Daily Archives: August 24, 2017
Trump Must Stop North Korea from Striking American Soil by John R. Bolton
Yet another tumultuous week in domestic affairs, starting with the Charlottesville tragedy and ending with Steve Bannon departing the Trump White House, drove the continuing threats of international terrorism and nuclear proliferation off America’s front pages. The media’s vicissitudes may be inevitable, but they constantly produce “surprising” strategic developments that were both predictable and long in the making.
Recognizing the Real and Present Enemy: Radical Islam, Not Russia by Alexandre del Valle
In the military and strategic sense of the word, an “enemy” is an entity that truly threatens our short- and long-term survival and vital interests — not one that simply does not share our concept of democracy and human rights.
Spain: Barcelona Attack Was Preventable by Soeren Kern
The measures to place bollards or planters in public areas were never implemented in Barcelona because the leaders of the Catalan independence movement did not want to be seen as taking orders from the central government in Madrid.
The President Has a Special Obligation to Condemn Nazis and KKK by Alan M. Dershowitz
President Donald Trump has a special obligation to single out for condemnation, and distance himself from, individuals and groups that claim — even if falsely — to speak in his name, as the racist provocateurs in Charlottesville did.
Two New Totalitarian Movements: Radical Islam and Political Correctness by A. Z. Mohamed
The attempt in the West to impose a strict set of rules about what one is allowed to think and express in academia and in the media — to the point that anyone who disobeys is discredited, demonized, intimidated and in danger of losing his or her livelihood — is just as toxic and just as reminiscent of Orwell’s diseased society.
