It seems as though it is now understood and was even at the time, that the September 11th attacks marked the true demarcation line between the 20th and 21st centuries. The 20th century, filled though it was with both innovation and horror in equal measure, was nevertheless the “modern” century. And on that September...
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As the Arab Spring has transformed itself into the long, hot Islamic summer, optimism about the Arab world has had to undergo a significant reality check in America and the West. First off, the sobering results of a recent poll, taken by  Zogby International together with the Arab American Institute; this poll, which was...
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In a rational world, this could never have happened.  A rational world would be one in which raw emotions would be kept in check by objective analysis, reason and logic; where movements that are governed by prejudice, racism and antisemitism  would be limited by civility, (if not by the loftier emotion of empathy); and...
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The U.S-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other members of his government reportedly are meeting with members of the Taliban to discuss a possible peace deal. According to The New York Times, the meetings apparently include members of the Taliban’s highest authority, the Quetta Shura, as well as members of the Haqqani network, although...
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News reaches us of yet another Palestinian terrorist being honored with a street naming.  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismisses the threat of sanctions, calling President Obama a “cowboy.”And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs testifies  that Iran is stepping up its arming of Insurgents in Afghanistan.  So naturally the big news in Middle East...
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America is not a country which has ever had high regard for intelligence work. The public’s image of spies has tended more towards Chevy Chase in the 1985 comedy, “Spies Like Us” than Sean Connery in “From Russia with Love.” Indeed America’s most famous intelligence officer, Nathan Hale, whose statue resides outside the CIA’s...
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An interesting article (h/t Jihad Watch) from the Wall Street Journal, which discusses how it’s more than Opium money which keeps the Taliban financially solvent: U.S. officials recently concluded that the Afghan Taliban may receive as much money from foreign donors as it does from opium sales, potentially hindering the Obama administration’s strategy to...
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Terrorism Expert, Walid Phares goes inside the mind of the Jihadis to lay out how Jihadist strategies have evolved Post-9/11 to today. It’s hard to pick an excerpt, because Walid tends to pack alot of information into every sentence, but I’ve settled on this section, where...
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