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February 2011

MY SAY: CAMP DAVID ACCORD WAS A TRAP NOT A TREATY

The pundits…even some decent ones who have nostalgia for Egypt and use the Camp David Accords as a touchstone of policy in the Middle East are getting silly. Camp David occurred only because in spite of a sneak attack by Egypt in evil combination with Syria which almost overwhelmed Israel, the Israelis won…..and thanks to Arik Sharon […]

THE CANADIAN BORDER: A WEAK LINK IN AMERICAN SECURITY BY MICHAEL CUTLER

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8607/pub_detail.asp A news report that appeared in the Washington Times on February 1, 2011 states that the top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have discovered that the federal government has control of only 32 miles of the 4,000 mile border that is supposed to separate the United States from Canada. […]

BILL SIEGEL: OBAMA’S “STEALTH” EGYPTIAN DILEMMA

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8597/pub_detail.asp Obama’s “Stealth” Egyptian Dilemma Bill Siegel Much has already been written about the Obama administration’s difficulties in responding to the current protests in Egypt. Serious unenviable ramifications lie in wait for any strategy adopted by the administration. Like every serious Middle East turn of events, where stability is so threatened and vital, a delicate […]

ERIK STAKELBECK: A GLOBAL TERRORIST INFLUENCE

A Global Terrorist Influence Posted By Erick Stakelbeck http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/03/a-global-terrorist-influence/print/ This article is reprinted from CBN.com. Many analysts believe that the radical organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood will gain great influence with a change of government in Egypt. A closer examination of the secretive group provides insight as to why its possible climb to power […]

SHORT LIVED UNITY IN ISRAEL: P. DAVID HORNIK

URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/03/short-lived-unity-in-israel-2/ Short-Lived Unity in Israel Posted By P. David Hornik Earlier this week Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly allowed about 800 Egyptian troops to deploy around Sharm el-Sheikh at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Some reports said Bedouin in the area—as part of the unrest now roiling Egypt—were challenging […]

OBAMA AND THE MOSLEM BROTHERHOOD: ROBERT SPENCER

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/03/barack-obama-and-the-muslim-brotherhood/ Barack Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood Posted By Robert Spencer Now that Barack Obama has given a green light to Muslim Brotherhood participation in a new Egyptian government, it is unlikely that the organization will be kept out of power. And since the Brotherhood is the largest and most ideologically committed group in Egyptian […]

WHO LOST EGYPT? STEPHANIE GUTTMAN

http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/258759 So Who Lost Egypt? By Stephanie Gutmann To the long list of culprits I would like to add the mainstream media. As was the case with dictator and thief Yasser Arafat, whom the MSM found — shocker! — to be a dictator only after he died, the Western press has enabled the repressive regime […]

ROGER SIMON INTERVIEWS AN EGYPTIAN DISSIDENT

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2011/02/02/cairo-exclusive-interview-with-sandmonkey/ Cairo Exclusive: Interview with ‘Sandmonkey’ “Be forewarned: The writer of this blog is an extremely cynical, snarky, pro-US, secular, libertarian, disgruntled. sandmonkey.” [1] The man who wrote those words — the witty and courageous Egyptian blogger “Sandmonkey” — is currently in hiding in his native city of Cairo, moving from one friend’s apartment to […]

ROBIN SHEPHERD ON DEMOCRACY AND ANTI-SEMITISM IN EGYPT….SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/western-folly-in-mideast-comes-home-to-roost-but-democracy-in-egypt-must-be-supported/#more-3760 HOW CAN ANYONE WATCHING THE PRIMITIVE RIOTING AND VIOLENCE IN EGYPT SPEAK OF DEMOCRACY?…WHEN DICTATORS HAVE CRUMBLED IN EUROPE…..PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SERBIA, ROMANIA….WE DID NOT SEE THE STREET RAGE AND BLOODSHED AND HYSTERIA AND CHAOS AMONG CIVILIANS…..STAY TUNED…..RSK Western folly in MidEast comes home to roost, but democracy in Egypt must be supported Here are […]

ARAB PROTESTS AND ISRAEL

Arab Protests and IsraelBy Yoel Meltzer http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/arab_protests_and_israel.html Thus, before it’s too late, all right-wing and nationalist leaders should publicly declare that regardless of any changes in the Arab world, the land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people.  One has absolutely no bearing on the other. With the recent dramatic events in Tunisia triggering public […]