Andrew C. McCarthy explains the “ISIS isn’t Muslim” claim further
Here. I tackled the question in this post, but McCarthy has a lot more to say.
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The wheels of Benghazi justice…
…are still grinding. Slowly. Very slowly. And Sharyl Attkisson, who’s been dogged in pursuit from the start, is still on the case: As the House Select Committee on Benghazi prepares for its first hearing this week, a former State Department … Continue reading →
Demography, persecution, destiny, and Jew-hatred in the Middle East
It may have come as a surprise to some people when Ted Cruz got booed when he called for solidarity with Israel when addressing a group of Christian Arabs as keynote speaker, because American Christians these days tend to be … Continue reading →
Outrage at ISIS
I’ve already discussed how flat and emotionless President Obama was when he gave his speech on ISIS Wednesday evening. But what I didn’t mention was that most Americans, if called on to talk extemporaneously about the subject, could have easily … Continue reading →
The enemy of my enemy: shifting alliances in the Middle East
From Caroline Glick: The Obama administration’s decision to side with the members of the jihadist axis against Israel by adopting their demand to open Gaza’s borders with Israel and Egypt has served as the final nail in the coffin of … Continue reading →
ISIS and the theater of evil
My new post is up at Pajamas Media, “ISIS’ theater of evil and the thirst for blood.”
Continue reading →Hamas has friends in high collegiate places
Historians for Hamas. No, they don’t call themselves that. But that’s pretty much who they are. No doubt the crocodile will eat them last. Many of them are members of the hard left. Even I recognized that fact from some … Continue reading →
Video released purporting to show ISIS beheading captured American journalist James Foley
ISIS has released a video purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Wright Foley, who had been missing for almost two years. The video, which also threatens to do the same to a man identified as American journalist … Continue reading →
Hillary Clinton: throwing Obama under the bus
Hillary Clinton’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg features so much criticism of Obama’s foreign policy that the editors of the Weekly Standard have decided to feature lengthy quotes of Hillary’s in an editorial of theirs which is signed, “Hillary Rodham Clinton, … Continue reading →
Genocide in Iraq: the plight of the Yazidi
[See updates at end of post] Shortly after 9/11 I discovered blogs, and I remember reading a quip that caught my eye. I don’t remember who wrote it, but it went something like this: “I just realized what the problem … Continue reading →
Gaza updates: the UN and Israel
News is fast-breaking and fast-changing in Gaza. This link purports to give live updates, and one that caught my eye was this: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked and profoundly disappointed” by Hamas’ violation of the humanitarian … Continue reading →
John Kerry: treason then and now
I was going to write a post on John Kerry’s outrageous conduct in the negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire, but Bookworm has already written much of it for me, comparing Kerry’s current appeasement of Hamas with his long-ago attempts at … Continue reading →