Only one post for tonight. This one should be enough… ========= WSJ 1/4/2018 Iran erupted last Thursday. By Friday, the protests against the government, which began in Mashhad near the Afghan border, had spread to dozens of cities. So when we traveled on Saturday to a movie theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side to see “Darkest Hour,” Gary Oldman’s portrayal of Winston Churchill,... Read more
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Make Iran Great Again!
January 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Middle East, Obama, TrumpHelp Iranians!!
January 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, Politically correct, TrumpDon’t be like Obama… ======= WSJ 1/2/2018 Iran has a peculiar habit of surprising Americans. It has done so again with the protests engulfing its major cities. The demonstrations began over economic grievances and quickly transformed into a rejection of theocracy. The slogans must have unsettled the mullahs: “Death to Khamenei!” “Death to Rouhani!” “We will die to get our Iran back!” Imperialism has... Read more
Middle East Reality
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Israel, Radical Islam, The LeftWe need more politicians with a “reality” perspective. ======== WSJ 12/27/2017 By Reuel Marc Gerecht Alot of people are in a funk over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The liberal media, most former government officials who’ve dealt with the Israeli–Palestinian imbroglio, and just about everyone at the United Nations appear certain that the decision had a lot to do... Read more
Recognizing Jerusalem – WSJ
December 11 | Posted by mrossol | IsraelA breath of fresh air… ========== WSJ 12/8/2017 By Yoram Hazony Jerusalem For nearly seven decades, the state of Israel has endured an unusual humiliation: Alone among the nations of the world, it has been denied the sovereign right to determine its own capital. Israel has regarded Jerusalem as its capital since its War of Independence in 1948. It is the seat of... Read more
Still Looking for Evidence
December 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, Liberal Press, Russia, Special Counsel===== WSJ Dec. 1, 2017 7:01 p.m. ET Robert Mueller’s special prosecution machine grinds on, and on Friday it crushed former national security adviser Mike Flynn on the ever-ready charge of lying to the FBI. The guilty plea is a tragedy for the former three-star general and head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, but whether it is ominous for the Trump Presidency... Read more
The Soviets in Cuba
November 19 | Posted by mrossol | RussiaAnother piece they left out of your history books… ==== By Mary Anastasia O’Grady (WSJ 11/13/2017) Most Americans have never heard of the anti-Castro uprising in Cuba’s Escambray Mountains, which began in 1959 and took Fidel and the Soviet Union six years to put down. At the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, the episode is worth revisiting. If not for... Read more
