How to Turn a Campus Into an Indoctrination Center
Georgetown was getting Arab money for teaching about the Middle East, but none of it could be used to teach about Israel.
Egypt is Boiling
Al-Jazeera again appears to be promoting Islamic violence these days, in Egypt and in Israel.
Why Ted Cruz Speaks for Me
He gets that we can’t just sit still, paralyzed by bad press and Democratic talking points.
‘Moderate’ Holocaust Denial in Iran?
From the 1990s onward, Iran has gone further than any Arab country in hosting and officially endorsing Western Holocaust deniers.
The ‘Iran is Now Moderate’ Joke
The NY Times is lying. Netanyahu cannot "block" an initiative and if Obama wants talks he will have them.
Back in the USSR
Today's anti-democratic glue is apparently better than the glue of Slavic identity that formed the "Warsaw Pact" because it is a world view and a cultural perspective.
The Solution: How to Deal with Obama Middle East Policy
Countries must be ready for a higher level of potential friction with the Obama Administration.
Al Qaida Dominates Much of Syria
The report warned that U.S. efforts to arm Sunni rebels could help Al Qaida militias in Syria.
Parallels: Obama Appeasement and British Intelligence Files on Hitler
One of the factors in British policy was a hope that if the Germans were flattered and treated properly, they would not be aggressive.
The Saudis are Trembling – Quietly
If chemical weapons had not been used, Damascus would have been overcome by the rebels.
Syrian Diplomacy?
The seeming end of a deal would only be the beginning of a deal.
Obama’s Cuban Missile Crisis
Obama’s supporters in the media (and no doubt in Hollywood, politics, and the academy) see a light at the end of this tunnel...
Sanction Germany: Supplier of WMD Technology to Syria
These firms worked on contractual arrangements with clearance and confidentiality agreements signed with the US Department of Defense.
The Obama Administration’s New 7 Pillars of Middle East ‘Wisdom’
The bottom line is the belief that if the Muslim Brotherhood is kept happy it won’t cause any trouble.
Turning Point: Obama and Israel, the Next Three Years
The greatest danger for Israel would be to listen to the bad advice of Obama, Kerry, and their supporters.
Rock, Hard Place, Syria
We're asking U.S. troops to go into Syria without an overwhelming advantage, and without minimizing our risks.
So You’re Going to Attack Israel with Chemical Weapons?
These threats should be laughed at.
The Perils of Barack
We don’t know what their thinking is on the choice between evils: the evil of intervening or the evil of failing to after defining a red line.
America’s Impending Defeat in Syria
The Obama Administration believes that it can reconcile with Islamist states.
The Truth About Syria
Why have those who govern Syria followed such a pattern for more than six decades under almost a dozen different regimes?
Obama on Syria: Low-Quality ‘Jaw-Jaw’
I’m skeptical that we have any intention of taking action against Syria – even punitive action, with no view to an outcome or end-state.
American Culture: How to Reconcile the Brutal and the Effete?
I sat there speechless. I simply couldn't believe what I was hearing.
A Future of Only More Radicalization and Escalation – Get Used to It
General al-Sisi and is not about to give in to American pressure regarding the Muslim Brotherhood.
Liberty 101: The Principle of Establishment
Liberty always – always – has to be deliberately established and hedged about with protections.
Why US Policy Betrayed the Moderates
Lost: Obama's Middle East policy, 2013-2016.
Qatar’s Risky Overreach
Within hours of Morsi's departure, the streets of Cairo were awash with anti-Qatari banners accompanied by the obligatory anti-US and anti-Israel slogans.
America’s Problems in the Middle East are Just Beginning
America forgets that it corrected the flaw in its founding by killing 30 percent of Southern men of military age during its own Civil War.
Egypt: This Is Big
The Muslim Brotherhood is willing to keep chaos and misery going for as long as necessary to topple the military’s interim government.
The Curse of Sinai
Post-Mursi Egypt accuses Hamas of responsibility for the terrorist chaos in Sinai, and not without good cause.
How Western Intellectual Values Have Gone Haywire
The supposed advantage of democracy is that the media, academia, and others speak—where did I hear this before?—truth to power.