http://www.melaniephillips.com/lemmingland-ten-years-on The tenth anniversary of 9/11 has been marked by a fresh outbreak in Britain of the political equivalent of auto-immune disease: treating the mortal enemies of the west as the victims of the west, while treating the west’s defenders as its mortal enemies. One thing al Qaeda got right about Britain and Europe […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/12/armed-services-buck-mckeon-criticizes-obama/ The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, in a harsh attack on the Obama administration Monday, accused the president of viewing American military power as a negative force in the world, and planning to “gut” defense spending through the congressional deficit-reduction committee. “It is my suspicion that the White House and congressional Democrats” […]
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2011/09/lessons-from-the-embassy-takeo.php We are able to consider the lessons of the weekend’s mob assault on the Israeli embassy in Cairo because the six Israeli security officers who were on the brink of being slaughtered were rescued at the last moment and spirited out of the country. If the Egyptian commandos hadn’t arrived on the scene at […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/9/13/main-feature/1/spying-for-zion/e Spying goes on everywhere, all the time, 24/7. But the way spying is treated—when it is discovered, when it is publicized, when spies are arrested, tried, and jailed—is highly variable, especially in the United States. The timing is almost never a matter of chance, and the latest stories about American Jews spying for Israel […]
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/09/celebrating-912-with-roundabout-dog.html#more Celebrating 9/12 with a Roundabout Dog The convergence of two significant events prompts this celebration of 9/12. Today Lars Vilks and the Modoggies were back in the news with the latest reports about the terror arrests in Gothenburg. It is thought that Mr. Vilks may have been the intended target for this new Mohammed-intensive […]
Israel’s Tenured Extremists: The Decade since “Socrates” by Steven Plaut The following article appears in the Fall 2011 issue of the Middle East Quarterly: http://www.meforum.org/meq/ Israel is under assault from within, and not just from the usual suspects. Its legitimacy and, in many cases, its very existence are being attacked by a domestic academic Fifth […]
Catherine Philp in Washington and Jerome Starkey in Kabul America has given its blessing for the Taleban to be brought in from the cold with a critical step towards reconciliation as the world paused to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The Times has learnt that Washington has endorsed plans for the Islamist […]
The ‘War on Terror’ Is All About God Posted By Andrew Klavan URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/andrewklavan/2011/09/12/the-war-on-terror-is-all-about-god/Several years ago, I was speaking with a left-wing journalist who was rather hysterical about the subject of religion — although perhaps I repeat myself. In any case, she had heard that then-President George W. Bush prayed for guidance before […]
http://news.yahoo.com/rockets-fired-us-embassy-afghan-capital-095055416.html AND US POLICY IS TO ESTABLISH A TALIBAN EMBASSY IN QATAR (PRONOUNCED GUTTER)….RSK KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents fired rockets and assault rifles in the direction of the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other official buildings Tuesday as gunfire and explosions rocked the heart of the Afghan capital. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ When Obama set off to visit the victims of Hurricane Irene, instead of visiting the American victims who had lost their homes and possessions– he headed off to Patterson, New Jersey. Patterson is known as ‘Patterstine’ for a reason, it’s home to the second largest Arab community after Dearborn, and while most of its […]