And where is the USA????? =========== By Robert R. Reilly WSJ Aug. 20, 2015 7:19 p.m. Recently I saw a riveting new play, “My Report to the World: The Story of Jan Karski.” In 1943 Karski, a member of the Polish Catholic underground, was the first eyewitness to the Warsaw ghetto and a Nazi concentration camp to reach the U.S. He sought to... Read more
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Exterminating Christians in the Middle East
August 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Religious Persecution, Western CivilizationIran 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 moreWins in the War on Terror
June 17 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Middle East, Radical IslamThe Kurdish advance in Syria is more important than drone kills, and no one is surprised that the Kurds were able to do it. ============== The U.S. scored a noteworthy victory last week when an American missile killed Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the longtime leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the global organization’s Number Two. Coupled with unconfirmed reports that an... Read more
Helping our Friends?
May 29 | Posted by mrossol | Iraq, Middle East, ObamaI would be surprised…. ====== y Mario Loyola May 29, 2015 6:24 p.m. As the fight to retake Ramadi from Islamic State, also known as ISIS, heats up, I can’t help thinking of my visit to the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province nearly eight years ago, and of America’s broken promises since then. In September 2007, I was in Ramadi for a gathering... 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
