So whom do you want to believe? Do you want to believe those who claim, such as Charles Krauthammer, that there is “Islam” and then there is “Islamism” and there is vast and therefore comforting difference between the two – though that difference is never really adequately discussed in detail…
So whom do you want to believe? Do you want to believe those who claim, such as Charles Krauthammer, that there is “Islam” and then there is “Islamism” and there is vast and therefore comforting difference between the two – though that difference is never really adequately discussed in detail…
Two aspects of this story regarding Microsoft’s Bing search engine are of interest. One is the self-imposed double standard: would Microsoft disallow searches on “rude” words for any other place on the planet? The other is the political and ethical precedent it sets: if they self-censor on this, what else…
But, of course. “Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide,” by Karl Ritter for the Associated Press, March 11 (thanks to Rich): STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador…
If you’re Israel, there’s nothing like being lectured on your domestic policy by a man who thinks that the United States and France kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon. Joe Biden is probably the least-informed man in American politics when it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict. That may be because he, like President Obama, want to [...]
But Charles Krauthammer will tell you that Geert Wilders is “extreme, radical, and wrong.” Eurabia Alert: “Teacher attacked after al-Qaeda comments,” from AFP, March 9 (thanks to Pamela): Lyon, France – A 15-year-old French schoolboy sprayed a teacher with teargas after she described al-Qaeda as a “terrorist group”, she told…
So, what’s up with FoxNews? Yesterday, Jim Angle, Charles Krauthammer, Bill Kristol, and Glenn Beck tag-teamed Geert Wilders. Beck climbed up and jumped off the top rope onto Wilders’ head by strongly insinuating that Geert is a fascist. It was like a Hulk Hogan WWE massacre, but this time for real. What in the world [...]
Even when the Left is most passionately arguing its ideas it cannot help but sabotage itself.
And the sanctions were toothless in the first place. “West softens stance on Iran nuclear sanctions,” from Reuters, March 6 (thanks to Alexandre): A Western proposal for fresh UN sanctions on Iran includes a call for restricting new Iranian banks abroad and urges “vigilance” against the Islamic Republic’s central bank,…
