Posted on Sun, February 24, 2013 at 15:35 pm CET
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What the West is Doing Wrong While Facing Islamist Intimidation

Islamists will intimidate anyone who let them intimidate… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Islamofascism • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, February 22, 2013 at 17:21 pm CET
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Why the CIA Director is Wrong: Rethinking al-Qaida

It’s time, a dozen years after September 11 and following Islamist coups in the Middle East, to rethink completely our view of al-Qaida… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Muslim Brotherhood • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, February 22, 2013 at 00:02 am CET
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Why It’s In Everyone’s Interests that the Hagel Nomination Be Defeated

The Hagel issue is the perfect symbol of the dilemmas faced by America today… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, February 14, 2013 at 15:38 pm CET
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Obama Says: I’m Backing Democracy and Human Rights; Egyptian Human Rights’ Activist: Not True!

We are continually told that Obama’s policy has been supportive of democracy and human rights, but this is not true at all… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, February 10, 2013 at 00:30 am CET
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The U.S. versus the ‘Shi’ite Crescent’?

Is U.S. Middle East policy aligned with the ‘Sunni bloc’ in a grand sectarian alliance against the ‘Shi’ite crescent’?… Continue reading

Topics: Bahrain • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, February 6, 2013 at 02:39 am CET
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Why Obama Should Postpone Giving Advanced Weapons to Egypt: A Guide for Congress

Obama should have to pay for his pro-Islamist behavior in public opinion and the loss of congressional support… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, February 4, 2013 at 16:21 pm CET
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Why Chuck Hagel is Really So Scary: He’s Typical of the Current Rulers

If Chuck Hagel is so much dumber than you why is he the one being nominated by President Barack Obama to be secretary of defense?… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Political Correctness • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, February 2, 2013 at 17:07 pm CET
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On Mistaking Mohamed Mursi For His Mask

2012 will likely be remembered as the year that Islamists made the greatest gains in their quest for a new caliphate in the region… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Diplomacy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • Religion • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, January 30, 2013 at 21:52 pm CET
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U.S. Military Leaders Oppose Chuck Hagel Nomination

Former U.S. Generals and Admirals oppose Obama’s pick for secretary of defence… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, January 28, 2013 at 20:29 pm CET
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Secretary of State Kerry Shows He Doesn’t Have a Clue About How Foreign Policy Works

Kerry isn’t just wrong, he’s totally clueless… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Diplomacy • Egypt • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 16:39 pm CET
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Algerian Hostage Crisis Ends with Military Assault: So How is Al-Qaida Dead?

An organization that can seize about 1,000 hostages in the middle of Algeria, a country whose regime has been so tough on radical Islamists, is not dead… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Algeria • Islamic Terrorism • Maghreb • Religion • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, January 22, 2013 at 21:40 pm CET
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Won’t Syria Be Obama’s Main Middle East Crisis in 2013?

The Syrian civil war will go on until one side wins and the other loses. And a lot more people are going to die… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, January 8, 2013 at 19:25 pm CET
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Noxious Nominations: The Four Horsemen of the American Foreign Policy Apocalypse

I did a lot of soul-searching before writing my latest article, yet within hours after its publication I concluded that I hadn’t been too pessimistic… Continue reading

Topics: Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Obamaism • Politics • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, December 30, 2012 at 14:06 pm CET
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A Paradox of U.S. Middle East Policy: The Friend Who Acts like an Enemy is an Enemy

What’s the major problem for U.S. foreign policy during Obama’s second term… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Human Rights • India • Islamic Terrorism • Obamaism • Pakistan • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, December 25, 2012 at 17:30 pm CET
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The Useful Myth that Obama Now Likes Israel

Reality, especially in 2012, is very hard to face. So many hopes dashed; so many bad things happening… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Obamaism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Wed, December 19, 2012 at 00:52 am CET
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U.S. Policy is Making Syria into an Anti-Western, Antisemitic Islamist State

Western policy is now putting into power yet another anti-Western regime that will oppress its own people and put a high priority on trying to wipe out Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, December 18, 2012 at 23:55 pm CET
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Egypt “Democratically” Adopts an Anti-Western Dictatorship

What are the next steps for Mursi?… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Tue, December 11, 2012 at 18:35 pm CET
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A Turning Point in Egypt: Not on Direction But on the Speed of Islamist Transformation

A critical moment has arrived for Egypt. But what does it mean?… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion 
Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 23:45 pm CET
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Ceasefire in Israel-Hamas War

Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday to end eight days of fighting, promising to halt air strikes and rocket attacks… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Hamas • Israel • Operation Amud Anan 
Posted on Tue, August 21, 2012 at 19:32 pm CEST
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What Happened in Egypt

A short history of democracy in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, July 31, 2012 at 22:02 pm CEST
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U.S. Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Captures Jerusalem

Speaking to an often-cheering group of about 400 people in Jerusalem, Governor Mitt Romney gave a speech less notable for what he said than for the fact that the audience believed he was sincere in saying it… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Jerusalem • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, July 19, 2012 at 19:30 pm CEST
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Yankee Go Home! Saith the Good Guys

The interesting news was not that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was pelted with stuff while visiting Cairo, the important issue was who was doing the pelting… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Democracy • Diplomacy • Egypt • Islamism • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, July 17, 2012 at 19:05 pm CEST
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Will the Rebels Win Syria’s Civil War and What That Means

The tide seems to be turning in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, July 16, 2012 at 18:11 pm CEST
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Why the Mass Media’s Best Effort to Understand Obama’s Failure to Make Israel-Palestinian Peace Fails

And this can be largely explained by a curious but constant missing ingredient in mass media coverage… Continue reading

Topics: Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Obamaism • Peace Process • The Media • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, July 13, 2012 at 21:06 pm CEST
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Obama’s spectacular failure

Obama came into office with a theory on which he based his Middle East policy. His theory was that jihadists hate America because the US supports Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Egypt • History • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism