Tehran Holds Obama Re-Election Wild Card

Khamene’i and Obama can both make trouble for the other. If they do, Iran and Iraq would play outsized roles in the presidential contest, continuing in their unique thirty-year role as the tar babies of American politics.

The Slap Heard Around the World

A year ago, Officer Fadiya Hamdi slapped fruit vendor Mohammed Bouazizi across the face in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, setting off upheavals that caused three seeming Arab dictators-for-life to lose power.

Newt Gingrich and the “Invented” Palestinian People

Everyone from the PLO to a Mitt Romney spokesman jumped on Gingrich for this assertion, but he happens to be absolutely correct.

Egypt’s Sham Election

According to Egypt’s elections committee, the Muslim Brotherhood won 37 percent of the vote of the first round of voting in Egypt; and the Salafis, who promote a yet more extreme Islamist program, won 24 percent, giving them together a jaw-dropping 61 percent of the vote. This stunning result prompts two questions: Is this a legitimate or rigged outcome?

When a President Hates His Country

On the one hand, as a Leftist, Obama despises the United States and sees it as a force for ill in the world. On the other, as president, is judged by how well the country fares during his tenure.

Arabist Snobs

Knowledge of Arabic does not protect against ideology, faddism, pedantry or misinformation.

US Middle East Policy Muddle: To Democratize, Or Not to Democratize?

Summing up the West’s policy dilemma vis-à-vis the Middle East: Democracy pleases us but brings hostile elements to power; tyranny betrays our principles but leaves pliable rulers in power.

The Canadian Muslim Difference

It makes obvious intuitive sense that Muslims disagree among themselves – what group of people does not?

Obama’s Misplaced Mideast Optimism

As Obama’s disliked domestic policies (especially concerning healthcare and employment) sink his popularity, he now claims foreign policy successes.

Tyrants, Beware!

Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi is the sixth tyrant on the lam in the past decade to be captured or executed; that leaves only Mullah Omar, the former Taliban leader, on the loose, hiding like a common criminal.

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