Obama’s Misplaced Mideast Optimism
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online October 25, 2011 Confidently commenting on the execution of Libya’s long-time dictator, Barack Obama stated that “the death of Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do.” About his own decision to […]
The West Must Secure Syria’s WMD
By Peter Paton The US and the International Community the US should take military action to “take control” of Syria’s chemical weapons, as there is growing and compelling evidence that the Assad Regime is using the deadly nerve gas Sarin, and perhaps others on his own people. It is crystal clear that if the United […]
A Leaner, but Not Meaner, Military
The echo chamber of Washington is hard at work. The consensus is growing that the U.S. military will need to aim for a slimmer but still perfectly effective military, thanks to the budget and capability cuts of the past three years. However, given the magnitude of ongoing defense budget cuts, a hollowing force simply does […]
UK Immigration Board: Ra’ed Salah ‘Undesirable,’ Should be Deported
Ra’ed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement in Israel’s northern branch, is “undesirable” and can be deported from the United Kingdom, a British immigration board decided Wednesday. Salah, the board decided, was a troublemaker who, if allowed to remain in the country, might very well result “in the unacceptable behaviour of fostering hatred which […]
Principles of Plenty
Speech by Congressman McClintock given to the California Independent Automobile Dealers Association We are in the third year of policies predicated on the assumption that if Government just injects enough money into the economy, it can jump start consumer spending and therefore, economic growth. For three years, this administration has squandered more than a trillion […]
Iranian Chessmaster Expelled, Refused to Play Israeli
An Iranian chessmaster has been expelled from an international chess tournament after refusing to play an Israeli opponent. Top Iranian Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami refused to play Ehud Sachar for political reasons at the Corsica Masters championship. Shachar, a FIDE Master, was Maghami’s scheduled opponent in the fourth round of the competition. “Politics has no […]
What Kirchner’s Win in Argentina Means for the U.S.
It came as no surprise when Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner swept the election on Sunday, earning herself a second term. After all, polls had projected her win for weeks beforehand, predicting that she would take anywhere from 52 percent to 57 percent of the votes. In the end, exit polls report that she […]
It’s time to end foreign-language voter ballots
Last week, the Census Bureau released its list of covered jurisdictions that will be required to provide bilingual ballots for the upcoming 2012 elections. This list includes 248 counties in 25 states. 100% of the counties in California, Texas, and Florida will be required to foot the burdensome bill to print foreign-language ballots and to […]
Boehner Attacks Administration Policy to a Neo Soviet Russia
In 1974 Henry Kissinger marketed detente with the Soviet Union as a tool for spurring American trade and boosting an economy that had been hit by the post-Yom Kippur war oil price hikes. He encountered resistance in a Democrat-controlled Congress led by Senator Henry Jackson of Washington who sought to tie liberalization of trade with […]
Deborah Orr’s Disgusting Excuse For an “Apology”
Deborah Orr’s obscene abuse of the concept of the “chosen people” in a Guardian commentary deriding Israel’s efforts to bring back Gilad Shalit as motivated by Jewish racism rightly upset many people. Such language is regularly employed by anti-Semites to falsely assert that Jews claim to be superior to non-Jews not only in a theological […]
Israeli Foreign Ministry: No Deal Possible Till Abbas Goes
The Foreign Ministry Wednesday issued a situation assessment to Israeli embassies worldwide that lambasts Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) and says that an agreement between Israel and the PA “will not be possible as long as Abu Mazen leads the PA.” The document comes on the heels of remarks by Foreign […]
