Dead in the Water: Obama’s Military and Iran
It is unconscionable of Obama to handle the sequestration threat the way he has - crippling our ability to readily strike Iran.
What Kerry Doesn’t Know About Democracy and Islam
Pretending there’s no elephant in the world doesn’t protect anyone from getting trampled.
Who Will Morsi Heed: Allah or Tom Friedman?
This is all a tragedy for the poor victims in the Middle East and a farce for the well-paid, much-honored careerist opportunists and ideologues in the West.
The Book of Esther: A Political Analysis
Especially remarkable is the behavior of Esther. Warned of Haman’s plan, Esther wants to do nothing lest she place herself at risk.
Israel, the Republicans and Obama’s PR Strategy
There is a foreign-policy aspect of 'perception benefits' Obama hopes to garner from a photo-op tour of Israel.
Terrorists to the West: Hand Over All Your Property
It’s bad enough to be mugged repeatedly but it’s even worse to provide the weapons and money for the assailants while also praising them.
Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2013
A Purim lesson: Be wary of enemies, posing as partners of peace, concealing a strategic goal of extermination.
Hagel Nomination Defeat Is in Everyone’s Interest
A secretary of defense should not just be a “yes-man.” He should represent an independent point of view and also represent his department’s interests.
Five Months After the Benghazi Embassy Murders: The Killers Frolic Free
Obama went to sleep and he has yet to wake up. And there's graphic proof for that assertion in the streets of Benghazi today.
America Leaves Afghanistan to the Mercy of the Taliban and Iran
Iran is waiting for the United States to flee from Afghanistan in order to take control of it and its resources.
Cisco Acquired its 11th Israeli Company
Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer said that Israel is a start-up center, and there is always something to challenge us there.
How Arab Governments Manage the Israel Issue
If they could have pressed a button and Israel would have disappeared, almost none of them would have hesitated.
Obama’s Careful Phrasing Conceals Disasters
Obama's State of the Union address touted an American return to world leadership, but concealed the failure of Obama's policies, especially in the Middle East.
Islam in the United States
Political correctness is what dictates conduct in the highest echelons of leadership in the United States.
Are Drone Strikes Analogous to the Civil War?
To advance our objectives in the War on Terror there was and will be nothing to justify the extra-judicial, standoff-distance execution of a US citizen.
Arab Moderation Murdered in Tunisia
In Tunesia, where non-Islamists are actually the majority, the elimination of Choukri Belaid wasn't just a crime, but a political strategy.
Why Israel Will Go Along with Obama’s Next Gambit
After going along with Obama, it is now said in the United States that Netanyahu tried to undermine Obama or didn’t cooperate.
Was the ‘Ground Zero’ Mosque a Con Game?
This may be a cautionary lesson about how the fear of seeming to be a 'racist' or 'Islamophobe' can be manipulated to fool people into forgetting law and logic.
Obama’s Poorly Timed Visit
While such a visit would resolve previous criticism that Obama never visited Israel as president, it is a mistake, especially given the timing, for a number of reasons.
Why Hagel is Really Scary: He’s Typical of the Ruling Elite
Hagel's brain is the mass market version of Kerry's and Kerry's is the collector's edition of Obama.
Adelson’s Daily, Likud, Shas, Throwing Wedge btw Bennett and Lapid
The dismissive headline is so scornful, it could have been written by Sara herself.
Egypt’s Systemic Collapse
The crisis in Port Said has exposed deep problems in Egypt's political system.
The Un-Realism of Today’s Foreign Policy
The pseudo-realists in charge of western foreign policy today confuse what other countries should be doing with what they are actually doing.
Why Do US Elite Believe their Country Is Evil?
The internal drive to delegitimize America may aimed at overcoming natural American patriotism by those who would transform the country’s thinking.
J Street Speech Reveals Hagel Will Push Saudi Peace Initiative
Hagel may be the worst thing to hit the U.S.-Israel relationship since Casper Weinberger locked the IAF off the Iraqi ballistic missile launchers.
Kerry Doesn’t Have a Clue
Kerry subscribes--as is so fashionable today in the Obama Administration and academia--to the abusive relationship approach to foreign policy.
Judgement Day in Africa
In Washington there are deep differences of opinion as to how to address the growing jihadi influence in Africa.
The Western Left Abandons the Arab Left
The left has sided with the reactionaries and against their comrades in other countries because they hate their own countries’ systems more.
So Someone Went and Blew Up the Iranian Nuclear Plant
Holy nuclear centrifuge, Batman, it could have actually happened!
Will Sara Forgive Bennett? Will Yair Adopt Mofaz?
The problem at this relatively early stage of the game is that even the people at the top don't yet know where they’re headed.