To look at US policy toward those two countries over the past five years, the general view seems to be that things couldn’t get worse, so Washington has pushed for change. In both countries, change has come, and things have gotten worse. And while it’s solipsistic to suggest that those countries’ politics turned on what […]
The Joint Launch to Defeat ISIS
This is an eye opening analysis by Leith Fadel of Al-Masdar News. He claims that Baghdad and Damascus are coordinating a major offensive against the IS and this coordination is being accomplished through Tehran. The Syrian and Iraq armies are no strangers to war; but, they have never coordinated with one another, despite their shared interest […]
U.S. One Last Chance
Originally posted September 29, 2015. Michael Scheuer, former CIA bin Laden unit chief writes, “by sheer and unmerited good fortune, the United States has one last chance to pack up and voluntarily get out of the Arab world lock, stock, and barrel, before we are disgracefully driven out by the mujahedin. Safely back in North […]
Are Russia, Iran and Hezbollah America’s Allies?
Pat Buchanan tells readers, “In Syria’s civil war — with the army of Bashar Assad battling ISIS and al-Qaida — it is Russia and Iran and even Hezbollah that seem to be more allies of the moment than the Turks, Saudis or Gulf Arabs.” I have been on this track for a long time. I […]
Is Syria 2015 Sarajevo 1914?
Pat Buchanan asks this terrifying question, linking the actions of “War Party Republicans, who have learned nothing from the past.” Included in Pat’s rogues gallery roster of “War Dogs” are: Gov. Chris Christie, about whom Rand Paul quipped, “If you’re in favor of World War III, you have your candidate.” Carly Fiorina, who claims she […]
Hillary Clinton and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Originally posted November 2, 2015. Writing in NRO, John Fund explains that, despite the moving pictures of families with young children trudging across Europe, an estimated 70% of migrants arriving are young men traveling alone. One has to ask, is Europe’s migration crisis a problem of border management, with migrants eventually returning to home countries, […]
John McCain: Often Dead Wrong but Never in Doubt
Here Daniel Larison excoriates war-dog Senator John McCain over his scolding of Air Force General Paul Selva at a Senate Armed Servces Committee hearing. Larison chastises McCain for his willingness to spend American blood on any and all military engagements, and for risking a broader war with Russia in Syria that could lead to perilous […]
UK Follows Michael Scheuer Lead in Syria
The former chief of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer, recently outlined a strategy for beating Islamic State that could actually work. He proposed targeting the infrastructure and production facilities that provide IS with the material and financing it takes to prosecute a full scale war. It appears as though the United Kingdom will […]
American President Barely Relevant
Originally posted November 20, 2015. “I don’t think they’re gaining strength,” President Obama said just before Paris blew, notes Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. “On this issue the American president is, amazingly, barely relevant,” Noonan continues: After the attacks Mr. Obama went on TV, apparently to comfort us and remind us it’s OK, he’s in […]
ISIS: Radicalized Saudi Arabian Sunni Muslims
Pastor Chuck Baldwin writes, “The refugee crisis is a tool of globalists to destabilize the West and help usher in a global Police State.” Baldwin quotes a friend as writing “The uprising of ISIS is a direct result of Bush’s [and Obama’s] war on terror.” Baldwin continues: I bet the vast majority of readers have […]
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