Geopolitics
Embarrassed by rocket crash, North Korea may try nuclear test
Most people not into politics don’t quite understand the magnitude of this admission. It is almost unheard-of for North Korea to admit mistakes. When disaster strikes, the state media organs pump out stories so false that the word ‘Orwellian’ doesn’t do them justice. What is worrying, however, is that the Norks will try yet again, [...]
Israeli Military Cancels Traditional Passover Break
Rough going this Passover, courtesy of the Washington Times: The Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday that all units must be on full alert during the traditional Passover holidays, though officials dismissed the idea that the decision is linked to planned military operations, Xinhua reported. IDF officials said [...]
Exclusive footage gives rare insight into life in al Qaeda insurgency
Given how grotesquely liberal and crappy the BBC News was when I lived overseas, I wasn’t feeling too keen on giving France24 the time of day. Let’s face it; thanks to toads like Jacques Chirac, a lot of my fellow Americans, expatriates included, considered the French to be, as that lovely sorbiquet goes… ‘Cheese-eating surrender [...]
Article Roundup for June 11, 2010
Much to catch up on! Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’ – Fouad Ajami of the Wall Street Journal comments on the wretched response of the current president to the plight of Iranian dissidents being crushed by the mullahs. The Cuckoo’s Nest – David Harsanyi of the Denver Post mocks the bitching and moaning of leftists [...]
A shocking story of Israeli survival
Wesley Pruden of the Washington Times nails it today, calling the phony anti-Semitic governments in Europe out for their “shock.” They are, at the very least, so naive as to not be worthy of their government posts, or at worst (such as in Turkey’s case) complicit in helping Hamas try to smuggle weapons into Gaza, [...]
NKorea Warns of War on Sinking Row
Newsmax reports that a skirmish in where a South Korean ship was sunk has placed the Korean peninsula on the brink of war. North Korea, not surprisingly, continues using the sort of rhetoric that one would expect from a dying Communist puppet state in threatening war if sanctions are placed against it, but sinking a [...]
Cowardice, Power Worship, and Israel’s Future
Jonah Goldberg celebrates Israel’s anniversary, but worries about the indecision amongst Israeli politicians on the dangers they face.
The Kremlin and the Root Causes of Terror
Alex Alexiev of The Hudson Institute writes on the sheer hypocrisy in Russia’s reaction to the Chechen suicide bombers who have turned Moscow upside down while tacitly continuing to support Hamas and Iran in their endeavors against Israel and America. Vladimir Putin and his puppet Medvyedev will have to make a choice on who’s side [...]
Video Killer Thriller In Dubai
The ever-readble Claudia Rosett comments on Dubai’s expose on alleged Israeli assassins taking out a Hamas member there buying arms for the terrorist organization. I have no sympathy for the subject who was knocked off. Rosett asks a poignant question, however, in wondering where the rest of the video is that Emirati Intelligence has been [...]
Iran’s Apocalyse, Supposedly
Today in Tehran is the 31st anniversary of Islamic Revolution led by the Ayatollah Khomeini, the same revolution which has led to the utter misery and isolation of a country with one of the world’s most fabulous histories. Mahmoud Ahmaninejad as threatened a surprise for today. The world waits to see what the monster has [...]