Media Criticism

Clare M. Lopez

Muslim Brotherhood Trying to Police the NYPD

After forcing the FBI and CIA to purge their counterterrorism training programs of all references to “Islam” in “Islamic terrorism,” the Muslim Brotherhood in America has turned its sights on the New York Police Department (NYPD). Image credit: Reuters Writers from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of [...]
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John Bernard, 1st Sgt. USMC (ret.),

New York Times Laments Income Loss for Afghan Businesses

After ten years of nearly constant derisiveness and complacency toward force protection and convenient ignorance of policies that have caused the severe wounding and killing of thousands of American Servicemen, The New York Times took the time to write about the loss of income for business in Afghanistan...
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Diana West

Victory for ‘Muslim Outreach’? Retired General Barred from Speaking at West Point

Eight years and three months ago, I wrote a column inspired by the furor over statements by General William Boykin attesting to the religious dimension of the so-called war on terror. The thought that there might be a religious dimension to Islamic terrorism is, absurdly and disastrously, the Big No-No-No of our [...]
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Dan  Riehl

Meet Politico’s ‘Crackers’: FL Panhandle Home to Many Military Bases

Politico’s Jonathan Martin didn’t only malign residents of Florida’s Panhandle on MSNBC when he invoked the phrase “Cracker Counties” to refer to the region, he went on to equate the region with all of the Deep South, also mentioning Georgia and Alabama by name. We can also assume it would cover many of the military [...]
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Dr. Jason B. Whitman

Has Europe Become a Dirty Word in the GOP Primary?

Recent financial events in the Eurozone have been deeply troubling. One of the most common comparisons conservatives the United States make is that the current path will lead to the U.S. becoming like Greece or Italy–that the risk of U.S. fiscal problems puts us on a collision course with national bankruptcy. Many conservatives believe the direction the Obama Administration is [...]
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John Bernard, 1st Sgt. USMC (ret.),

Unreasonable Risk and Ill-Conceived Combat Missions Define Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy

As a consequence of that misplaced ethical concern for an inappropriately identified non-combatant population, they have unnecessarily endangered our forces and reduced their combat effectiveness by forcing them to consider the lives of these 'non-combatants' as superior to their own. This is the very definition of 'unreasonable risk'.
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Jeff Dunetz

Soros Think Tank Adviser: There’s No Peace Because Those Rich Jews Bribed Congress

“Brzezinski is someone I have learned an immense amount from” … “one of our most outstanding scholars and thinkers”–Senator Barack Obama This Salon headline will bring agreement from many anti-Semites who believe the Jews (or Zionists) control the world. Zbig: Israelis “bought influence”and outmaneuvered Obama By Zbig, the author is talking about, Zbigniew Brzezinski, national security [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

26-Jan-12 World View: Revolutionary and Brotherhood Demonstrators Fill Egypt’s Streets

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Two different demonstrations fill Egypt’s Tahrir Square Egypt’s Salafist al-Nour party draws strength from rural villages Around the world, people turn to religion in a generational crisis era The ‘Vogue of the Veiled’: High-fashion headscarves in Turkey Saudi law permitting women to sell lingerie draws fire overseas Dramatic political upheaval moves Hamas from Iran to [...]
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Niccolo Machiavelli

Former CIA Agent Accused of Giving Classified Info to Journalists

From the National Journal: The Justice Department indicted a high-profile former CIA agent, John Kiriakou, on charges that he knowingly provided classified information to journalists and tried to mislead the CIA while trying to get permission to publish a book about his time with the intelligence agency. The indictment comes after a years-long FBI investigation into Kiriakou, [...]
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Diana West

Haditha: Where Are They (the Accusers) Now?

Eight charged; seven cleared; one, please, let’s hope, to go. Finally, the last “Haditha” trial is in progress, and, thanks to Nat Helms at Defend Our Marines, everything you need or want to know about the proceedings, the witnesses, the facts about the case of SSGT Frank D. Wuterich, the [...]
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