REFLECTIONS ON NORMANDY

REFLECTIONS ON D-DAY; JUNE 6TH 1944…..RUTH KING  OUTPOST JUNE  2009 On June 6th, 1944 Allied forces operating from Great Britain performed the most complex and largest single day invasion in history. Starting under cover of night, gliders and parachutes dropped fighters into occupied France, naval bombardments and air attacks gave cover and by morning the […]

THE SULTAN:TIME TO END THE BLOCKADE…RETAKE GAZA

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ It’s Time to End the Blockade of Gaza Like virtually every political step Israel has taken since 1991, the Disengagement from Gaza and the blockade of Hamas was done under the assumption that if Israel took the most moderate path possible (short of actual national suicide) the world community would be reasonable about it […]

THE PERILS OF SELECTIVE FREE SPEECH: MARILYN PENN

June 7, 201 The Perils of Selective Free Speech Marilyn Penn The instantaneous worldwide condemnation of Israel by such stalwart defenders of humanitarian rights as Russia, Syria, Turkey and the UN itself, illustrates that hate speech against Israel and Jews has become pro forma and acceptable without question. There was a brief respite from knee jerk […]

ANDREW McCARTHY: ABOUT THOSE BERGEN COUNTY TERRORISTS

NRO — The Corner Monday, June 07, 2010 About Those Somali Terrorist Arrests in New Jersey [Andy McCarthy] http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTc4MTI5ZDM0MTM5M2UxODBjZmVhMmQzMDUyY2RhNWY On Sunday, Dan noted this New York Times report by Will Rashbaum about two men arrested in New Jersey on terrorism charges. As is her wont, the Gray Lady also included a companion spin-the-news fable by […]

WHO ARE THE BERGEN COUNTY TERRORISTS? BOTH ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/06/feds-unseal-terror-charges-against-2-nj-men/?test=latestnews Feds Unseal Terror Charges Against 2 NJ Men June 6, 2010 – 11:55 AM | by: Mike Levine Federal authorities on Sunday unsealed charges against two New Jersey men arrested the night before as they allegedly tried to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in war-torn Somalia and kill Americans there. The men were inspired […]

TIME CANNOT ERASE D-DAY MEMORIES

http://www.military.com/news/article/time-cant-erase-dday-memories.html Time Can’t Erase D-Day Memories June 06, 2010 Chicago Tribune CHICAGO  – Nearly seven decades after John Chrenka slid across the English Channel in a boat headed toward Omaha Beach, the memory still hits him like gunfire. “There were three of us in the front row, shells flying all over the place, guys hollering,” […]

ROBIN SHEPHERD; A FEEDING FRENZY FOR EVERY ISLAMIC BIGOT

Anti-Israeli hysteria over Gaza provokes Iranian threats of sending in its navy http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/anti-israeli-hysteria-over-gaza-provokes-iranian-threats-of-sending-in-its-navy/#more-2802 Amid all the hysteria (brilliantly deconstructed here by Melanie Phillips today) over the Gaza flotilla incident this week, a new and dangerous development has just occurred. According to Reuters, Iran is considering offering armed escorts from its navy to any ships trying […]

MELANIE PHILLIPS: THE ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE OF THE WESTERN LEFT

The alternative universe of the western left Sunday, 6th June 2010 http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6061590/the-alternative-universe-of-the-western-left.thtml Any rational and fair-minded individual who has been following the unfolding of the Turkish terrorist flotilla saga – the video proof that the Israeli marines only started using live ammunition to prevent themselves from being lynched, kidnapped and murdered; the fact that the […]

AND NOW AHMEDINEJAD GOES TO ISTANBUL: CLAUDIA ROSETT

And Now, Ahmadinejad Goes to Istanbul Posted By Claudia Rosett Yes, on Monday Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to touch down in Turkey [1].  Seems like the Turkish and Iranian governments just can’t get enough of each other these days. This visit follows the Turkish-led furor of the past week over the Gaza Flotilla, complete with its terror-linked […]

ELIOT COHEN: PRESIDENT OBAMA EMBOLDENS ADVERSARIES AND UNNERVES ALLIES

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704875604575280462094012870.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion#printMode With Friends Like the United States . . . President Obama has emboldened America’s adversaries and unnerved its allies. By ELIOT A. COHEN What do the following have in common: the piling on Israel after the botched interception of the Hamas relief flotilla, the Chinese military telling the U.S. secretary of defense that he […]