We’ve grown used to criticizing Europe’s intelligence and police systems for letting homegrown or home-dwelling jihadis slip through the cracks. But it’s not easy to deal with this problem, not at all, while attempting to keep the countries themselves from … Continue reading →
Worth reading: Though the internecine conflicts wracking the Arab world ensure the war against the Islamic State is hardly a war on Islam, the jihadis are bent on a clash of civilizations. And by martyring French Catholics who are Old … Continue reading →
A woman was killed and five others (two women, three men) injured in a stabbing attack in London’s Russell Square: [Officials] called the incident a “random attack” with mental health issues at the heart of it. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, … Continue reading →
It’s always hard to know what protests represent, because the crowds in the streets are always a very small percentage of a population. The real question is always: how many people sympathize with the protesters, and how many don’t? And … Continue reading →
Adel Kermiche, the young ISIS sympathizer in France who killed an 84-year old priest by slitting his throat as he performed mass, previously had been detained for wishing to go to Syria. Kermiche was also wearing electronic monitoring, so the … Continue reading →
The latest atrocity committed by ISIS followers/admirers/members in France had an overtly religious target: Francois Hollande says France is at war with ISIS after two Islamist knifemen butchered a French priest and left a nun fighting for her life before … Continue reading →
In separate and seemingly unrelated attacks in Germany, two Syrian “asylum seekers” commit heinous acts of violence that are probably some mixture of terrorism and just plain craziness or psychopathy or vicious rage. This seems to be the new pattern, … Continue reading →
So, was the Munich gunman an Islamist terrorist, or a crazy guy who wanted to imitate school shootings, or a “German” who hated foreigners (despite his Iranian origins)? It’s pretty clear to me that the German authorities really don’t know … Continue reading →
[See UPDATES below] Details still emerging, but here’s what we know so far. The reports seem to indicate there were probably three gunman. Unfortunately (very unfortunately), they are at large: Tonight, Munich police tweeted: “We currently do not know where … Continue reading →
Now that the MSM and the blogosphere and social media have offered the requisite in-depth analysis about the burning issue of Melania Trump’s speech—and this blog has weighed in, too—we can return to the real world in which there was … Continue reading →
In the aftermath of the Bastille Day terrorist attack in Nice, some in the press seem to be emphasizing the fact that the perpetrator probably was not trained directly by ISIS, and had had marital troubles and reportedly been depressed. … Continue reading →
Listening to many commentators on the cable news stations last night talking about the terrorist attack in Nice, I kept hearing the phrases: “We’re at war.” “This is World War III.” “This is war.” My reaction was, “Where’ve you been … Continue reading →