Mubarak v. the Brotherhood By Andrew C. McCarthy https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258717/mubarak-v-brotherhood/andrew-c-mccarthy It is simply delirious to suggest that we can work with the Muslim Brotherhood, that the Brotherhood has renounced violence, or that a Brotherhood-led government will ultimately be better for the United States or, for that matter, for Egyptians. We have two principal interests in the […]
Tea Party congressman clashes over Islam at town hall By Jim Acosta and Evan Glass, CNN Florida Rep. Allen West had a confrontation with an Islamic activist at a town hall meeting. Boynton Beach, Florida (CNN) — Freshman Republican Congressman Allen West clashed with an advocate for Muslim-American civil rights at a sometimes-rowdy town hall […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1669/Under-Pakistani-Arrest-US-Consulates-Raymond-Davis.aspx Under Pakistani Arrest: US Consulate’s Raymond Davis Written by: Diana West This is an AP photo of US consular employee Raymond Allen Davis, 36, currently under arrest in Pakistan for what he says was the self-defense shooting deaths of two Pakistani “motorcyclists” he believed intended to rob him in Lahore. A third Pakistani was […]
http://www.jinsa.org/category/1/6 Egypt: Our Ally? The mantra of the press is that the United States is likely to lose its major Arab ally, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Certainly Mubarak does some of what the United States would have him do – things he believed were in his interest, such as opposing Hamas – but he does […]
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/02/02/egypt-%E2%80%9Clost%E2%80%9D-or-found/ Egypt: “Lost,” or Found? Posted By Andrew Bostom On February 2, 2011 [1] Across the political spectrum, the punditry has been sharing its profound analytical wisdom on the Egyptian protests, and resultant political turmoil. Two dominant themes have emerged from these analyses: delusive celebratory predictions about the “democratic [2]” uprising in Egypt from both […]
http://yeshaviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/thomas-redux.html Good ol’ Doubting Thomas of the New York Times is at it again, and right on time I might say. His topic this week is a “Israeli-Palestinian peace deal more urgent than ever” and how Israel must seize this opportunity to make “Peace” with the “Palestinians”. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/opinion/02friedman.html He feels ands “fears” that Israel will […]
How the Hard Left, By Focusing Only on Israel, Encouraged Arab Despotism by Alan M. Dershowitz http://www.hudson-ny.org/1860/hard-left-arab-despotism AND ALSO HOW THE SOFT LEFT WITH DERSH IN THE VANGUARD ENCOURAGED IT TOO BY OPPOSING SETTLEMENTS AND FAVORING A 2 STATE SOLUTION AND IGNORING WHAT HAPPENED IN GAZA………QUITE SILLY….RSK Now the hard left is finally talking about […]
http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/16503-Egypts-Military-Savior.html Egypt’s Military: Savior? Military analyst Austin Bay points out, “For the near-term, how the Egyptian military promotes, thwarts, and/or negotiates the inevitable redistribution of power among individuals and factions within the country is the most critical issue.” Bay then reviews the reduced power of the military in Turkey and Iran following Islamists rise to […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2011/02/02/why_america_always_gets_revolutions_wrong Revolution is the word of the day in the Middle East. The reaction in the American media and government is pure puzzlement. Who is revolting? Why? Should we support them or oppose them? The fact that nobody seems to know what in hell is going on in Egypt, Tunisia, Albania and Jordan is yet […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/HumbertoFontova/2011/02/02/the_cuban_hostage_crisis,_day_400 On December 3rd 2009, Alan Gross, a U.S. citizen distributing cell phones and computer equipment to Cuba’s Jewish community on contract for the U.S. Agency for International Development, prepared to board a plane homeward at Havana’s International Airport. Hovering nearby, but unnoticed by Mr. Gross, were plainclothes officers of Castro’s KGB-trained secret-police. As the […]
