Very tough for me to understand the mindset, thought process, etc. I have tried. ============= In March 2004 a Palestinian teenager named Hussam Abdo was spotted by Israeli soldiers behaving suspiciously as he approached the Hawara checkpoint in the West Bank. Ordered at gunpoint to raise his sweater, the startled boy exposed a suicide vest loaded with nearly 20 pounds of explosives... Read more
Archive for the ‘Radical Islam’ Category
Where are the Palestinian Mothers?
July 2 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Radical Islam, The LeftUS Personnel Required to “Bow” to Muslim practice during Ramadan?
June 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, US ConstitutionGideons can no longer distribute Bibles to service men/women, but all US service men/women will be required to adhere- more or less -to Muslim traditions during Ramadan. “A stricter practice of separation of ‘church and state'”. Say, what?!! The ACLU’s position on this is, er, ….. Not sure they have gone public with their opposition just yet. ================ MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. personnel... Read more
Fouad Ajami on America and the Arabs
June 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Radical IslamSome exerpts from a very good thinker and writer. =============== Editor’s note: Fouad Ajami, the Middle Eastern scholar and a contributor to these pages for 27 years, died Sunday at age 68. Excerpts from his writing in the Journal are below, and a related editorial appears nearby: “A Tangled History,” a review of Bernard Lewis’s book, “Islam and the West,” June 24, 1993: The... Read more
Obama’s Iraq Feint
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iraq, Middle East, Obama, Radical IslamHe fooled Americans with a promise of change and transparency. Is his real goal offering the US to Islam in exchange for “Supreme Islam Ruler of the World”? ======================= So President Obama now says he will send “up to 300” military advisers to Iraq to help reverse the advance of al Qaeda, but not to do any fighting. He may agree... Read more
Do Jews have a future in Europe?
June 21 | Posted by mrossol | Losing Freedom, Racism, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionAmazing, the fact that “history” has not taught everyone… =========== June 10, 2014 2:37 p.m. ET Just ahead of last month’s European Parliament elections, which saw the rise of far-right and anti-Semitic parties, four people were murdered in the Jewish Museum of Brussels. The shootings underscored that, in addition to political extremism, Europe’s Jews also face the violent threat of jihadists. Mehdi Nemmouche,... 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
