Category: War On Terror

A lot of people are mocking Director of Intelligence James Clapper's statement before Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is largely a "secular" organization, and not really an …

Today the Boston Globe editorializes on a truly horrific story: in Afghanistan, a young woman flees an undesired arranged marriage to run off with her lover (who happened to …

We're coming up on two weeks of unrest in Egypt, and I'm getting the feeling that we're getting close to the breaking point. Fairly soon, I think, Mubarak will …

Things are getting a wee bit less simple in the War On Terror. And that is not necessarily a good thing.(Author's note: this will not be a chronologically accurate …

Things are getting very, very nervous around the Muslim world. And that should have any sane person worried.In Egypt, the people are rioting against the government, headed by the …

A little over 40-(cough) years ago, I was born in Lebanon. No, not Lebanon the country -- Lebanon, the town in New Hampshire that calls itself a city. We …

A lot of people said a lot of stupid things last year, but this is probably my favorite: news reader Katie Couric thinks that America -- in the interest …

We're currently engaged in two shooting wars. In Iraq, we're fighting Iraqi insurgents and foreign volunteers and independents who wish to drive us out of the Middle East and …

In Austria, a member of their parliament finally had enough of the Turkish ambassador to his nation, and unloaded on the guy on the floor of Parliament: I don't …

(Title shamelessly stolen from commenter "Mr. Evilwrench.") When I first wrote my piece on WikiLeaks, discussing their actions in the context of geopolitics, I grasped at the edge of …