Senator Lindsey Graham warns that liberals and conservatives could unite to oppose foredoomed and wrongly focused war effort in Afghanistan

“He said some Republicans will say that Obama ‘made it impossible for us to win, so why should we throw good money after bad, why should any more lives be lost in a hopeless cause because Obama screwed up?’” Other than the focus on Obama and the identification of this…

August 2nd, 2010
Topic: JW

Jihadists fire rockets at Israeli resort city, wound four people in Jordan

The rockets seem to have been fired from the Sinai Peninsula, showing again the effectiveness of the Camp David accords: if there are jihad groups operating in the Sinai, the Egyptian government should move against them. “Four injured in Jordan as 5 rockets land in Eilat area,” from the Jerusalem…

August 2nd, 2010
Topic: JW

Pakistan: 5 Christians shot to death coming out of church following threats from “banned” jihadist groups

Of course, given Pakistan’s ongoing double game, there is always the question of whether the groups are banned as in “banned,” or banned as in “just lay low for a bit or consider changing your name.” “Suspected Islamists Shoot Five Christians to Death in Pakistan,” from Compass Direct News, July…

July 30th, 2010
Topic: JW

Tom Tancredo Is Blowing It For Conservatives In Colorado

Despite the fact that he has a disturbing tendency to go over-the-top and say dumb things on occasion, I have a great deal of respect for Tom Tancredo. Had Tanc not picked up the banner and led the charge on illegals early in the game, it’s entirely possible that comprehensive immigration reform would be the [...]

July 27th, 2010
Topic: NRB

Will Al-Qaeda Get Its Own Country?

For the first time ever, Al-Qaeda will have its own country unless the African Union with U.S. support stops them. Al-Qaeda didn’t even govern Afghanistan. They were harbored by the Taliban. Right now, al-Shabaab, which is essentially a branch of Al-Qaeda, controls a lot of southern Somalia and most of Mogadishu. And al-Shabaab has proven [...]

July 26th, 2010
Topic: NRB

Iran’s supreme leader tells Muslims to fight American and British “terrorism”

A prime example of the uselessness of the term “terrorism.” First, it is a method, and not an ideology, and thus lends itself to broad applications without describing the reason for the supposed “terrorism.” And allegations of terrorism are quite easy to come by — one will recall the charges…

July 21st, 2010
Topic: JW

Woefully Ignorant or Willfully Misleading?

Peter Beinart’s warped understanding of Israel.

July 19th, 2010
Topic: FPM

Turkey’s Human Rights Hypocrisy

The forgotten genocide and land occupation.

July 14th, 2010
Topic: FPM

Steele Declines Buchanan’s Offer to Run as the Anti-War Candidate in 2012

At Pat Buchanan’s urging, Michael Steele had flirted with the idea of running as the anti-war candidate in 2012. But after seeing the negative reaction to this idea from conservative primary voters and Republican Party officials, Steele has backtracked. He now says that he supports the war in Afghanistan, and that our troops can win there.

July 14th, 2010
Topic: NRB

The Truth about “Palestine”

Discrediting the Hitlerian lies of Israeli occupation in the Holy Land.

July 12th, 2010
Topic: FPM