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How Obama Lost Afghanistan

The Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan would be even more disastrous than its previous reign of terror… Read more

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, January 12, 2014 at 19:59 pm CET
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The Hopelessness of Victory

Middle Eastern policy is deemed to flourish on victory… Read more

Topics: Egypt • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, October 13, 2013 at 14:13 pm CEST
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If Libya’s U.S.-Client Prime Minister Can be Kidnapped by Al-Qaeda, Why Should Anyone Trust America?

Twelve years after the September 11 attacks, al-Qaeda still isn’t defeated… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Libya • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, September 28, 2013 at 19:10 pm CEST
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Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Addresses General Assembly, 68th session, 2013

Address by His Excellency Zalmai Rassoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan at the general debate of the 68th Session of the General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Diplomacy • United Nations 
Posted on Mon, June 24, 2013 at 21:22 pm CEST
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Unlike Madonna, the Middle East Isn’t a “Material Girl”

The problem is radical ideology in command on the sides of both leaders and the masses… Continue reading

Topics: Communism • Culture • Islamism • Religion • The Middle East • Western Culture 
Posted on Fri, June 21, 2013 at 17:03 pm CEST
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New Moderates! Syrian Rebels, Iranian President, and the Taliban!

To get a picture of current U.S. Middle East policy just imagine a “Cold War” in which the United States would side with the Communists… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, February 13, 2013 at 22:33 pm CET
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State of the Union Address on Foreign Policy: Careful Phrasing Conceals Disasters

Think about the kind of mental construct that could produce this State of the Union address… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, June 24, 2012 at 14:59 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Leadership Ambitions in NATO Weakened by Petty Politics

NATO’s May 20-21 heads-of-state summit in Chicago reminded everyone how Turkey is making important contributions to NATO in many key areas… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Cyprus • Europe • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, June 11, 2012 at 16:38 pm CEST
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Is Obama Strong on National Security? Of Course Not and Here’s the Iron-Clad Case Against Him

Let me explain to you why the Obama Administration’s propaganda leak effort to prove that the president is tough on national security is nonsense… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, May 13, 2012 at 22:12 pm CEST
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The Obama Government Backs the Atrocity-Producing Forces So How Will it Stop Atrocities?

How can one write satire when the Obama Administration has created an Atrocities Prevention Board to prevent mass murder and genocide at the same time as it has been largely supporting the forces most likely to commit mass murder and genocide… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, April 17, 2012 at 19:04 pm CEST
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Can Afghanistan Be Rescued?

U.S. president Barack Obama entered office with a bold plan to combat Afghanistan’s escalating insurgency… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Diplomacy • Islamic Terrorism • Pakistan • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, March 4, 2012 at 00:02 am CET
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Obama: Please Apologize for Burning American Credibility

It should be obvious by now that President Barack Obama and his administration don’t know some basic things about the conduct of international relations… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Diplomacy • Religion • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 20:58 pm CET
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Rethinking U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, January 30, 2012 at 16:25 pm CET
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Why We Should End Our Relationship With Pakistan

As Pakistanis burned American flags and the Washington Post wrote of “a new normal” in US-Pakistani relations earlier this month, it looked like the beginning of the end of five decades of friendly alliance between the two countries… Continue reading

Topics: Abigail Esman • Counter-terrorism • Diplomacy • Human Rights • NATO • Pakistan • Politics • Religious Terrorism • Security and Defense • Sunni Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, January 25, 2012 at 19:19 pm CET
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Obama’s State of the Union Speech: My Response Discovers Some Curious Insights and Strange Formulations

In his State of the Union message, President Barack Obama began by wrapping himself in the flag, patriotism, and love of the armed forces while trying to highlight his foreign policy achievements… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Diplomacy • Iraq • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Wed, November 9, 2011 at 01:49 am CET
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Obama Administration Promotes Islamist Regimes; Insists They are Moderate

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech justifying Obama Administration Middle East policy changes everything… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Religion • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, October 18, 2011 at 20:32 pm CEST
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More than Half of Afghans See Western Alliance as Occupiers

More than 50 percent of Afghans see the Western Alliance (ISAF / NATO) as occupying forces… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, October 11, 2011 at 20:56 pm CEST
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Pakistan and China: Strengthening Ties

As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on, a strengthening relationship between Pakistan and China has emerged as tensions between… Continue reading

Topics: China • Pakistan 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 14:43 pm CEST
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FM Zalmai Rassoul Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

We Afghans are proud to have partnered, over the past ten years, with the world’s struggle against terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • United Nations • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, September 18, 2011 at 23:40 pm CEST
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Obama Administration Sponsors the Sponsors of Anti-American Terrorism

Is there any sponsor of anti-American terrorism in the Middle East that the Obama Administration hasn’t tried to sponsor… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Islamic Terrorism • Pakistan • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, September 10, 2011 at 22:43 pm CEST
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Ten Years After September 11: Who’s Really Winning the War On Terrorism

Ten years after September 11, 2001, when the very phrase “war on terrorism” is barred from U.S. government usage by the president… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Hamas • Hezbollah • Islamic Terrorism • Muslim Brotherhood • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, September 6, 2011 at 22:12 pm CEST
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Al-Shabaab Movement imposes strict form of Sharia Law across Somalia

The hard-line Islamist group al-Shabaab is imposing Islamic Law on the outskirts of Mogadishu and across Somalia… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Jihadism • Sharia Law • Somalia 
Posted on Sun, July 24, 2011 at 02:32 am CEST
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Profile of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s Heir as Leader of Al-Qaeda

On June 16 Al-Qaeda announced that after a period of consultations, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri had been appointed as Osama bin Laden’s heir… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Taliban • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, July 15, 2011 at 21:24 pm CEST
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The Obama Administration’s “Mission Accomplished” Fallacy in the War on Terrorism

Leon Panetta, leaving the CIA directorship post to become secretary of defense, and General David Petraeus, leaving the job of commander… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, June 30, 2011 at 23:35 pm CEST
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Afghanistan: Deal With the Taliban The Basis for U.S. Withdrawal?

Ahmad Rashid is widely considered to be the best journalist on Afghan and related Pakistani issues… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy