an outstanding representative of the beleaguered Jewish State. His speech yesterday at the UN General Assembly on the occasion of the so-called International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People inaugurated by that Arab/pro-Arab-hijacked international body in 1977, bears witness to that.

Declared Mr Prosor:

‘A great Jewish sage once wrote, “The truth can hurt like a thorn, at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose.”
His words came to my mind today. His insight could really benefit many in this hall.
It takes a well of truth to water the seeds of peace. Yet, we continue to witness a drought of candour in this body’s discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. On this historic day, real facts in the General Assembly remain few and far between.

For any who have been here on November 29th before, today is déjà vu. Some of you may have noticed that some minor changes have been taking place in the Middle East lately, but any changes in this body’s resolutions condemning Israel are very, very rare.
Indeed, it didn’t take a creative writer to craft the language in these resolutions. The exact same text is copied and pasted, year after year – much of it dating back five decades.

The account we heard today is one-sided. It is unilateral. It is unjust. And it is unhelpful. It presents a distorted and impartial version of history. It transforms the cause of Palestinian self-determination into a deliberate attempt to denigrate, defame, and delegitimize the State of Israel.

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/681/member_of_parliament_entrance_exam

Prospective representative of the people? We insist you try this simple test to find out if you are of sound and proper character for the post

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT: ENTRANCE EXAMTime allocated: 3 hours.

Answer all questions and follow the rubric where directed.

Show your workings.

1) DEMOCRATIC AWARENESS

a) What is 78% of 28%? (2 marks)

b) If 76% of a democratic body doesn’t represent a quorum then what the hell does? (2 marks)

c) What do you understand by the term sovereignty? Is it a good thing? Is it relevant today? What makes you think you have any right whatsoever to tinker with it on our behalf? (4 marks)

d) “A Minister is travelling on a train. On finding First Class full he gets his staff to move an elderly couple who have paid for first class travel, to second class, so he can have their seats” Critically examine this situation from both the moral and democratic perspective. (9 marks –bonus mark if you can name the MP)

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/687/america_s_moment_of_truth_reverse_defence_cuts_that_will_harm_the_united_states_and_its_allies_ The Super Committee’s failure to find $1.2 trillion in long-term deficit cuts should not surprise anyone. The prospect of an ad hoc panel of lawmakers, equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, finding sufficient common ground to recommend serious spending reductions was always slight. However, extreme danger still remains with the so-called “sequestration” cuts now mandated by […]

Holder Lashes Out at Media Over Fast and Furious
URL to article: http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2011/11/30/holder-lashes-out-at-media-over-fast-and-furious/

Attorney General Eric Holder blames the media for Fast and Furious and mounting calls for his resignation. No, he really does. More, including the audio, at the Daily Caller.

A couple of things today about this latest loss of cool. First, it isn’t just the Daily Caller covering the story as Holder wrongly claims. Every corner of the media is covering it. This sounds like something Press Harpy Tracy Schmaler at DOJ might be telling him, that only just one or two outlets are covering the story, but it isn’t true. She has a reputation of lying to the media, so maybe she also lies to her boss. She also has a reputation of lashing out at the media, like Holder did. (Memo to Press Harpy Schmaler: You’re blowing it, Tracy. This guy is getting clobbered on your watch. And your catty tactics are just antagonizing outlets.)

Secondly, blaming the Daily Caller ignores all the great work PJ Media has done on this!

Thirdly, it seems that every day more on the Hill are calling for Holder to resign. The irony is that Holder’s resignation would do more for Obama’s reelection chances than almost anything else that could happen, apart from the worst economy in decades suddenly growing wings. Hatred for Holder is visceral across the country. He represents the worst and most base aspects of this administration. So if he goes, and a new, cleaned-up attorney general replaces him, it defuses a powerful weapon the GOP is going to use against Obama in the fall. Yes, Holder is going to be a major issue in the election campaign. Holder stepping down would undo those plans. Those calling for his resignation (and make no mistake, he is unfit for the office) need to realize that whomever replaces him will share the same ideology that led to the Black Panther dismissal and mirandizing terrorists. Meet the new boss…

If Holder resigns, we will get a shiny new radical in the office, without blemish. Of course it is a lot more fun covering and writing books like Injustice about the wounded, flailing Holder, but he’s a disaster for the country.

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1967/Three-Cups-of-COIN.aspx

Since I can’t quite get over the latest on Greg Mortenson, I went back to examining the disgraced author-guru’s unrenounced, unrepudiated impact on US COIN strategy in Afghanistan, a large subject I’ve touched on before. In a nutshell, as written here:

Mortenson’s unusual life as counselor to generals started back in September 2007, when then-Lt. Col. Christopher D. Kolenda “reached out” to him. Kolenda’s wife had sent “Three Cups” to Kolenda in Afghanistan where, as the New York Times put it, “Kolenda knew well the instructions about building relationships with elders that were in the Army and Marine Corps’ new counterinsurgency manual, which had been released in late 2006. But ‘Three Cups of Tea’ brought the lessons to life.”

By the end of 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported, Mortenson was in the Pentagon for a private meeting with Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen. By the summer of 2009, Mortenson had met with Mullen several times, Mortenson wrote on his blog, “to consult on new approaches to strategic policy in Afghanistan.” And “in the frantic last hours of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s command in Afghanistan” last year, the Times reported somewhat breathlessly, Mortenson was among those the general “reached out” to via email en route from Kabul to Washington. This, the Times wrote, showed the extent to which military leaders “have increasingly turned to Mortenson … to help translate the theory of counterinsurgency into tribal realities on the ground.”