by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online
Survey the Middle East, and there is nothing about which to be optimistic.
Iran is either fueling violence in Syria or racing toward a bomb, or both. Continue reading “The Middle East: All Bad Choices”
by Raymond Ibrahim // Gatestone Institute
In a video of Hosni Mubarak when he was still Egypt’s president, the strategies of which he accuses the Muslim Brotherhood have come to pass. What follows are Mubarak’s words from a conference in Egypt (date unknown; author’s translation): Continue reading “Murbarak’s Muslim Brotherhood Prophecy”
by Raymond Ibrahim // PJ Media
In the eyes of tens of millions of Egyptians, Senators John McCain’s and Lindsey Graham’s recent words and deeds in Egypt—which have the “blessing” of President Obama—have unequivocally proven that U.S. leadership is aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood. Continue reading “Egyptians Enraged by U.S. Outreach to Muslim Brotherhood”
by Raymond Ibrahim
As Egyptians of all factions prepare to demonstrate in mass against the Muslim Brotherhood and President Morsi’s rule on June 30, the latter has been trying to reduce their numbers, which some predict will be in the millions and eclipse the Tahrir protests that earlier ousted Mubarak. Continue reading “Obama to Egyptian Christians: Don’t Protest the Brotherhood”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Wall Street Journal
A prominent Syrian rebel commander with the nom de guerre Abu Sakkar recently appeared on YouTube cutting open the chest of a dead government soldier, pulling something out of it—the heart or perhaps a lung—and taking a bite. Continue reading “Why Some Wars Are So Savage”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Last week, Muslim mobs took to the streets to murder the American ambassador in Libya and three of his staffers. American embassies were attacked from Egypt to Yemen. Continue reading “Middle East Madness”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Who could not despise the tottering Bashar al-Assad dictatorship in Syria?
Continue reading “The Bad/Good Idea of Removing Assad”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Almost daily we read of America’s “waning power” and “inevitable decline,” as observers argue over the consequences of defense cuts and budget crises. Continue reading “Decline or Decadence?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Americans — left, right, Democrats, and Republicans — are all sick of thankless nation-building in the Middle East. Yet democratization was not our first choice, but rather a last resort after other methods failed. Continue reading “We Give Up”
by Bruce S. Thornton
FrontPage Magazine
In 1868, a British army led by Sir Robert Napier sailed from India to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) to rescue several English and European hostages from the mentally unstable, sadistic King Theodore. Continue reading “Obama’s Assault on America’s Prestige”