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Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the United States and non-Muslims on social media sites.
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Israel, the United States and Iran—Locked in the Dance of Destiny
We’re counting down for a conflict in the Middle East. It’s not clear how it will start, or what will happen once it does. But it’s likely to begin in that narrow window of time between three countdown clocks sitting on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s desk. more...
Lt. Brendan Looney, You Have the Thanks of a Grateful Nation
When my old boss Ronald Reagan gave the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1984, the tradition was for the president to give the first salute only to the top 100 graduates. Reagan decided to break with tradition and saluted every single graduate, nearly 1,000 of them, standing for hours in the hot sun. more...
What Have We Learned From Iraq?
President Obama’s speech tonight announcing the end of combat activities in Iraq will be greeted with a national sigh of relief rather than a flag-waving hurrah. And it is driven more by Election Day 2010 than the Iraq-U.S. mandated withdrawal date of December 2011. more...
Obama Taps Two Men Who Know How to Win
Rolling Stone magazine may have done in Gen. Stanley McChrystal, but the Rolling Stones may have it had right when they sang, "You can't always get what you want... But if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need." more...
Obama’s Scary New Plan for Nukes
Today President Obama reversed 60 years of U.S. nuclear policy and pledged we would not retaliate with nuclear weapons were we -- or our treaty allies --- attacked with conventional, biological or chemical weapons by nations in compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. He hopes that other nuclear weapons states will follow suit with a similar pledge and we will be well on our way to a world without nuclear weapons. more...
The Time Is Now to Act Against Iran
According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States is considering watering down latest U.N. sanctions proposal in order to get China and Russia on board. We've already had three rounds of sanctions without teeth that accomplished little, it's the definition of insanity to keep doing the same thing again and again and expect a different outcome. Watered down UN sanctions will be ineffective. more...
Bomb Iran or Let Them Get the Bomb?
Remember when candidate Obama promised aggressive diplomacy to deal with Iran’s nuclear weapons program? Yet, every time President Obama offered has offered the Iranians the hand of friendship he’s been flipped the bird. Why? Because President Obama has no leverage over Iran, or at least no leverage he’s willing to use. And negotiating without leverage isn’t negotiating, it’s begging. more...
The Nightmare No One In America Sees Coming
Ever heard of Electromagnetic pulse, or EMP? Probably not, unless you’re a nuclear weapons expert. more...
Our Last Chance to Get It Right In Afghanistan
After eight years the war in Afghanistan is finally getting serious. In December 2001, just three months after the attack on the World Trade Center, we had destroyed 95 percent of Al Qaeda. Sadly, we then failed to finish the job and destroy the remaining 5 percent. What happened next? Bin Laden and the ragtag remnants of Al Qaeda escaped our clutches and decamped to Pakistan, where they remain today. more...
Obama Must Tell Holder to Get With It or Get Out
When President Obama took office I had high hopes for his national security team – Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates and Gen. Jim Jones. But on the homeland security front it's been one bungled effort after another. more...
Pull the Plug on Afghanistan
President Karzai of Afghanistan has just stolen an election and gotten away with it. more...
Why Iran Could Be Obama’s Defining Moment
President Obama has just been presented with what could be the defining moment of his presidency and perhaps a defining moment in world history. more...
Will Obama ‘Do a Rumsfeld’ In Afghanistan?
When I was in Afghanistan earlier this year it was clear we didn't have enough troops to do anything more than tread water. Things have only gotten worse. more...
Obama Tosses an Ally Overboard - And We Get Zip
Remember Polish jokes? They're politically incorrect these days, so no one makes them. No one, that is, except President Obama. more...
How to Stop Iran’s Nukes
At the dawn of the atomic weapons age, a group of nuclear scientists created a theoretical 'Minutes to Midnight' doomsday clock to signify how close the world was to annihilation. Since the end of the Cold War nobody has paid much attention to it. But it's... more...
Obama Must Send Iran a Message—Reagan Showed Us How to Do It
President Obama, be careful what you wish for; it may come true. more...
Obama Must Consider the Military Option on North Korea
North Korea snatched two American journalists and is holding them hostage under the window dressing of calling them 'spies.' more...
General McChrystal—The Right Man for the Job
Lt. Gen McChyrstal’s confirmation hearings this week provide an much needed opportunity to review our policies going forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and for a frank assessment of where we are now. more...
The Other North Korean Threat—What If They Sell Their Nukes to Our Enemies?
North Korea. Missile tests. Nuclear bombs. More missile tests. Belligerence. Can anything stop North Korea's nuclear program? more...