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January 11, 2015
Why Obama Snubbed the Paris March
Many are wondering why President Obama didn't attend the huge 1-million-plus Paris march against terror and in support of the victims of the recent Islamist murders.
Many world leaders made the trip, Jordan bringing its king. Obama, not busy today, declined to attend and instead sent his outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder. Yet apparently not even Holder chose to attend. Instead, US Ambassador to France Jane Hartley represented the US.
It was an event that demanded the attendance of the US pr...
Many world leaders made the trip, Jordan bringing its king. Obama, not busy today, declined to attend and instead sent his outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder. Yet apparently not even Holder chose to attend. Instead, US Ambassador to France Jane Hartley represented the US.
It was an event that demanded the attendance of the US pr...
Obama's Upcoming Summit on Violent Extremism
President Obama has announced a global "security" summit aimed at preventing "violent extremism."
There was no mention of "Islamic" terror in the statement. Violent extremism around the entire world means only one thing: Muslim terror that currently plagues countless nations across the globe, such as France, England, Australia, Syria, China, Thailand, Philippines, India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, to name just a few.
Political leaders need to stop hiding behind political correctness and say t...
There was no mention of "Islamic" terror in the statement. Violent extremism around the entire world means only one thing: Muslim terror that currently plagues countless nations across the globe, such as France, England, Australia, Syria, China, Thailand, Philippines, India, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, to name just a few.
Political leaders need to stop hiding behind political correctness and say t...
Europe's Failed Politicians Leading Anti-Terror March in Paris
There's something grotesque about the sight of Europe's failed politicians--Hollande, Merkel, Cameron--leading a million people in a Paris march against Islamist terror.
Aren't they the ones who bear responsibility for the virtual unrestricted flow of radical Muslims into Europe's cities where they spend their time plotting more terror attacks while on state-sponsored welfare?
Isn't it the politicians who turn over sections of their own countries to Muslims and Sharia law, as is the current sit...
Aren't they the ones who bear responsibility for the virtual unrestricted flow of radical Muslims into Europe's cities where they spend their time plotting more terror attacks while on state-sponsored welfare?
Isn't it the politicians who turn over sections of their own countries to Muslims and Sharia law, as is the current sit...
January 9, 2015
Europe, US Must Move to the Right After Charlie Hebdo Attack
The biggest danger Europe and the US faces is continuing to pretend Islam is not a terminal danger to democracy and all the values Western society holds dear.
Already, the mainstream media outlet Reuters has tried to portray the attack on the Paris newspaper office of Charlie Hebdo as nothing more than "criminal" unrelated to terrorism and a war between Islam and the West.
At least one of the terrorists has said he was following his orders from Al Qaeda. And at least one expert has said this is...
Already, the mainstream media outlet Reuters has tried to portray the attack on the Paris newspaper office of Charlie Hebdo as nothing more than "criminal" unrelated to terrorism and a war between Islam and the West.
At least one of the terrorists has said he was following his orders from Al Qaeda. And at least one expert has said this is...
January 8, 2015
Imagine If US Police Were Unarmed As in France
The two policemen who were shot and killed by terrorists at the Paris office of the magazine Charlie Hebdo were unarmed.
Apparently French patrolmen by and large are unarmed and unable to defend themselves (and the public) when terrorists strike, as happened in Paris so recently.
Was there some unstated agreement with terrorists and criminals that if the police are unarmed, they must not carry guns and shoot anyone? No. I'm not seeing that.
Isn't it the job of the police to protect the public? I...
Apparently French patrolmen by and large are unarmed and unable to defend themselves (and the public) when terrorists strike, as happened in Paris so recently.
Was there some unstated agreement with terrorists and criminals that if the police are unarmed, they must not carry guns and shoot anyone? No. I'm not seeing that.
Isn't it the job of the police to protect the public? I...
January 7, 2015
Paris Magazine Shooting a Wake Up Call for Europe's Leaders?
Islamists shot and killed at least 12 staffers of a French satirical magazine called Charlie Hebdo, which had previously included the Prophet Mohammed among its satirical targets.
Political leaders of Europe have been quick to "strongly condemn" the attack, as they always do after any tragedy requiring such words.
This Islamist attack occurs at the same time as the anti-Islamization marches in Germany. European leaders, especially German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have been quick to condemn thos...
Political leaders of Europe have been quick to "strongly condemn" the attack, as they always do after any tragedy requiring such words.
This Islamist attack occurs at the same time as the anti-Islamization marches in Germany. European leaders, especially German Chancellor Angela Merkel, have been quick to condemn thos...
January 5, 2015
The Top Spy Trends of 2015
Crystal ball time. But these days the slick surface of a smartphone is the new accessory for seeing into the future.
After a year of newspaper headlines and TV shows filled with spying, espionage, cyber wars and intelligence escapades, what's in store for 2015?
More of the same. No, neither the CIA nor the NSA is going away, despite the deepest wishes of the crazed left and America's enemies. Surely the "Legion of Doom" (Russia, China, North Korea) would love that.
Some trends and story lines to...
After a year of newspaper headlines and TV shows filled with spying, espionage, cyber wars and intelligence escapades, what's in store for 2015?
More of the same. No, neither the CIA nor the NSA is going away, despite the deepest wishes of the crazed left and America's enemies. Surely the "Legion of Doom" (Russia, China, North Korea) would love that.
Some trends and story lines to...
The Top 10 Spy Stories of 2014
Intelligence news made as many headlines as just about anything else in 2014. The fallout of Edward Snowden's NSA leaks, the Senate Democrats' CIA 'Torture' Report, cyber hacking by North Korea, China and others, citizen privacy in the face of big brother government snooping, a new James Bond film announced, it seems espionage was never far away from the front pages of the news media.
Here are the Top 10 Spy Stories of 2014:
10. Regin Malware Infects Computers in Russia, Saudi Arabia and O...
Here are the Top 10 Spy Stories of 2014:
10. Regin Malware Infects Computers in Russia, Saudi Arabia and O...
January 3, 2015
25 Million Nazis in Germany?
The anti-Islamization protests in Germany, which lately have drawn around 20,000 marchers, are drawing serious heat from Chancellor Angela Merkel, among others.
The marchers are vilified in the news media, by Merkel, and by Christian Church leaders who will shut out the lights at the Cologne Cathedral to protest the protesters.
If I am to believe the vilifiers, the marchers are "neo-Nazis." That's the drumbeat from those who hold a differing opinion.
Yet a new opinion poll says almost a third of...
The marchers are vilified in the news media, by Merkel, and by Christian Church leaders who will shut out the lights at the Cologne Cathedral to protest the protesters.
If I am to believe the vilifiers, the marchers are "neo-Nazis." That's the drumbeat from those who hold a differing opinion.
Yet a new opinion poll says almost a third of...
December 22, 2014
Obama's Anti-Police State
Science Fiction or Dystopian novels, such as George Orwell's 1984, will strike fear in the hearts of readers by suggesting a suffocating police state where freedom is outlawed.
Obama's dystopian vision is the opposite. You could plot what has happened over the past 6 years as if it were a deliberate strategy:
Call the police "stupid"Encourage anti-police protests under the guide of marches "against police brutality"Visit protesters and tell them to stay the courseUse restrained language when co...
Obama's dystopian vision is the opposite. You could plot what has happened over the past 6 years as if it were a deliberate strategy:
Call the police "stupid"Encourage anti-police protests under the guide of marches "against police brutality"Visit protesters and tell them to stay the courseUse restrained language when co...
