June 17, 2014 7:23 p.m. ET Jerusalem The rapid advance of the hard-line Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) into Iraq’s Sunni heartland has sparked a cottage industry of commentary on the plan devised in 1916 by British diplomat Mark Sykes and his French counterpart, François Georges-Picot, that laid the basis for the map of the modern Middle East and... Read more
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The Men Who Sealed Iraq’s Disaster With a Handshake
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Iraq, Middle East, ObamaObama’s rush for the exit and Maliki’s autocratic rule ensured that much hard-won progress would not last. Bad enough. But if we don’t learn from this… ========== Fouad Ajami – June 13, 2014 6:25 p.m. ET Two men bear direct responsibility for the mayhem engulfing Iraq: Barack Obama and Nouri al-Maliki. The U.S. president and Iraqi prime minister stood shoulder to shoulder in... Read more
The Iraq Debacle
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, Radical Islam, The LeftYour great leader and statesman… ========== An extended civil war is likely. A terrorist caliphate is possible. The magnitude of the debacle now unfolding in Iraq is becoming clearer by the day, with the terrorist army of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, marching ever closer to Baghdad. On Tuesday the al Qaeda affiliate captured Mosul, a city with a... Read more
The Middle East War on Christians
April 18 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionAh, the liberal press’ indignation is almost unbearable… ======= This week, as Jews celebrate the Passover holiday, they are commemorating the Bible’s Exodus story describing a series of plagues inflicted on ancient Egypt that freed the Israelites, allowing them to make their way to the Holy Land. But over the past century, another exodus, driven by a plague of persecution, has swept... Read more
For Iraqis fleeing Fallujah, it’s 2004 again – only worse..
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama Tags: IraqAnother promise that isn’t coming to pass… “Iraq is safe and able to defend itself….” B Obama ======= In 2004, Iraqis fled Fallujah in droves as the US military destroyed parts of the city in its fight against Al Qaeda. Now the Iraqi Army is battling militants there. Christian Science Monitor By Jane Arraf 12 hours ago In a trailer relocated from Camp Victory, Eman... Read more
Fallout From Syria Conflict Takes Rising Toll on Mideast
January 6 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, ObamaCertainly not! The world is a much better place; a safer place now that Obama has changed the “tone” of America’s engagement. ========== BEIRUT—Spiraling violence and advances by al Qaeda-linked fighters in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon are underscoring the cost of Syria’s civil war as it increasingly spills over the country’s borders. The rise of the Islamist forces in Iraq is particularly... Read more
