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 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 →
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 →
It’s as though the San Bernardino shooting were a primer designed to demonstrate several of the possible ways to be a jihadi in the US. First, we have Syed Farook, a man whose parents were immigrants from a Muslim country … Continue reading →
Whatever could go wrong?: American authorities are warning the terror group’s followers may have infiltrated American borders with authentic-looking passports ISIS has printed itself with its own machines, according to an intelligence report obtained by ABC News. The 17-page Homeland … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I is here. In it, I discuss the idea that Obama’s reluctance to go after ISIS is the result of cowardice, and I suggest that it stems from a strategic and philosophical group of motivations that I then … Continue reading →
Donald Trump dominates the news cycle again. Of all the outrageous statements he’s made in the past, his call for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is … Continue reading →
Ralph Peters has been furious at Obama for a long time. I’ve seen him every now and then on TV during the last couple of years, and he seemed to be getting angrier and angrier, gritting his teeth in order … Continue reading →
Everybody’s analyzing the speech Obama gave last night. Its beauty or lack thereof was in the eye of the beholder, although even admirers of Obama weren’t what you’d call wildly enthusiastic. But I’m going to do something nobody else is … Continue reading →
Several sources have indicated that Obama is going to give a speech tonight that won’t be political, but will focus on the big picture of global Islamist terrorism. That would be quite a change, to say the least. As Obama … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote a post about a speech Obama made in response to the San Bernardino terrorist attack. This evening at 8 PM he will be delivering another speech from the Oval Office on the subject: It will be Obama’s … Continue reading →
President Obama used his regular weekly address to discuss the San Bernardino shootings, which now have been categorized—although not by Obama—as the worst terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. He offered very tepid stuff in terms of the terrorist … Continue reading →