In Threatening Baghdad, Militants Seek to Undo 800 Years of History
DeAgostini/Getty Justin M IS leader al-Baghdadi has established a caliphate and seeks to undo the 13th-century destruction of Islam’s premier city, but they’ve got it completely backward. Baghdadis have long memories. Talk to them about the extraordinarily turbulent history of the Iraqi capital as they contemplate their city falling to Islamic State…
On The Path To War
On The Path To War The US is clearly now pushing Russia towards war. But if you read the signs correctly, Russia has been preparing for exactly this outcome for many years. The US is clearly now pushing Russia towards war. But if you read the signs correctly, Russia has been preparing for exactly…
Barack Obama does not buy the notion of God’s chosen people.
Obama’s Israel Ambivalence The right says President Obama hates Israel, but in reality he’s just aloof and smug. Conservatives have for several years wondered aloud about Barack Obama and his seemingly less-than-warm approach to Israel. Could it be, they asked themselves, that he’s an anti-Semite? They should ask themselves instead how anyone as bored and…
Simply put—Israel is fighting Iran.
Why You Should Blame Iran For The Gaza Conflict The Islamic Republic has been propping up terror groups on Israel’s border for years. If they are allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, the results would be catastrophic. Israel’s ongoing conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip has for the umpteenth time exposed Iran…
Licensed To Kill: Powerful and Secretive forces emerge from the U.S. military-industrial complex
WASHINGTON — Just weeks before Blackwater guards fatally shot 17 civilians at Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007, the State Department began investigating the security contractor’s operations in Iraq. But the inquiry was abandoned after Blackwater’s top manager there issued a threat: “that he could kill” the government’s chief investigator and “no one could or…
What To Know About Boko Haram’s Ruthless Leader
Abubakar Shekau: The Man Behind Nigeria’s Boko Haram The Huffington Post | by Nick Robins Posted: 05/07/2014 The name Abubakar Shekau may sound unfamiliar to those who are new to Nigerian politics, but the head of Boko Haram has been a terrifying fixture in West Africa for nearly half a decade. A shadowy figure, Shekau has a reputation for…
The Weakened West: What will America Fight For ?
A nagging doubt is eating away at the world order—and the superpower is largely ignoring it “WHY is it that everybody is so eager to use military force?” America’s cerebral president betrayed a rare flash of frustration on April 28th when dealing with a question in Asia about his country’s “weakness”. Barack Obama said…
Liberty Movement Rising
“Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.” – Thomas Paine…