Another stabbing in Israel
Once again there has been
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Fool or knave: on the interview in which Obama called ISIS the “jayvee”
[NOTE: Even though this is somewhat of an old topic, I’m taking it up because of the revival of the “Obama, fool or knave?” argument the other day.] We all know that Obama called ISIS the “jayvee” back when it … Continue reading →
Over There: Bush predictions back in 2007
This certainly seems prescient. It’s a 2007 interview with President Bush. He uses the phrase “failure in Iraq,” but we didn’t actually fail; we (Obama, that is) abandoned it very prematurely. I don’t think that, at the time of this … Continue reading →
Meanwhile…ISIS wants to launch the re-reconquista
No surprise here, but still very chilling: [ISIS] has reportedly issued a chilling threat to launch terror attacks in Spain, declaring: ‘We will recover our land from the invaders.’ The jihadists have long made it their goal to expand their … Continue reading →
Trump and freedom of speech
I have an article at American Thinker today, entitled “Donald Trump and freedom of speech: he’s no champion.” It discusses the recent attempt by some members of the British Parliament to ban Trump for “hate speech,” and compares it with … Continue reading →
Who to believe?
Here’s Kirsten Powers writing about the movie “13 Hours”: In an interview, three of the former elite military officers portrayed in the movie ”” Mark “Oz” Geist, Kris “Tanto” Paronto and John “Tig” Tiegen ”” told me the movie was … Continue reading →
The grieving widow of the Bataclan terrorist
Lovely woman: Samy Amimour, aged 28, was one of the three shooters who killed 90 people at the Bataclan. Three days after the massacre, his wife, named as Kahina, emailed an old friend in France saying: “Did the attacks shock … Continue reading →
Obama equates the danger from Syrian refugees with that of tourists
Sometimes it seems as though there are so many outrages occurring, and so many lies/misrepresentations told, that some of the most important get lost in the shuffle and start blending in with the rest of the din. For example, about … Continue reading →
What was Clinton actually implying when she said that Trump is the best ISIS recruiter?
No doubt you’ve heard that Hillary Clinton’s claim that ISIS uses Trump in its recruiting videos is a lie. Well, one can hardly regard it as news that Hillary Clinton might be lying. “He is becoming ISIS’s best recruiter,” she … Continue reading →
Enrique Marquez charged
In the San Bernardino attacks we seem to have had the trifecta of perpetrators: US-born Islamic terrorist of Pakistani descent, plus foreign-born Islamic terrorist recently arrived through the visa program—and now Enrique Marquez, the newly-charged home-grown Islamic-convert terrorist of Hispanic … Continue reading →
Why did Paris and San Bernardino affect people so deeply?
Why indeed? After all, 9/11 was far, far worse. There were many more victims. The attacks themselves during 9/11 were far more high-tech and fiendishly clever, as well. And perhaps that’s one clue. 9/11 was so spectacular, so creative in … Continue reading →
Sympathy for terrorists
A reader sent me a link to this Cynthia Ozick piece in the Weekly Standard about having sympathy for terrorists: At bottom, an open-hearted willingness to understand “everyone” is an appalling distraction from the intrinsic depravity of the act of … Continue reading →