Extra Thoughts: Hagelian Dialectic

Posted on: March 5th, 2013

Extra thoughts that could not make the main text of "When AIPAC Went AWOL."

Islamist Assassinations in the West

Posted on: March 4th, 2013

Assassination sends a specific signal to others not to follow in the victim's footsteps.

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Muslim Killings in the US: Jihad or Criminality?

Posted on: February 26th, 2013

Both law enforcement, the media and elected officials are reluctant to give out information about the attackers' religion, much less their motives.

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Open Letter to Sen. Charles Schumer on the Hagel Appointment

Posted on: February 20th, 2013

You expressed having had "genuine concerns" about Hagel prior to your White House meeting with him; now is the moment for you to follow the dictates of your conscience.

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Futile Israeli Efforts to Win Ankara Back

Posted on: February 19th, 2013

The AWACS Israel is selling to Turkey will potentially be used against Israel in the Mediterranean Sea.

Innocents Abroad Build Foreign Armies

Posted on: February 11th, 2013

When will American politicians and military leaders eventually realize that training foreign soldiers does not allies make them?

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Conspiracy Theories Triumphant in Turkey

Posted on: February 5th, 2013

The sort of reasoning going around in Turkey regarding the Israeli strike in Syria can quickly leave one with a sore head.

The State Department of What Planet?

Posted on: February 4th, 2013

What a launch for Kerry, whose mental vapidity promises to make Hillary Clinton actually look good in retrospect.

The Opposition (or Lack thereof) to Hagel

Posted on: January 28th, 2013

Odd that CUFI is out there swinging and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is silent.

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Daniel Pipes: West Must Oppose Islamism (Video)

Posted on: January 27th, 2013

Middle East expert Daniel Pipes appeared on the 'Cross Talk' program to argue that the West should use its influence to oppose Islamism instead of supporting it.

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Debating on Iranian TV – And More (Video)

Posted on: January 8th, 2013

The 25-minute show was the most hare-brained and loony of my 35 years going on television.

The Future of Conservatism After the 2012 Election

Posted on: January 3rd, 2013

It will be a long, hard road to traverse, but there is no short cut and it can succeed.

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Daniel Pipes: Reflections on Current Hamas-Israel Hostilities

Posted on: November 18th, 2012

If Hamas knows it cannot defeat the Israel Defense Forces and will get a bloody nose for its efforts, it obviously has motives other than victory in mind.

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Daniel Pipes: Why I am Voting Republican

Posted on: November 5th, 2012

I vote Republican because I support the party's core message of individualism, patriotism, and respect for tradition, in contrast to the core Democratic message of dependence, self-criticism, and "progress." I am inspired by the original reading of the U.S. Constitution, by ideals of personal freedom and American exceptionalism. I vote for small government, for a return of power to the states, for a strong military, and an assertive pursuit of national interests.

Daniel Pipes: Superficiality Reigns Before the Election

Posted on: November 4th, 2012

It happens every four years, as U.S. presidential elections roll around: I feel like a stranger. That's because news reports blare out what's not of interest: trivial statistics (171,000 jobs added in October; jobless rate up 0.1 percent to 7.9 percent), biographical irrelevancies (claims that Romney outsourced jobs to other countries when at Bain Capital), and forgettable gaffes (Obama saying that "Voting is the best revenge"). This limited discussion misses the main points.

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The Nation of Islam Discovers Scientology

Posted on: October 28th, 2012

The Nation of Islam's historic role as a bridge between American blacks and Islam ended in 1975 when W. Deen Mohammed followed his father, Elijah Muhammad, as leader of the Nation and immediately disavowed his father's folk religion, bringing his followers to normative Islam, the Islam of the Middle East. From then on, despite the theatrics of Louis Farrakhan, the Nation has been in a long downward trajectory. Now comes evidence, thanks to Tony Ortega in the Village Voice and Eliza Gray in The New Republic, of a jaw-dropping turn by Farrakhan, 79, to Scientology; as Gray's subtitle puts it, "America's two weirdest sects join forces."

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Romney Stumbles on Foreign Policy

Posted on: October 23rd, 2012

Barack Obama has a weak record in the Middle East, but one would not learn this from the debate, where Mitt Romney praised Obama's achievements ("It's wonderful that Libya seems to be making some progress"), agreed with Obama more than he disagreed, and rarely pointed out his failings. Presumably, Romney took this mild approach to establish his likability, competence, and suitability to serve as commander-in-chief.

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Reflections on the Second Presidential Debate

Posted on: October 17th, 2012

Obama got away with saying that he had characterized the attack on the Benghazi consulate as a terrorist incident because the moderator confirmed his point; in fact he misrepresented the facts when he said "The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that … this was an act of terror."

Is Netanyahu Again Offering the Golan Heights to Syria?

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

Shimon Shiffer reports in Yedioth Ahronoth that in secret talks in 2010 via U.S. government mediator Frederic C. Hof, Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed in principle to a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the June 4, 1967, lines in return for the "expectation" of Bashar al-Assad cutting ties with Iran, and that the nearly-completed negotiations ended because of the anti-Assad uprising that began in January 2011.

Impressions of the Veep Debate

Posted on: October 14th, 2012

Middle East expert Daniel Pipes' thoughts on the Biden-Ryan debate.

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