Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says -- and he should know -- there is no difference between the policy of "absolute support" for Israel between Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Obama's own spokesman Robert Gibbs affirmed that, as under Bush, "all options remain on...
Did Mugabe Finally Croak?
This might just be the Miami in me (Castro is dead...now! ...nnnnow! ...nnnnnnnow!), but Zimbabwe suddenly nixing price controls and allowing foreign currency to be exchanged freely, with mea culpa from the finance minister and no comment from the 85-year-old dictator...
Holy Sepulchre, Batman!
Likud Party leader and well-known soothsayer Binyamin Netanyahu has predicted that if Israel doesn't have total control over Jerusalem then al-Qaeda will blow up the Holy Sepulchre, sparking "an escalation of religious conflict" we can't even envision. It seems to me...
Somalia Ruined: Intervention Fails Again
I predicted when the Ethiopians rode into Mogadishu in January, 2007, that the minute they fled with their tails between their legs, the Islamists would swarm back in to retake their place of power. I was right, but the time period was off -- only because the...
Abrams to Parachute to Council on Foreign Relations
I guess this is breaking news on which I hope to have more to write later (I have a deadline on reporting Obama’s greenhouse-related announcements today), but I just confirmed that Elliott Abrams, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Near East...
Is Obama a Terrorist?
If so, it's not because he has associated with Bill Ayers.  He did, however, order a terrorist attack on Pakistan that resulted in the deaths of civilians. That is a hard statement because we have been conditioned to believe that governments don't commit acts of...
Obama’s War
Drudge headlined this story "OBAMA WAR: 7 KILLED DURING SUSPECTED U.S. DRONE STRIKES IN PAKISTAN..." It is off his page now, and the number dead has risen to 22.
Aid for Gazans
Prof. Floyd Rudmin sends the following: Material aid to Palestinians in Gaza can be given by donations to the following aid agencies. These are not listed in any order of priority.1) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East...
Slaughter “A Product of Circumstance”
Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni announced today that the Palestinian civilians killed by the IDF in Gaza were "a product of circumstance." Livni recognizes that the carnage may present a public relations problem for the Israeli government: "These matters will...
Israeli TV airs call to father after children killed
Israeli TV was in the middle of an interview with foreign minister Tzipi Livni when they interrupted for a phone call from Dr. Aboul Aish, a Palestinian doctor who is a regular fixture on Israeli TV. The in-studio correspondent didn't realize the extent of what he was...
