Palestinian Authority Finds Perfect Prime Minister
He knows how to deal with the West and will hopefully keep the money rolling in but cannot do anything and won’t try.
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.
On International Affairs Romney Has Not Yet Even Begun to Fight
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has written an op-ed piece about what’s wrong with President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy and what he would do if he is elected president. There aren’t many surprises but it reminds us how far Romney has to go before he can be said to have articulated a clear foreign policy of his own.
Egypt: Demonstrators Denounce US-Muslim Brotherhood Alliance
"We have to prove to the world that we are capable of democracy..."
Rubin Reports: Obama Hearts Erdogan as He Oppresses His Own People and Stabs America...
As the Turkish PM continues to undermine Turkish democracy, throw hundreds of moderates into jail, destroy the nation’s institutions, support Iran, throw hysterical tantrums about how much he hates Israel, promote Islamism in the region, and is fresh from yet another meeting with Hamas leaders, Obama continues to use Erdogan as his guru.
What Happened in Egypt?
Saaed Eddin Ibrahim, arguably the Arab world’s leading sociologist and certainly the leading advocate of liberal-Islamist alliance against the old Arab military regimes has now totally changed sides, warning that the Islamists want to hijack power and establish dictatorships. He pleads for Westerners to wake up.
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.
In Radical Eyes, Libya Makes Obama an Imperialist Enemy
The United States is only at the start of a nasty conflict in Libya which is going to be very anti-American. It is shocking that there is so little recognition of that fact and an apparently sincere belief that all the problems there are due to a You-Tube video. Having a big problem is bad enough; refusing to recognize that one has a bad problem is potentially fatal.
Romney’s Structural Handicaps and Third Debate Strategy
A full analysis of the foreign policy aspects of the third debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Remember that the idea that someone “won” the debate in terms of an outside observer’s standpoint or even based on a poll is misleading. The only important thing is whether either candidate swayed additional voters to his side.
Explaining Everything in Washington in 600 Words (Really)
If you have never understood U.S. Middle East policy here it is: The (wrong) response to September 11.
What the Benghazi Leaks Mean, and what Difference Would it Have Made?
Did President Obama have to lie in a UN speech?
Make Room for Islamistgate: the Obama Administration’s New Scandal
Moderate Muslims have been neglected and isolated by this project which has helped the radicals, Islamists, and pro-terrorists.
Turkey Sliding Fast Down the Slope of Islamization
The ideas that this is some far left thing is a slander by Islamists.
Did Israel `Apologize’ to Turkey? Well, No, Not Exactly
Perhaps these seeming word games and niceties are beyond the interest or comprehension of many people, but everyone involved directly on this issue knows exactly what is happening.
White House Response to Morsi’s Vitriol Reveals Its Policy Rationale
The US government will provide arms, money, and diplomatic support to a regime whose ruling forces openly evince hysterical antisemitism and call for genocide against Israel.
Where are all the Anti-Islamist Muslims?
Muslim communities in Europe and America hardly ever renounce terrorism or fight the Islamists. Why? Because those radical forces are in power, often with collaboration from Western leftists.
Rubin Report: The True Lesson of a Tragedy in Colorado Film Theater
There is no political ideology, government program, or redistribution of wealth that is going to cure humanity’s ills. In today’s secular, even anti-religious, Western society, religious people are seen as aggressive, intolerant, and foolish. But there are two things a decent religious person possesses that others don’t: A belief that there is a divine judge, which may make them curb their behavior; and a desire for self-improvement, to reduce their sins and strive for something higher.
The ‘Imperialist Tool’ of the Middle East
Historically, inasmuch as there was any European or American “imperialism” in the Middle East it made use of Arab political factors over Israel.
Obama at the UN: A Speech That Has Nothing to Do with Either his...
President Barack Obama’s speech is a fascinating document. The theme is this: absolutely nothing can go wrong with political change in the Middle East and that the United States helps moderate forces, defined as anyone who isn't actively trying to kill Americans. The fact that some-to-many of those revolutionary forces favor killing Americans is outside his purview. And the fact that his policy has supported militantly anti-democratic groups far more than the (far weaker) moderate ones is airbrushed away.
Rubin Reports: American History Distorted – How Lawrence O’Donnell Unintentionally Shows Why Contemporary Leftist-Style...
O’Donnell says that “liberal” should not be a dirty word but a badge of honor. I agree. It should be, but it has been tarnished far less by conservatives’ attacks than by radicals who have hijacked that word and use it for an agenda that is bankrupting the United States, reducing liberties, and making a mess of U.S. foreign policy.
Why US Policy Betrayed the Moderates
Lost: Obama's Middle East policy, 2013-2016.
Israel’s Surprising Economic and Strategic Position
Perhaps if Western states studied its policies rather than endlessly criticized them they might gain from the experience.
Rubin Reports: The New Middle East – Arab Versus Non-Arab Muslims, Sunni Versus Shia
The new Middle East strategic battle is heating up and this is only the start. It has nothing to do with Israel and everything to do with two more serious lines of battle: Arabs versus Persians and Sunni versus Shia Muslims.
Sunni Islamists Hate too Many People for their own Good
America can never be helping the Brotherhood because America is evil and satanic.
The True Conflict of the Middle East
A new paper at a Muslim Brotherhood-associated think tank has admitted that Israel is not the primary "threat" to Arab culture fingering Iran instead.
The Battle of Gettysburg, 150 Years Later
Suddenly, as the still-alive Confederates reached the Union line, we charged forward to go into action.
How the Palestinians Trap Themselves and Drag the West Along
The Palestinian Authority is in a box of its own making. It cannot win militarily against Israel, nor will it engage in serious diplomacy with Israel.
Rubin Reports: What To Do About Syria?
With the Obama Administration leading from behind and stressing the need for a UN consensus to do anything, it is now stuck with a passive stance on the Syrian civil war.
Rubin Reports: Does Power Moderate Radicals? Where’s the Proof?
Because of political reasons and especially due to the ideological monopoly of certain forces over Western institutions, most of the academics, analysts, journalists, and politicians who speak on these issues get away with pushing the moderation thesis. They are virtually never asked to provide proof. This wrong idea thus sets current U.S. policy and creates a great risk of future crisis, instability, repression, and severe damage to U.S. interests.
Middle East Crises of 2013 Already in Dress Rehearsal
If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, 2013 looks to be the year of the Arab Fall.
