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 →
[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 →
…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 →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once again … Continue reading →
See this. And also this.
Continue reading →In June The New Republic published an article about famous lefty journalist Chris Hedges’, whose egregious plagiarism had been discovered by Harper’s in 2010 when he submitted an article with obvious unattributed borrowings from other sources: …[T]his discovery shocked the … Continue reading →
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 →
Supposedly as a result of the recent action in Gaza by the Israelis, anti-Semitism is rising around the world—or at least, demonstrations of anti-Semitism are rising. But Ron Fournier has been deeply asleep if he thinks the anti-Israel press is … Continue reading →
…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 →
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 →
I hadn’t written about this story yet because I kept waiting for less rumor and more official facts. There seem to be a few more available lately, although they come from an unnamed “official” rather being on-the-record announcements. The facts … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →