Reflections on the Second Presidential Candidates’ Debate
by Daniel Pipes* This evening’s presidential debate, the second between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, featured some very sharp disagreements over facts that almost no viewers can judge (such as the...
View ArticlePreview of the Next Four Years?: Obama Administration Doubles Down on Middle...
By Barry Rubin There are two problems with current U.S. policy toward the Middle East: both the analysis and response are not simply wrong, but rather make the situation in the region much worse. The...
View Article“No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation:” Sure...
by Gary Gerofsky “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation.” Yes, these are President Obama’s words but as we know Obama is all about words, politics, and power. In the...
View ArticleCandy Crowley admits Romney was right during the debate re: Obama not calling...
The truth is out there and the moderator of the second presidential debate, Candy Crowley, has grudgingly admitted that Mitt Romney was correct when he said President Obama did not call the Benghazi...
View ArticleLooking at Tunisia
by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi* A country noteworthy in the region for the establishment of a thoroughly liberal education system under Habib Bourghuiba, Tunisia has often been held up as a cause for...
View ArticleThe Islamic Schoolyard-Bully and Obama’s America
by Raymond Ibrahim* In an era of high education and specialty degrees—from psychology to political science—perhaps it was inevitable for simple common sense to fall by the wayside. The embassy attacks...
View ArticleRomney Stumbles on Foreign Policy
by Daniel Pipes* The final presidential debate focused disproportionately on the Middle East. Four of the six segments were on the Middle East, just two on other topics (one about the U.S. role in the...
View ArticleObama ‘knew within two hours of the Benghazi murders that the attack was a...
Breaking from SecureAmericaNow.org: … Last night, CBS News confirmed Secure America Now’s contention that the Obama Administration knew within two hours of the Benghazi murders that the attack was a...
View ArticleCIA operatives ordered NOT to protect Benghazi U.S. embassy staff
“Ambassador Chris Stevens asked the State Department repeatedly for more security in Libya before he was killed in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi…” So we know that the Obama...
View ArticleHumanitarian Hypocrisy
by Raymond Ibrahim* The world’s double standards concerning which peoples qualify as oppressed and deserving of help are staggering. Two recent stories illustrate this point: First, a report exposed,...
View ArticleIslamism’s Unity
by Daniel Pipes* A Sept. 14 attack on the U.S. embassy in Tunis left 4 dead, 49 injured, several buildings looted and burnt out, and the black Salafi flag flying above the embassy grounds. In response,...
View ArticleThe Sunni-Shia Conflict Will Be The Major Feature of Middle East Politics for...
By Barry Rubin Once upon a time, Arab nationalism ruled the Middle East. Its doctrine saw Arab identity as the key to political success. Some regarded Islam as important; others were secular. Yet there...
View ArticleOne Thousand and One Articles Later: Why Obama Should be Voted Out of Office...
By Barry Rubin For four years now — yes, I started before he was actually inaugurated — I have been chronicling the disastrous policies of President Barack Obama on the Middle East. I may have written...
View ArticleIsrael’s Situation and Strategy In Obama’s Second Term
By Barry Rubin “Don’t Panic” – Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy What should Israel’s policy and priorities be in President Barack Obama’s second term? There will be two key themes:...
View ArticleFighting the age of irrationality
By Gary Gerofsky There are many examples today of irrational behaviour on a grand scale. Those of us not engaged in this mass irrationality feel very alone in the world — especially after Obama was...
View ArticlePetraeus was ‘looking forward’ to testifying on Benghazi attack; what happened?
I’m smelling a stronger whiff of cover-up after reading this from ABC. How did we get here now: … But now Petraeus is telling friends he does not think he should testify [regarding the Benghazi...
View ArticleTop intel officials ‘struggled to explain’ why early accounts of Benghazi...
Why has President Obama tried so hard to appease and engage with Islamists, people whose stated goal is the destruction of the U.S. and the entire Western World? Today, speaking of the terrorist attack...
View ArticleMiddle East Stories Behind the News: Libya, Palestinians, Anti-American...
By Barry Rubin The most interesting developments in the Middle East aren’t in the news stories but can be discovered by analyzing those reports. Here are a few developing right now. –The Libyan...
View ArticleMuslim Persecution of Christians: October, 2012
by Raymond Ibrahim* These reports of the persecution of Christians by Muslims around the world during the month of October include (but are not limited to) the following accounts, listed by form of...
View ArticleA Paradox of U.S. Middle East Policy: The Friend Who Acts like an Enemy is an...
By Barry Rubin The expression, “With friends like you who needs enemies?” is an apt summary of a major problem for U.S. foreign policy during Obama’s second term. Here’s the issue: a number of supposed...
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