Impotent. 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
Archive for the ‘Iran’ Category
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
Obama’s Iran Policy Is Lost at Sea – WSJ
March 28 | Posted by mrossol | Iran, Obama, TerrorismAh, but you don’t realize that Mr. Obama will ensure compliance… ============ By Claudia Rosett March 26, 2015 7:03 p.m. ET American negotiators and their cohorts are trying to close a deal that would let Iran keep its nuclear program, subject to intricate conditions of monitoring and enforcement. Yet how is a deal like that supposed to be verified? The Obama administration can’t even... Read more