Tag Archives: Syria

If ISIS Is Not Islamic, then the Inquisition Was Not Catholic

Posted on September 29, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

NEW REPUBLIC by Jerry A. Coyne September 13, 2014 As ISIS slaughters its way though Syria and Iraq, it became inevitable that we’d hear from apologists who claim that ISIS is not in fact “true Islam,” and that its depredations are due … Continue reading →

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How are America’s actions any different than Israel’s ?

Posted on September 27, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

COMMENTARY by Jonathan Tobin September 23, 2014 The unleashing of the campaign of U.S. air strikes on terrorist targets throughout Syria last night may be the beginning of an offensive that will, as President Obama claimed this morning, “take the … Continue reading →

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Israel downs Syrian fighter jet over Golan Heights

Posted on September 23, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

BBC NEWS September 23, 2014 A Syrian fighter jet which apparently strayed into Israeli-controlled airspace over the occupied Golan Heights has been shot down by Israel. The plane, identified by Israeli sources as a Russian-built Sukhoi, plunged to the ground … Continue reading →

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The Parallels Between Bush and Obama

Posted on September 23, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

THE AMERICAN INTEREST by Walter Russell Mead September 23, 2014 As President Obama begins to bomb Syria (with no UN authorization and with a coalition of the willing), he is still bombing Iraq, Yemen, and Pakistan; he has U.S. forces spread out across … Continue reading →

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Obama Taps Star General To Build Syrian Rebel Army to Fight ISIS

Posted on September 21, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY BEAST by Josh Rogin and Eli Lake September 21, 2014 General Michael Nagata is promising to build a new force to destroy ISIS but lawmakers worry he has been given an impossible mission. As lawmakers prepared to take a … Continue reading →

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Syrian rebels seize UN weapons in the Golan

Posted on September 17, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

YAHOO NEWS by Staff September 16, 2014 United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Syrian rebels linked to Al-Qaeda have seized UN weapons, uniforms and vehicles from peacekeepers in the Golan and set up a “safe zone” to wage attacks, the … Continue reading →

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End of an Era: UN Peacekeepers Stop Pretending to Keep Peace

Posted on September 16, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

COMMENTARY by Seth Mandel September 15, 2014 The United Nations has come up with a strange follow-up to Israel’s credible accusations that UN facilities allowed themselves to be used essentially as human shields for Hamas in Gaza: the UN is … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Self-Defeating Fight

Posted on September 16, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick September 15, 2014 The United States has a problem with Islamic State. Its problem is that it refuses to acknowledge why Islamic State is a problem. The problem with Islamic State is not that it … Continue reading →

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Where Did The Islamic State Come From?

Posted on September 13, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT by Abigail R. Esman September 12, 2014 The simple answer – and the one you’ll hear most often – is that IS, or Islamic State (formerly ISIS) emerged out of al-Qaida, gathering strength through the ongoing civil war … Continue reading →

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A President Surrenders

Posted on September 11, 2014 by ArchitectGuy

AMERICAN INTEREST by Walter Russell Mead September 11, 2014 President Obama is now exactly where we at The American Interest were afraid he would be when the whole Syria mess started: from the beginning it was crystal clear that all his choices … Continue reading →

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