Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/11/counterinsurgency-strategy-not-working-in-afghanistan-critics-s/ David Wood Chief Military Correspondent The counterinsurgency strategy the United States has relied on to win the Afghan war is producing disappointing progress at best and, at worst, is wasting billions of dollars and prolonging the nine-year war, according to a wide range of informed critics. […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/11/the-day-of-the-locust/ Back in July 2007, Iranian intelligence services detained fourteen squirrels on grounds of carrying out espionage for the West, alleging that the perfidious rodents were equipped with “spy gear of foreign agencies.” Before we dismiss this disturbing revelation as an instance of mental instability, we should note that no less a figure than Iranian […]
The Muslim Brotherhood Path to Victory: Part One (of Two) Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8398/pub_detail.asp And the award for turning Islam into one of the fastest growing, most influential, and most intimidating religious movements in the world goes to… the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The most recent victim of the global Islamic movement’s intimidation of free speech […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8399,css.print/pub_detail.asp Background. A group calling itself the “Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign” had intended to place anti-Israel advertisements on the side of buses in King County. When a counter-campaign was launched, the bus company refused to allow the posters. Ed Mast, a long term campaigner for “Palestinian rights” wrote an article in the Seattle Times in […]
Through a Lens Dhimmily: Britain’s Middle East Ambassadors of Distortion http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/ Forget the realities of living in the Islamic Middle East in a state of dhimmitude. Forget the jizya tax. Forget the imposed humiliations and the mandatory occupations. Forget the caprices of Muslim rulers and “protectors” towards the Jews and Christians in their midst. Forget […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/256935 Charles Krauthammer The origins of Jared Loughner’s delusions are clear: mental illness. What are the origins of Paul Krugman’s? Massacre, Followed by Libel Washingto – The charge: The Tucson massacre is a consequence of the “climate of hate” created by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Obamacare opponents, and sundry other liberal bêtes noires. […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/white-house-cowardice-not-a-word-spoken-in-defense-of-boris-nemtsov/ White House Cowardice: Not a Word Spoken in Defense of Boris Nemtsov Posted By Kim Zigfeld A remarkable statement appeared [1] in the New York Times recently. It read: “The White House issued a statement [2] condemning Mr. Nemtsov’s arrest.” The statement was remarkable because it compressed so much dishonesty and inaccuracy into less […]
A Candidate for RNC Chair and His Anti-Constitutional Ideas Posted By J. Christian Adams http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-candidate-for-rnc-chair-and-his-anti-constitutional-ideas/ If nothing else, the 2010 elections were about a renaissance of the United States Constitution. The constitutional restraints on the power of government are en vogue. A resurgent GOP has claimed the document as a unifying rallying cry. This is why […]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110112/wl_afp/lebanonunhariritribunalpolitics BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon’s unity government looked set to collapse on Wednesday after the powerful Hezbollah and its allies threatened to walk out over a UN probe into the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri. Health Minister Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh, whose Amal party is allied with Hezbollah, said 11 ministers would tender their resignations […]
http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/egypt-plays-victim-card-against-pope-rather-than-address-deadly-islamist-bigotry-against-christians/#more-3681 Egypt plays victim card against Pope rather than address deadly Islamist bigotry against Christians I had to rub my eyes a couple of times this morning as I opened the BBC website to find two more stories about the ongoing violence against Christians in Egypt. In the wake of the massacre of 23 Christians […]
