by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPage Magazine
Egypt’s long awaited and much anticipated presidential elections — the first of their kind to take place in the nation’s 7,000 year history — are here. As we await the final results — and as the Western mainstream media fixate on images of purple-stained fingers — it is well to remember that there is much more at stake in Egypt’s elections than the mere “right” to vote. Continue reading “Egypt’s Presidential Elections: What’s at Stake”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Can We Still Win Wars?
Given that the United States fields the costliest, most sophisticated, and most lethal military in the history of civilization, that should be a silly question. Continue reading “Winning Battles, Losing Wars”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Gatestone Institute
As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it would do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico, which has been targeted by Islamists and jihadists, who, through a number of tactics — from engaging in da’wa, converting Mexicans to Islam, to smuggling and the drug cartel, simple extortion, kidnappings and enslavement Continue reading “Mexican Jihad”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Ten years ago this week, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan, after he had been lured into what he thought was an interview with Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani about the links between al Qaeda and the “shoe bomber” Richard Reid. Continue reading “The Unlearned Lessons of Daniel Pearl’s Murder”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
The mystery remaining about the Obama administration’s foreign policy is not whether it has worked, but whether its failures will matter all that much. Continue reading “The Perils of Obama’s Foreign Policy”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Two recent news stories about Afghanistan reveal the delusional mentality of those conducting our foreign policy. Continue reading “Another Disgraceful Apology Frenzy”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Ricochet.com
After World War II, Harry Truman and Louis Johnson wanted to cut the Marine Corps; by winter 1950 what was left of it almost single-handedly saved the reputation of the collapsing US military in Korea. Continue reading “Cutting the Military Is a Bad Idea”
by Raymond Ibrahim
Jihad Watch
Although many Muslim leaders openly articulate their efforts as part of a larger picture — one that culminates in the resurrection of a caliphate adversarial by nature to all things non-Muslim — many Western leaders see only the moment, either out of context or, worse, in a false context built atop wishful thinking. Continue reading “Muslim Brotherhood Seeks ‘Mastership of World’”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
As the last American troops roll south to Kuwait, the end of the war in Iraq invites unsettling comparisons to another war America declared over before losing its nerve and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Continue reading “Obama’s Christmas Gift to Iran”
by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
The revolutions against Arab autocracies — dubbed the “Arab Spring” — have been greeted in America with bipartisan celebration. Continue reading “The Arab Winter Approaches”