by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
No one has any idea what the Middle East will look like next year, much less in five years — especially the revolutionary players themselves. Continue reading “The Muddle East”
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The Democracy Delusion and Obama’s Failed Mideast Policy
by Bruce Thornton
Frontpage Magazine
The New York Times headline on Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Egypt said it all: “US Is in a Quandary.” That’s putting it mildly. Better words for this administration’s foreign policy are “confused,” “contradictory,” and “delusional.” Continue reading “The Democracy Delusion and Obama’s Failed Mideast Policy”
Tuning Out a President
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Tuned-out Presidents
Somewhere around early 2006, the nation tuned out George W. Bush for a variety of reasons, some warranted, but many not. Continue reading “Tuning Out a President”
Calls for Hearings on ‘Radicalization’ of White Christian Women
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPage Magazine
During a Homeland Security committee hearing last month on the “Radicalization of Muslim-Americans,” Texas Congressman Al Green (D) criticized the hearings as biased and unfair to Muslims, suggesting that the only way to justify them is if Congress would also conduct a “hearing on the radicalization of Christians.” Continue reading “Calls for Hearings on ‘Radicalization’ of White Christian Women”
The Evils of the Muslim Brotherhood
by Raymond Ibrahim
Investigative Project on Terrorism
Egypt’s longtime banned Muslim Brotherhood — the parent organization of nearly every subsequent Islamist movement, including al Qaeda — has just won the nation’s presidency, in the name of its candidate, Muhammad Morsi. Continue reading “The Evils of the Muslim Brotherhood”
Greece Alone and Broke–Again
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
The recent indecisive Greek elections could be summed up by two general themes: Greeks want to stay in, and expect help from, the Eurozone. But they still do not want to take the necessary medicine to stop borrowing billions of euros from northern Europeans, who want a radical Greek reform of the tax code, deregulation of labor laws, fiscal discipline, massive cuts in bureaucracy, and greater transparency — all unlikely given Greek history and contemporary culture. Continue reading “Greece Alone and Broke–Again”
Parallel Betrayals: Iranian Revolution and Arab Spring
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPage Magazine
Many are the lessons to be learned between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the current revolutions of the Arab world. Continue reading “Parallel Betrayals: Iranian Revolution and Arab Spring”
The Potemkin President Disintegrates
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
After nearly four years in office, the tinsel and cardboard persona of Barack Obama is starting to fall apart. The political unifier who claimed, “There is not a liberal America and a conservative America — there is the United States of America,” has been exposed as one of the most divisive and partisan presidents of modern times. Continue reading “The Potemkin President Disintegrates”
Obama’s Presidency and the Pathologies of Progressivism
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
Obama’s presidency has failed miserably, but it has accomplished one thing: it has revealed for all to see the lethal pathologies of progressive ideology. This doesn’t mean progressivism will go away. Continue reading “Obama’s Presidency and the Pathologies of Progressivism”
Greatest Church Soon To Be Mega Mosque?
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPage Magazine
Ostensibly dealing with a building, a recent report demonstrates how Turkey’s populace — once deemed the most secular and liberal in the Muslim world — is reverting to its Islamic heritage, complete with animosity for the infidel West and dreams of Islam’s glory days of jihad and conquest. According to Reuters: Continue reading “Greatest Church Soon To Be Mega Mosque?”