Recently, the Republic of Turkey barred both Israel, and the European Union, from participating in a NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21. Apparently, the Turks were miffed that the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) were not invited, and they were also still “troubled” about Israel’s legitimate actions to defend...
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- President Obama’s Policy Towards Turkey is a Turkey May 17, 2012 Adam Turner
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President Obama’s Policy Towards Turkey is a Turkey
Throwing Money Down the Bottomless Pit of Egypt
Some fringe commentators have labeled President Obama a secret “Muslim.” Perhaps to disprove the ridiculousness of this charge, the President has embarked on a truly New Testament-like foreign policy approach to the Muslim nations of the Middle East. By this, I mean that when an offending Middle Eastern nation slaps the collective cheek of...
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Realism in Syria
There is a “realist” case to be made for getting involved in the Syrian civil war, either by providing military assistance to the rebels or by actually sending American troops or planes to fight with them. (Probably the former is more advisable, however.) By the way, we are discussing real “realism” here, rather than...
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Peter Beinart’s Less Than Convincing Arguments on Iran
by: Adam Turner and Kyle Shideler Peter Beinart has written a particularly disappointing column on the (non)danger of Iranian nukes. His column is titled, “Experts Say Iran Attack Is Irrational, Yet Hawks Are Winning the Debate.” Confusingly, it was also advertised by the Daily Beast website as “The Crazy Rush to Attack Iran.” The...
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Palestine: Where a Radical Society Produces Radical Leadership
“47 years ago the revolution started. Which revolution? The modern revolution of the Palestinian people’s history. In fact, Palestine in its entirety is a revolution, since Umar came , and continuing today, and until the End of Days. The reliable Hadith (tradition attributed to Muhammad), in the...
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Seeing Sharia From the Inside: Nonie Darwish at George Mason University
As part of her national tour, on October 5, 2011, author, speaker, human rights activist, and blogger Nonie Darwish spoke at the George Mason University (GMU) Law School concerning human rights in the Muslim world and the problems stemming from the Muslim world’s use of Islamic law, often called “Sharia.” Ms. Darwish is descended...
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