Why Obama has to get Egypt right By George Soros http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020206091.html “The main stumbling block is Israel. In reality, Israel has as much to gain from the spread of democracy in the Middle East as the United States has. But Israel is unlikely to recognize its own best interests because the change is too sudden […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/2/egypt-aftermath-west-bank-is-ripe-for-democracy/print/ West Bank could be ripe for democracy Opportunity for a new start rests with Obama by Joel Mowbray DEMOCRACY CANNOT MEAN STATEHOOD….PERHAPS A SHARED SUZERAINTY BETWEEN JORDAN AND ISRAEL….BUT ANYTHING ELSE WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER GAZA…..RSK Usually when chaos erupts in the Middle East, attention turns immediately to Israel and the Palestinians. Not so […]
Europe’s Fatwa Factories by Soeren Kern http://www.hudson-ny.org/1857/europe-fatwa-factories Britain will have more Muslims than Kuwait in 2030, while France will have more than Jordan; and Germany will have more than Oman and the United Arab Emirates combined, according to a new study titled “The Future of the Global Muslim Population.” The sobering projections (which are highly […]
Mubarak v. the Brotherhood By Andrew C. McCarthy https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258717/mubarak-v-brotherhood/andrew-c-mccarthy It is simply delirious to suggest that we can work with the Muslim Brotherhood, that the Brotherhood has renounced violence, or that a Brotherhood-led government will ultimately be better for the United States or, for that matter, for Egyptians. We have two principal interests in the […]
Tea Party congressman clashes over Islam at town hall By Jim Acosta and Evan Glass, CNN Florida Rep. Allen West had a confrontation with an Islamic activist at a town hall meeting. Boynton Beach, Florida (CNN) — Freshman Republican Congressman Allen West clashed with an advocate for Muslim-American civil rights at a sometimes-rowdy town hall […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1669/Under-Pakistani-Arrest-US-Consulates-Raymond-Davis.aspx Under Pakistani Arrest: US Consulate’s Raymond Davis Written by: Diana West This is an AP photo of US consular employee Raymond Allen Davis, 36, currently under arrest in Pakistan for what he says was the self-defense shooting deaths of two Pakistani “motorcyclists” he believed intended to rob him in Lahore. A third Pakistani was […]
http://www.jinsa.org/category/1/6 Egypt: Our Ally? The mantra of the press is that the United States is likely to lose its major Arab ally, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Certainly Mubarak does some of what the United States would have him do – things he believed were in his interest, such as opposing Hamas – but he does […]
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/02/02/egypt-%E2%80%9Clost%E2%80%9D-or-found/ Egypt: “Lost,” or Found? Posted By Andrew Bostom On February 2, 2011 [1] Across the political spectrum, the punditry has been sharing its profound analytical wisdom on the Egyptian protests, and resultant political turmoil. Two dominant themes have emerged from these analyses: delusive celebratory predictions about the “democratic [2]” uprising in Egypt from both […]
http://yeshaviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/thomas-redux.html Good ol’ Doubting Thomas of the New York Times is at it again, and right on time I might say. His topic this week is a “Israeli-Palestinian peace deal more urgent than ever” and how Israel must seize this opportunity to make “Peace” with the “Palestinians”. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/opinion/02friedman.html He feels ands “fears” that Israel will […]
How the Hard Left, By Focusing Only on Israel, Encouraged Arab Despotism by Alan M. Dershowitz http://www.hudson-ny.org/1860/hard-left-arab-despotism AND ALSO HOW THE SOFT LEFT WITH DERSH IN THE VANGUARD ENCOURAGED IT TOO BY OPPOSING SETTLEMENTS AND FAVORING A 2 STATE SOLUTION AND IGNORING WHAT HAPPENED IN GAZA………QUITE SILLY….RSK Now the hard left is finally talking about […]
