Category: Middle East

The Stupid ‘Middle East Peace’ Plot Point of ‘White House Down’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Saturday I saw the new summer actioner White House Down and found the main conceit of the film laughably stupid, as is all Hollywood fare of this type. Oh, it was a fun flick if you just forget about reality, and I am not just talking about the comic book-like action sequences, either. No, […]

 

Egypt deposed of their dictator: When will America depose of ours?

Posted on by Josh Bernstein

The Egyptian people have spoken loudly. They were tired of the broken promises and the poor excuses. They were tired of the Muslim Brotherhood’s dictatorial ruling style and discriminatory practices against Christians and other non Muslims. They were tired of their President, Mohamed Morsi. Millions upon millions of anti-Morsi protestors filled the streets of Cairo […]

 

Bill Ayers: Obama Should be Tried for War Crimes

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Former domestic terrorist and liberal educator Bill Ayers may think Obama is a charming and likable but he still thinks he should be tried for war crimes over his drone program and his military campaigns in Afghanistan and other places. In a continuing video series called the RCP Morning Commute, where well-known Chicagoans and folks […]

 

USA Effectively Goes to War in Alliance With Al Qaeda

Posted on by Dave Blount

The unthinkable is official: the United States government is allied with Al Qaeda. The Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons against the rebels seeking to overthrow him and, in a major policy shift, President Obama has decided to supply military support to the rebels, the White House announced […]

 

Libya Deja Vu: Arming Syrian Rebels Likely to Usher in al Qaeda

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Syria has been at civil war for the past two years, raging between Sunni rebels and hardline President Bashar al-Assad’s: Shiite-controlled government. More than 70,000 Syrians have been killed since March 2011, with millions more displaced. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, offered legislation earlier this month to allow the […]

 

A hapless journey’s end

Posted on by Josh Bernstein

What happened in Boston last week was truly a tragedy. Two Muslim brothers detonated two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Unless you have been living in a cave or under a rock somewhere you already know what happened. The sad fact is the Obama Administration, The FBI, and the entire Intelligence […]

 

Muslims Have NO Legitimate Religious Claim on Jerusalem

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Easter is coming up and I think this is an ideal time to make some important historical points about the city of Jerusalem. The history of that ancient city gives us yet another important historical note to show that modern Islam is based on a series of sham ideas and lies. The idea that Jerusalem […]

 

Obama Denounces American History to Palestinians Below Giant Picture of Arafat

Posted on by Dave Blount

Obama wouldn’t give a speech at Catholic Georgetown until a holy Christian symbol had been blacked out. In contrast, he didn’t have a problem speaking under the giant visage of dead-of-AIDS, boy-molesting terrorist Yasser Arafat: In case background is needed on Obama’s fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, [G]roups under Arafat’s direct or indirect command — […]

 

Hamas Pushes To Get Themselves Removed As A Terrorist Organization

Posted on by William Teach

This is a group that has launched numerous attacks specifically on civilians, including over 1,500 rockets launched towards Israel during the recent violence. A group whose stated goal is the destruction of Israel, and calls for jihad against all Jews. And their talking points sound remarkably just like the those of Progressives (The Blaze) Prime […]

 

Obama Votes “Present” On Palestinian Funding

Posted on by William Teach

If there’s one thing that Obama has done throughout his political career, it’s avoiding hard choices (and avoiding responsibility for Bad Things along with Blamestorming, but that’s a different story). More often than not he votes “present”. When it comes to dealing with the aftermath of the vote at the United Nations granting the Palestinians […]

 

Smart Power: Egypt Hurriedly Passes Islamist Style Constitution

Posted on by William Teach

Who could have possibly seen this coming when the Obama administration decided to throw Mubarak under the bus? (LA Times) Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly passed a rushed draft of a constitution early Friday to ease public anger against President Mohamed Morsi’s expanded powers and preempt an expected court decision to disband the chamber this weekend. […]

 

UN Approves Palestinian Observer Status Resolution

Posted on by William Teach

Dhimmi’s and Israel haters around the world rejoiced (NY Times) The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians’ status to a nonmember observer state at the U.N. was approved by a vote […]

 

Morsy-White House: Similar Designs?

Posted on by Michael Fell

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy declared he is exempt from overview by Egyptian courts, saying they cannot overturn any decision or law he has issued since taking office or until a new Egyptian constitution is finalized.:  Morsy also decreed that Egypt’s courts will have no authority or oversight over a constitution-writing panel dominated by Islamists.:  The […]

 

Benghazi Betrayal May be a Cover-Up of American Weapons in Hands of Terrorists

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

In a scandal looking more and more like Fast and Furious, information is coming out revealing what may be the real reason why the Obama administration refused to provide military support to save Americans in Benghazi. Obama was terrified the public would find out that American weapons had been given to Libyan terrorists, who then […]

 

PBS Anchor Gwen Ifill Touts Pro-Obama Polls, Dismisses Mideast Violence As a ‘Dust Up’

