Monthly Archives: August 2017
Is a Tolerant Culture Being Replaced by an Intolerant One? by Saher Fares
One need not go back centuries to the Muslim conquest of the Christian late classical world — the medieval Barbary corsair raids, the Ottoman yoke in Central and Eastern Europe or the slave markets of Kaffa in Tatar Muslim Crimea — to understand that this violence clearly predates the European colonial era, the creation of the modern state of Israel, or the issue of climate change.
Europe: Migrant Crisis Reaches Spain by Soeren Kern
“The biggest migration movements are still ahead: Africa’s population will double in the next decades. A country like Egypt will grow to 100 million people, Nigeria to 400 million. In our digital age with the internet and mobile phones, everyone knows about our prosperity and lifestyle.” — German Development Minister Gerd Müller.
What’s next in Afghanistan? by John R. Bolton
As President Trump wrestles with America’s role in Afghanistan, he should first decide what our objectives are today compared to what we wanted immediately after Sept. 11, 2001.Initially, the United States overthrew the Taliban regime but failed to destroy it completely. Regime supporters, allied tribal forces and opportunistic warlords escaped (or returned) to Pakistan’s frontier regions to establish sanctuaries.
The Real Lessons from Charlottesville by Ruthie Blum
Although Hamas, the terrorist organization that rules the Gaza Strip, is shunned by U.S. negotiators, Fatah, the party headed by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, is considered a potential partner for peace with Israel.Official Fatah social media pages, however, openly laud and encourage “lone wolves” to arm themselves with knives and vehicles with which to slaughter Israelis whenever and wherever possible.
Please Help Us Keep Fighting for Your Liberty and Security?
Dear Friend,
Recent days have brought us sobering news. Internationally, the totalitarian leadership of North Korea continues to make violent threats against the U.S., just days after its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that could carry a nuclear warhead. Domestically, as neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend, one of their group intentionally rammed his car into a crowd of anti-Nazi protesters, murdering one young woman and injuring 19 people.
