Narcissists and madmen
Perhaps when the history of our times is written, ours will be called The Era of Narcissistic Catechisms. To understand...
Israel
Lebanon’s legacy in Afghanistan
The day after US President Barack Obama announced that he was deploying additional US forces to Afghanistan, an event occurred...
Whither American Jewry?
During a recent speaking tour in Canada, MK Nahman Shai (Kadima) shocked some of his hosts when he said that...
A Chavista in Uruguay?
As in Honduras, Uruguayans will go to the polls to elect a new president on Sunday November 29th. The most...
Obama’s failure, Netanyahu’s opportunity
Once again, US President Barack Obama has demonstrated his intention of "putting light" between America and Israel. His hostility toward...
The mullahs’ big week
At first glance, this past week seems like a week that Iran's mullahs would very much like to forget. Early...
The wrecking crew
In yet another “My, how they messed it all up!” assessment of the Obami’s Middle East peace efforts, the Washington...
Confronting Nidal Malik Hassans erstwhile Martyrdom
From this AP story about the devout Muslim, execution-style murderer of US soldiers and civilian personnel at Fort Hood, Nidal...
Silencing dissent in America
Former ambassador to the UN Dore Gold should probably buy himself a flak jacket. Gold is scheduled to debate Richard...
Waging diplomatic war
If, to paraphrase Carl von Clausewitz, diplomacy is war by other means, then just as armies are called upon to...
How Turkey was lost
Once the apotheosis of a pro-Western, dependable Muslim democracy, this week Turkey officially left the Western alliance and became a...
Ambulance-chasing, from Kabul to Gaza
There's an old joke: Q: What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A: A...
Brazil’s tilt towards Chavez and Iran
For those of us concerned with hemispheric security, the big question has always been how do we contain Chavez‘s expansionist...
Revolutionary Anti-Semitism
"Sometimes I ask myself if Hitler wasn't right when he wanted to finish with that race, through the famous holocaust,...
What was Obama thinking?
In the wake of the debacle of Chicago's rejection as the Olympic venue for the 2016 summer games, the question...
Oppose Iran’s agression and Obama’s appeasement by supporting the Center
The announcement today by President Obama, Prime Minister Brown and President Sarkozy marks a decisive moment for the West --but...