Written by Barry Rubin

With Libya going down the drain, Egypt daily moving toward an Islamist dictatorship, and Syria in a bloody civil war between Sunni and Shia Islamists, how is Tunisia—the most potentially moderate Arab state which had the best chance of achieving democracy–doing? Not very well. Read more: If the Muslim Brotherhood is Taking Over Tunisia What Hope is there for Anyone Else?
Anna Mahjar-Barducci ...
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Written by Barry Rubin

President Barack Obama’s speech at the National Defense University, “The Future of Our Fight against Terrorism”, is a remarkable exercise in wishful thinking and denial.
Essentially, his theme: the only strategic threat to the United States is posed by terrorists carrying out terrorist ...
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Written by GoV

"I don't care if they're offended — I'm offended every day." Read more: “We’re Justified in Our Anger” States Tommy Robinson, English Defence League
Tommy Robinson, the leader of the English Defence League, was interviewed at length about yesterday's atrocity in Woolwich. He has a few choice words for Prime Minister David Cameron, London Mayor Boris Johnson, and other notables who have ...
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Written by Barry Rubin

Even as the Benghazi scandal is growing in the United States, the situation in Libya is deteriorating further. Ignoring the actual threat of revolutionary Islamist militias—and attributing problems to a video—plus the botching of the investigation of the attack—due to the cover-up–has also led to a ...
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Written by Barry Rubin

There is something terribly and tragically and importantly symbolic about the Benghazi attack that may be lost in the tidal wave of details about what happened on September 11, 2012, in an incident where four American officials were murdered in a terrorist attack. This point stands at the heart of ... Read more: Why the Benghazi Issue is Overwhelmingly Important
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Written by Barry Rubin
“Everything reactionary is the same; if you don’t hit it, it won’t fall. This is also like sweeping the floor; as a rule, where the broom does not reach, the dust will not vanish of itself.” –Mao Zedong, The Little Red Book
It is amazing how many massive revelations pass people by completely. ... Read more: How the Palestinians Have Trapped Themselves and Dragged the West Along
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Written by EDL

Yesterday, 30th April 2013, at Woolwich Crown Court, six "home-grown extremists" from Birmingham pleaded guilty to preparing a coordinated attack on an English Defence League demonstration in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, exactly 10 months earlier on 30 June 2012.
They had hoped to cause mass ... Read more: Islamic Extremists Admit Targetting English Defence League Demonstration
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Written by Barry Rubin

The current conventional wisdom about terrorism, Islamism, and the Middle East is being bent, but not broken, by two events. On one hand, there is the Boston bombing; on the other hand, developments in Syria and to a lesser extent Egypt. What’s happening?
In the Middle East, the misbehavior of ... Read more: The Truths About Terrorism Whose Names They Dare Not Speak
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Written by Gordon G. Chang
As we kept providing incentives for unacceptable behavior, Beijing predictably became less cooperative and more assertive. Worse, the less and less the Chinese felt the desire to engage us, the more and more we felt the need to engage them. If we do not change our policies, our indulgence may end ...
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