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Tag Archives: Iraq
Why No One Cares About the Christians of Mosul. We know why that is.
COMMENTARY by Tom Wilson July 29, 2014 No one cares about the Christians of Mosul–or perhaps we should say the Christians formerly of Mosul. The reports in recent days suggest that the last Christians have now fled that city, forced … Continue reading
The New Middle East War
MOSAIC by Michael Doran July 2, 2014 A single conflict now stretches from Baghdad to Beirut. How many sides are there—and whose side is the U.S. on? The new war is, in brief, a struggle over the regional order. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Carl von Clausewitz, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria
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Turkey’s high-risk power play
JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick June 24, 2014 Like Iran, Erdogan aims to destroy the global order and replace it with an Islamic empire. For most Westerners, Turkey is a hard nut to crack. How can you understand a state … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Abduction, Erdogan, Hamas, Iraq, ISIS, Kidnapping, NATO, Syria, Turkey
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Obama Thinks Iran Can Rescue American Interests in the Middle East: He’s Wrong
TABLET MAG by Lee Smith June 18, 2014 The State Department now says that the United States has “shared interests” with Iran in Iraq, and talks are apparently ongoing between the two countries about the rapidly deteriorating security situation in … Continue reading
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Has a Consumer Protection Office
THE ATLANTIC by Aaron Zelin June 13, 2014 A guide to how the militant group overrunning Iraq wins hearts and minds No sooner had it seized the Iraqi city of Mosul and surrounding villages, than the Islamic State of Iraq … Continue reading
ISIS Takeovers in Iraq: Biggest Islamist Victory Since 9/11
CLARION PROJECT by Ryan Mauro June 15, 2014 The West needs to understand that ISIS’ motivation is explicitly ideological, Islamist and anti-democratic. The takeover of about one-third of Iraq by the “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) terrorist group … Continue reading
Turkish Support for ISIS. Bad choices all around, Iran or psycho extremists?
WASHINGTON TIMES by Daniel Pipes June 18, 2014 The battle in Iraq consists of “Turkish-backed Sunni jihadis rebelling against an Iranian-backed Shi’ite-oriented central government,” I wrote in a recent article. Some readers question that the Republic of Turkey has supported the “Islamic State … Continue reading
Iran Offers Iraq ‘Everything it Needs’ to Fight ISIS
DAILY BEAST by Eli Lake June 16, 2014 As ISIS marches closer to Baghdad, the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is offering the Iraqi government the use of its army and spies. As President Obama weighs whether to re-enter … Continue reading
War Was Interested in Obama
PJ MEDIA by Victor Davis Hanson June 16, 2014 Leon Trotsky probably did not quite write the legendary aphorism that “you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” But whoever did, you get the point … Continue reading
A Failure on Many Fronts The Worst News from Iraq
AMERICAN INTEREST Analysis by Walter Russell Mead & Staff June 12, 2014 There is a big harvest of bad news from the country formerly known as Iraq this June 12. The country’s armed forces have collapsed in the north and … Continue reading
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