He is negotiating with Iran and Russia. He snubs his nose at the Saudis, at Israel, at Egypt. Let me ask: Who are our friends? Who are the enemy? And Obama thinks he is the smartest guy on the planet. ========= WSJ Jan. 3, 2016 5:20 p.m. That headline question may seem premature, but it’s worth asking if only to reduce the... Read more
Archive for the ‘Iran’ Category
Who Lost Saudi Arabia?
January 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Obama, RussiaBring them Home:
December 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Obama, The LeftImpotent. That’s the polite term. C______ is the other . . . ===== By William McGure WSJ Dec. 28, 2015 6:39 p.m. On Thursday night as the ball drops in Times Square, millions of Americans watching on TV will join the revelers in Manhattan to celebrate the new year. For other Americans, alas, the arrival of Jan. 1 will mark only... Read more
Freedom for an Iranian Pastor
December 25 | Posted by mrossol | Iran, Religious PersecutionYes, Merry Christmas! ===== WSJ – Dec. 23, 2015 6:49 p.m. Iran’s ayatollahs are fond of timing and symbolism. So it’s no accident that the regime freed jailed Christian Pastor Farshid Fathi on Tuesday in time for Christmas. The news is welcome, but it doesn’t mean the mullahs are calling time-out on their war on dissidents. Security forces arrested Pastor Fathi five years ago... Read more
Iran Nuclear? No!
August 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, IsraelWell, finally some clarity. =========
From “My Position on the Iran Deal,” by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), Aug. 6. A related editorial appears nearby: If one thinks Iran will moderate, that contact with the West and a decrease in economic and political isolation will soften Iran’s hardline positions, one... Read more‘Headscarves and Hymens’
April 29 | Posted by mrossol | Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Losing Freedom, Middle EastWhere is the Left on behalf of women? ================= By Bari Weiss April 27, 2015 7:22 p.m. ET If you are cursed to be born a girl in Egypt, there is a 90% chance you will have your genitals cut in the name of purity. In Yemen, there is a 55% chance you will never learn to read and a 79% chance you... Read more
Whatever the Ayatollah Wants
April 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Obama, Radical IslamObama keeps giving “us” away. ======= April 19, 2015 5:36 p.m. ET Give Ayatollah Ali Khamenei credit for knowing his opposition. Two weeks ago the Supreme Leader declared that Western sanctions had to be lifted immediately as a condition of a nuclear deal. And sure enough, on Friday President Obama said Iran would get significant sanctions relief immediately upon signing a deal. The Ayatollah... Read more
