http://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2013/09/29/a-few-thoughts-about-freedom-with-an-assist-from-benjamin-constant/?print=1 Out in beautiful Colorado Springs a few days ago, I was chatting with some friends about the philosophy of Michael Oakeshott [1]. (If you don’t know his work, I recommend it, in particular the brilliant essay “Rationalism in Politics [2].”) One of our merry band mentioned an essay by the Swiss-born French writer Benjamin […]
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2013/09/15/israel-leper-or-light-unto-the-nations-part-7-syrians-in-israeli-hospitals-fear-monster-jews/?print=1 It’s reported that since Syria’s civil war erupted two and a half years ago, over 120 Syrians have come to Israeli hospitals for medical treatment. They appear to come mainly to Ziv Hospital in Safed, in the upper Galilee, and to the Western Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, also in upper Galilee on the […]
http://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/moment-of-truth-at-the-un-general-assembly/ You might suppose that the United Nations General Assembly in New York is done with its opening exertions for 2013, now that the new UN celebrity, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, has flown home to help his boss, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, tend to such projects as — how has Rouhani described it? — ”our […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303796404579099093710582718.html Howard Gordon, the lead writer for ’24’ and co-creator of ‘Homeland,’ talks about the collision of news and popular culture in post-9/11 America. Imagine this: The daughter of a British soldier, left traumatized by her parents’ divorce, finds a surrogate family among her Muslim neighbors. The teenager converts to Islam and marries a Jamaican […]
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3995/nuclear-deterrent-budget-cuts Major policy changes are masquerading as simple budget cuts. What is the right number of nuclear weapons? As many as lead the military planners in Russia and China to conclude, “Not today, comrade.” There are no budget savings that could justify, after the fact, the cost of a nuclear exchange between superpowers. Although the […]
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3996/al-qaeda-syria Al Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s official arm in Syria, is quickly entrenching itself in the north and east of Syria, where the Assad regime’s rule has collapsed. Jihad will spread outwards to the region, then threaten global security — possibly with biological and chemical weapons. Al Qaeda is quickly constructing its main regional […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/ryan-mauro/inviting-cair-to-church/print/ When a Unitarian church in Florida decided to teach its congregation about Islam around the time of this year’s anniversary of 9/11, it brought in an extremist official from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) who has promoted 9/11 conspiracy theories. The group may no longer be embraced by the FBI, but CAIR’s list […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/saudi-woman-in-hijab-robs-5-american-banks/print/ The great thing about Hijabs and Burkas and Niqabs and Abayas and Chadors and Jilbabs and the rest of the whole Dr. Seuss meets Islamic Misogyny forms of mobile purdah is that they double as disguises. Which is handy when you’re robbing banks. Ranya al-Huthaili, who was arrested earlier this month on charges of […]
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This week’s Glazov Gang was joined by Steven Emerson, the Executive Director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism.
He took us behind the scenes of his battle against our deadly enemy:
http://news.msn.com/world/uneasy-gulf-states-weigh-us-iran-overtures
Uneasy Gulf states weigh US-Iran overtures
The prospect of Iran and the U.S. becoming less than arch foes pushes American-allied Gulf states toward unfamiliar territory as their standing is undermined.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Lost in the blizzard of attention on Iran’s cautious openings to the U.S. was another bit of noteworthy outreach by President Hassan Rouhani: Sending greetings to Saudi Arabia’s king and appealing for more cooperation between the two regional rivals.
Rouhani’s message last week also carried a subtext for Saudi Arabia and the other Western-allied Persian Gulf states. As Iran’s diplomatic profile rises with attempts to recalibrate its dealings with Washington, the Gulf rulers will have to make adjustments, too.
That’s not such an easy thing for the monarchs and sheiks to swallow.
Leaders such as Saudi King Abdullah are accustomed to having Washington’s undivided focus and a prominent voice in shaping policies over Iran, which Gulf officials routinely denounce for allegedly trying to undermine their rule through suspected proxies and spies.
