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Andrew G.  Bostom

Ataturk and Andrew McCarthy’s “The Grand Jihad”

Encounter Books has just released a remarkably compendious 4-minute video synopsis of Andrew McCarthy’s “The Grand Jihad”, re-issued in a paperback edition, which features captivating—and humorous—animation. embedded by Embedded Video Please also see a very insightful review of “The Grand Jihad” by Karen Lugo recently published at The American Thinker and a review I had published when [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

5-Feb-12 World View: Bitter Recriminations Follow Russia/China Veto of Syria Resolution

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Hundreds of thousands in Moscow in pro- and anti-Putin rallies U.S. accepts all of Taliban’s six pre-conditions for talks Russia and China veto Arab League resolution on Syria Bitter recriminations follow Russia/China veto of Syria resolution France plans ‘Friends of Syria’ group Iraq’s currency trade flourishes, supplying dollars to Iran and Syria Hundreds of thousands in [...]
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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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Secure Freedom Radio

‘The Education of David Petraeus’ Author Explains General’s Transformational Role in Afghan-Iraq Wars

Author of “All In: The Education of David Petraeus” Paula Broadwell takes three segments to explain her new book and what the former Army general did to help advance Afghan security. The book is a case study in transformational leadership and explains how the COIN strategy has helped to increase security while decreasing insurgency attacks. [...]
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Sun Tzu

Canadian Court Sentences Muslim Family to Life for ‘Completely Twisted’ Honor Killing

In Kingston, Ontario, a judge has found an Afghan family guilty of drowning the father’s three teenage daughters and one of his wives for behavior that defied his strict rules — not for crime, not for drugs, not for violence — but primarily because they dated men without his permission. From the Daily Mail: An Afghan father, [...]
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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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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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John J.  Xenakis

24-Jan-12 World View: Egyptians Fear Violence on First Anniversary of January 25 Uprising

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Russia to Sell 36 Yak-130 Jets to Syria for $550 million Child beggars make big money in Saudi Arabia Egyptians fear violence on first anniversary of January 25 uprising Egypt’s debt crisis deepens along with Europe’s What does Nigeria’s terror group ‘Boko Haram’ really mean? Turkey threatens retaliation after France passes genocide bill Russia to Sell [...]
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Diana West

Should Christians Ally Themselves with Muslim Pro-Life Advocates at the U.N.?

When anti-abortion advocate Austin Ruse explained to his audience that because his sturdiest allies at the United Nations were Muslims countries, his international anti-abortion coalition could not also be an international religious freedom coalition, my dhimmitude-meter kicked on — dhimmitude in this case meaning [...]
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