Israelis are known for being gloomy about the political situation. In fact, they generally enjoy criticizing things (themselves above all). As a result, Israel’s enemies often make the mistake of underestimating the country’s ability to endure, struggle, and prevail…
Archives for December 2010
The Year 2010 in Islamism: Battles Within America
The heroic Patrick Poole sums up what happened in the United States regarding the battle of Islamism against American institutions and the support of many American institutions for radical Islamism…
The Year 2010 in Islamism: Battles Within America
The heroic Patrick Poole sums up what happened in the United States regarding the battle of Islamism against American institutions and the support of many American institutions for radical Islamism…
Dopes of the Day: Fooled by Syria…Twice
There is a newspaper in Lebanon called al-Akhbar. Curiously, while other newspapers are in decline or starved for funds, al-Akhbar is expanding…
Things You Need To Know About the Middle East, December 2010
The Egyptian government so arranged the parliamentary elections that the share of seats held by the opposition declined from 20 percent for Muslim Brotherhood supporters alone to only 3 percent for all of the half-dozen opposition parties put together. In other words…
“This is worse than a crime, it’s a blunder”: Understanding Incompetent Western Policies
Some of my readers are always bothered when I say that mistakes in Western Middle East policy are caused by stupidity and ignorance-abetted by ideology-and want to argue that the shortcomings are due to deliberate sabotage or evil intentions…
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