syria

Posted on Thu, June 2, 2011 at 15:16 pm CEST

The People Have Voted and Barack Obama Is Not The Next “Muslim Idol”

How can anybody continue to spout nonsense about how President Barack Obama’s policies and endless attempts to… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, June 2, 2011 at 00:29 am CEST

Syria: Are all dictators created equal?

The sharp dichotomy in America’s approach to bad guys is not merely intellectually inconsistent, it is muddled thinking… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, June 1, 2011 at 23:25 pm CEST

Syria: Shattered Humanity inside Syria’s Security Apparatus

The young man was dangling upside down, white, foaming saliva dripping from his mouth… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:32 am CEST

Palestinians, Arabs prepare for ‘Naksa’ marches on Israel’s border

Following the example of this month’s Nakba Day marches, Palestinians and their supporters are preparing to launch another multipronged assault… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 00:33 am CEST

The Key to Obama’s Foreign Policy: The World Turned Upside Down

I think I’ve made a breakthrough in understanding President Barack Obama’s foreign policy of punishing friends, rewarding enemies, and… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, May 28, 2011 at 01:27 am CEST

Nakba Day: “Right of Return” is Central to Palestinian’ Strategy to Liberate “Palestine”

The main theme of the various Nakba Day events was the Palestinian refugees’ return to the 1948 territories and the destruction of the State of Israel… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 02:57 am CEST

Turkey ditches Assad, calls off participation in Gaza flotilla

Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Arab and Muslimsupport is melting fast. Debkafile’s intelligence sources report that his second most… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 17:08 pm CEST

Nakba Day as Seen by Iranian Press: “Arab Spring has come to Palestine”

This week the Iranian press has widely reported the Nakba Day events, even though they were relegated to a relatively… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 23, 2011 at 17:34 pm CEST

Obama At AIPAC: Beneath The Flattery, He Revealed His Indifference to Israel’s Needs and His Tilt Against It

I expected President Barack Obama’s AIPAC speech would be a bunch of feel-good clichés to persuade the audience that he is… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, May 21, 2011 at 00:56 am CEST

Netanyahu, Obama remarks following meeting at White House, May 20, 2011

A day after President Obama’s speech on the Middle East and North Africa, where he spoke on the changes sweeping the region… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 21:38 pm CEST

Obama’s Middle East Speech: The Opposite of Strategy Is Catastrophe

President Barack Obama’s big Middle East speech is extraordinarily important. I think that it has been largely misinterpreted… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 00:00 am CEST

Obama’s Muslim Outreach 2.0: Doing business with the Muslim Brotherhood

President Obama’s latest paean to what he calls “the Muslim world,” delivered at the State Department today, was an exercise in whistling past the… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 21:00 pm CEST

The Myth of President Obama’s Middle East Speech

I don’t want to speculate about President Barack Obama’s Middle East speech. I’ll wait to hear it. But the… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 00:49 am CEST

PM Netanyahu: Root of Conflict is Palestinian Refusal to Recognize the Jewish State

The root of the conflict is, and always has been, their refusal to recognize the Jewish state… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 21:19 pm CEST

PM Netanyahu on Nakba Day: ‘We’re determined to defend our borders’

In face of attempts to cross Israel’s northern and southern borders, Netanyahu says he instructed the IDF to stop all attempts to infiltrate… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 14:18 pm CEST

The Roots of U.S. Policy Insanity in the Middle East and the Cure

Why is U.S. and European policy toward the Middle East so off-base, and why do policymakers believe the strange things they think and… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, May 11, 2011 at 20:00 pm CEST

U.S. Middle East Policy Becomes Clinically Insane

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest pronouncements are just plain horrifying. Consider what she said… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, May 10, 2011 at 19:33 pm CEST

Syria: Who Needs a Propaganda Operation When You Have the New York Times?

To be immoral is bad; to be immoral against your own interests is worse… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, May 9, 2011 at 17:40 pm CEST

Muslim Brotherhood: Obama’s Chosen Partner for Promoting American Interests in the Arab World

Barack Obama, President of Israel’s best friend and ally, has picked the Muslim Brotherhood movement of the Middle East as his chosen partner… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, May 8, 2011 at 01:28 am CEST

WikiLeaks: The Muslim Brothers in Syria: Could They Win an Election here?

In the wake of former VP Khaddam’s flirtation with the Muslim Brotherhood’s exiled leadership in January, and Hamas’s recent electoral victory… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:41 am CEST

Will the Arab Uprisings Result in the Emergence of a Sunni Bloc Dominated by Turkey?

Against the background of the fall of the autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, the massive demonstrations in Yemen, Syria and Bahrain… Continue reading