Obama orders airstrikes—perhaps
[NOTE: I originally put this post up a little while ago as an update to the post right below it. But just in case many of you fail to notice it, I thought I’d put it up here as a … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Terrorism and terrorists
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 →
If you’re kind to the cruel…
…you end up being cruel to the kind. Richard Fernandez knows this: The world has been a ruthless place for a long time. The politically correct narrative is for the benefit of the Leftist rubes ”” strictly from hunger. The … Continue reading →
US major general killed in “insider” attack by Afghan security
The most high-ranking US military officer killed so far in Afghanistan has been murdered in a so-called insider attack by an Afghan soldier. He was not the only one who was injured in the attack, either: Gen. Mohammmad Zahir Azimi, … Continue reading →
Iraq update: water over the dam
On Saturday I linked to a post by Richard Fernandez describing how ISIS is threatening the dams of Iraq. Sure enough, right on schedule, we learn that the Mosul Dam has been captured by the terrorist group. Ace writes: However, … 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 →
About those Gazan tunnels…
…it’s even worse than you might think: Using further eyewitness reports, the article describes how Hamas has integrated the tunnel network into the civilian infrastructure of Gaza, constructing entrances in homes and even mosques. “I have not entered one civilian … Continue reading →
Second Variety: the use of children by terrorists
How do you fight a group that is perfectly willing—nay, eager—to try to get you to kill its children even if you don’t want to? That’s the situation Israel faces in Hamas. It’s the situation we face against Islamist terrorists, … Continue reading →
One more thing about that famous Hillary Clinton quote “What difference at this point does it make?”
The question Hillary Clinton asked during the Benghazi hearings has become famous, and famously mocked. But people have been so focused on the blase attitude it shows that they rarely comment on the fact that embedded in it is a … Continue reading →
Hostage-for-terrorist trades make no sense
When the news of the killing of the three Israeli teenagers came out, I was very puzzled as to why their abductors would have killed them right away. It made no sense at all. I had figured they would be … Continue reading →
Three kidnapped Israeli teenagers found murdered. What will the reaction be?
The finding of the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers is very sad but not unexpected news: The Times reports that senior government officials in Israel said military searchers found the three bodies buried “in a field near Hebron,” … Continue reading →