Posted on by Matt Vespa

On the September 19 broadcast of the PBS Newshour, anchor Gwen Ifill discussed the latest polls with Pew’s Andrew Kohut and Mark Blumenthal, “senior polling analyst” of The Huffington Post. : Her talk about voter engagement and enthusiasm got a little hazy — if not completely insensitive — when she referred to last week’s embassy attacks […]

 

As Embassies Burned, Obama More Interested in Interviews and Photo Ops

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Even as President Obama’s flacks are telling the media that he is too smart to attend daily intelligence briefings, we are finally finding out what he did on that volatile Friday morning last week when our embassies were burning and 21 countries were erupting in anti-American protests. Instead of worrying about all that, Obama was […]

 

An Untrustworthy White House

Posted on by Michael Fell

One person was killed and dozens more were injured when protesters attempted to storm a U.S. outpost in Pakistan.:  More flag covered coffins will arrive in the U.S. after four American soldiers died over the weekend as a result of ‘insider’ attacks in Afghanistan. : There are claims a video shows U.S. Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens […]

 

What’s the Future of the Middle East?

Posted on by Michael Fell

For those who support the institutionalized “progressive” left’s or Ron Paul’s positions on foreign policy, consider these perspectives expressed in an article posted August 24, 2012 on pravda.ru: “With the beginning of the Islamic awakening movement in the Middle East, the United States and its allies in the region, fearing the increasing waves of anti-American […]

 

White House: Talk About Anything But Our Record

Posted on by Michael Fell

Ever since the 2009 GM bailout by “progressive” big government ended the pensions of 20,000 retirees at Delphi auto parts manufacturing, the White House and the Department of Treasury have laid the blame on the steps of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Internal government emails have been obtained that show the U.S. Treasury Department, run […]

 

The Age Old Power Struggle: Chapter 2012

Posted on by Michael Fell

A Muslim cleric introduced Egypt’s new President, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi by saying: Our Capital ‘shall be Jerusalem, Allah willing’.:  For his part, Morsi pronounced: Abroad women are ‘free,’ but not here. These types of proclamations do not bode well for Egyptian minorities, which includes members of the Coptic Church community, who make up […]

 

Fundraise and Fore! obama’s Answer to World Events

Posted on by Michael Fell

Israel issued warnings over security problems with Egypt. Militants from the Sinai Peninsula crossed over into southern Israel Monday and fired on a border security fence, killing one Israeli. The IDF moved tanks and otherarmed forces to the Israel-Egypt border in response to the attack. Egypt is on the offensive against Israel. Egypt’s presidential election […]

 

Egyptian Supreme Court Wants Parliament Dissolved

Posted on by Michael Fell

Outrage was sparked in Egypt Thursday when that country’s Supreme Court ruled that the recent parliamentary election was unconstitutional. That decision led to emergency meetings of the ruling military council. In response, the country’s interim military rulers declared full legislative authority. Supreme Court head Farouk Soltan said: “The ruling regarding parliament includes the dissolution of […]

 

A Year of Historic Elections

Posted on by Michael Fell

The year 2012 is rapidly becoming a year of historic elections. Greece held one recently where no single Party won enough of the vote to form a government. In ensuing weeks no progress was made by the nation’s Parties while negotiating to form a coalition. This potentially could lead to a chaotic situation, not just […]

 

Surprise! Women Being Excluded In Egypt

Posted on by William Teach

Who would have thought women would be relegated to the sidelines in Egypt, being made second class citizens, if you will, as the Islamists consolidate their power in? (Washington Post) After Egyptian women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak, many looked forward to a role in the revolution’s […]

 

Video: Bragging Mr. President? Heroes Don’t Spike the Football

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This video perfectly illuminates the unseemliness of Obama’s constant gloating and bragging that he, himself killed Osama bin Laden. This video comes out just in time as members of the SEALs are slamming Obama for bragging so much about bagging binnie. As the caption notes: America knows who deserves the credit for killing Osama Bin […]

 

Grasping at Energy Straws

Posted on by Michael Fell

In February 2012 New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer called upon Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to request Saudi Arabia increase their oil production to make up for potential disruptions in the world’s oil supply resulting from Iranian saber-rattling. Schumer’s unhidden rationale was that such a pledge from the Saudis would drive down gasoline prices […]

 

Former DEA chief warns of cooperation between Hezbollah and drug cartels

Posted on by Wintery Knight

From: CNS News. Excerpt: The Iranian-supported Shi’ite terrorist group Hezbollah has spread its influence all the way to the U.S. border with Mexico, a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Iran’s influence in the Western Hemisphere heard on Thursday. Michael Braun, a former chief of operations at the Drug Enforcement Agency, said Hezbollah had developed relationships […]

 

State of the Union or Wishful Thinking?

Posted on by Michael Fell

The 2012 State of the Union address has come and gone with little change in the White House’s view of the world. This is unfortunate. America needs viable solutions, not more wishful thinking. Most disturbing is the continued, steadfast insistence that doubling America’s corporate tax rate will somehow create middle class jobs. After repeated failures […]