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Bringing Hamas to the table
Former head of Mossad, Efraim Halevy, has an op-ed up at the New Republic entitled “Why not Hamas?” In it he suggests that the policy of excluding Hamas from the increasingly implausible Israeli-Palestinian peace talks has not only failed but … Continue reading
Repealing “Don’t ask Don’t Tell”
<i>Map reflects a compilation of states allowing gay service via the Palm Center.</i> Last month chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen made headlines with this: <blockquote>“No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape … Continue reading
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Climate Change science gets a stern talking to
I won’t bore you by recounting the various, glaring missteps the climate change science community has made recently. I think those discrepancies have been broadly covered, dismissed by the believers and slavered over by the uber-skeptics. Indeed the pundit shit … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Uribe and Chavez Showdown
<blockquote>Be a man! These issues are meant to be discussed in these venues. You’re brave speaking at a distance, but a coward when it comes to talking face to face</blockquote> Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to Venezuelan <del>comedian</del> President Hugo Chavez … Continue reading
Satirizing Home Grown Terrorists
A brief clip from the film “The Four Lions,” which presents four bumbling would be home grown jihadists in the UK. Via Political Warfare
Hakeemullah Mehsud is… Hard to Kill!
Pardon my amateurish photoshopping. It seems like every week brings a new report claiming the demise of Pakistan’s Taliban leader Hakeemullah Mehsud only to have him pop up in a video days later, celebrating his continued existence in a mocking … Continue reading
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A Sobering Look at the Rise of China and Asia
China’s decade long surge into becoming an economic power house and global heavy hitter has given rise to a myriad of theories and assertions regarding the role of Asia in this century. It has been widely touted that the 21st … Continue reading
Seriously?
How else to express my reaction to the African Union’s selection of Zimbabwe for a seat on it’s Peace and Security Council? <blockquote>The Peace and Security Council is concerned with resolving conflicts between member states and with helping sort out … Continue reading
Is “moderate” Islam a fallacy?
I’ve recently enjoyed a debate presented by FORA between a scholar of Islamic and middle eastern studies, Daniel Pipes and Syrian born psychologist, Dr. Wafa Sultan. The essence of the debate is whether or not there exists what many deem … Continue reading
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