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President Obama’s Back to the Future Surge Strategy
December 6, 2009
President Obama’s recently announced plans for a troop surge of 30,000 service members to Afghanistan echoes former President Bush’s 2006 troop surge to Iraq.
Bush decided on a surge at a time when he faced great public outcry, was...
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee – Too Naive a Guy to be Prez?
December 1, 2009
In the aftermath of this week’s shootings of four police officers in a coffee shop outside Tacoma, Wash., commentators and citizens are outraged at the long-ago decision of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to commute the sentence of the...
Trying 9/11 Masterminds in Civilian Court Will Violate Civil Liberties – of Americans
November 29, 2009
Just watched this video clip from FOX News of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani discussing the impending trial of high level al Qaeda operatives, including 9/11 master planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in New York City.
Giuliani, who in his...
Prisoner Exchange With Hamas: a Necessary Deal with the Devil?
November 24, 2009
It is painful, either way, to consider what may occur in coming days regarding IDF Sgt. Gilad Shalit, the soldier who was kidnapped some years ago by Hamas. Apparently negotiations are underway for his release.
Of course, all...
A Few Thoughts on Returning from the UK, and Tribute to Neda, an Iranian Patriot
November 18, 2009
Returning tonight from London, I wanted to get down a few thoughts. Overall, I noticed a few things about media coverage across the pond: the war in Afghanistan is being reported with heavy attention to British soldiers’ fatalities and...
Anti-Jihadist Muslim Featured in Today’s American Spectator
November 10, 2009
Today The American Spectator features on its front page my piece on anti-jihadist Muslim Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury.
Choudhury will appear before a Bangladeshi court tomorrow to defend himself against charges of blasphemy,...
Iranian Protestors Return to the Fight for Freedom and Ask President Obama to Take a Stand
November 7, 2009
This week tens of thousands of green-clad Iranian protestors resumed their struggle for freedom on the streets of Teheran.
An argument can be made that in remaining silent during the initial days of June’s protests, President Obama...
Muslim Anti-Jihadist Takes New York, New Haven By Storm
October 31, 2009
Yes, there is such a thing as a pioneering Muslim anti-jihadist, and this week I got the excellent opportunity to spend time with one.
Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of The Weekly Blitz, a Zionist and general interest newspaper...
American Foreign Policy Council’s Ilan Berman Exhorts the West to Find Its Backbone
October 14, 2009
Ilan Berman’s new book,“Winning the Long War, Retaking the Offensive Against Radical Islam,” (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2009) catalogues American successes and failures to defeat radical Islam post-9/11. In its quiet,...
The Free World Must Unite to Stop Iran’s Mad Mullahs
September 29, 2009
Last week brought the revelation that Iran has an additional secret nuclear enrichment facility inside a mountain near the city of Qum in addition to its much larger enrichment complex at Natanz.
There is now zero doubt that Iran, a country that...