From French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy’s “Thinking the unthinkable: This is war,” in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Nov. 16: I come now to the heart of the matter. The real source of this flood of horror. And that is the Islamic State, which occupies a good third of Syria and Iraq and provides to the perpetrators of possible future Bataclans the... Read more
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Kurds on the Right Side of History
November 21 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Obama, Radical Islam, The LeftFrom Kristallnacht … to America
November 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionYes, where is the US? ========== WSJ 11/9/2015 By John H. Lang Monday, Nov. 9, marks the anniversary of Kristallnacht in 1938, when Nazi hordes ran wild throughout Berlin, as well as in other German cities. Jewish houses of worship were desecrated and then set afire. Thousands of Jews were rounded up, some beaten to death, others sent to concentration camps. Jewish-owned businesses... Read more
Wins 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
Islamic State Video Purports to Show Killing of Ethiopian Christians
April 22 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionReally. This has nothing- repeat, ‘nothing’ -to do with religion. -======= By Tamer El-Ghobashy in Cairo and Hassan Morajea in Misrata, Libya Updated April 19, 2015 10:10 p.m. ET Islamic State released a video on Sunday that purports to show militants killing two groups of Ethiopian Christian men in Libya. If confirmed, it would be the second such mass execution of foreign Christians... 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 Mideast Vacuum
March 28 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Obama, Radical Islam, The Left, Western CivilizationAnother “total disaster” if you want my opinion. =========== March 26, 2015 7:21 p.m. An abiding goal of President Obama’s foreign policy has been to reduce America’s role in the Middle East, in the belief that it would lead to greater stability and serve U.S. interests. Has a policy ever been so thoroughly repudiated in so short a time? Mr. Obama has succeeded... Read more
