Sunday, December 10, 2006

Friday, December 08, 2006

Ill. man arrested for alleged bomb plot - U.S. Security - MSNBC.com

This story is about a "lone wolf" Islamic terrorist seeking to attack a shopping mall with hand grenades right before Christmas in order to achieve maximum casualties. Ill. man arrested for alleged bomb plot - U.S. Security - MSNBC.com

To the Pope's point, does any other religion but Islam produce as high a proportion of people in the modern day world with these motivations? PS, liberals can try to blame the US for the mindless murder of civilians in Iraq, but the genocide by Muslims in Darfur has nothing to do with us.

Arabs Say Report Shows Bush's Failure - washingtonpost.com

Read on -- it also is being taken up by America's enemies as proof of the "defeat of America". Congress and the press must be very careful how they use the Baker report, lest they compoud Bush's failures and further undermine American power.
Arabs Say Report Shows Bush's Failure - washingtonpost.com

Haniyeh vows to never recognize Israel - News from Israel, Ynetnews

The voice of the democratically elected government of the Palestinians:
Haniyeh vows to never recognize Israel - News from Israel, Ynetnews

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Dennis Ross on Iraq, Syria, Iran and Iraq Study Group

See the attached article by Dennis Ross in the New Republic. Article or Op-Ed To paraphrase Ross, among other interesting points he makes in this article,

"...Iran and Syria should be treated as part of a collective. Singling them out gives them more of a reason to be spoilers and to up the ante for what they seek in return. We want the focus with each of them to be Iraq -- not the nuclear issue with Iran, or Lebanon and the Golan Heights with Syria. The more we treat them as fixers in Iraq -- when, in fact, they are not -- the more they will seek trade-offs on other issues. I am not arguing against engaging either the Iranians or Syrians. But it should be done on terms that don't favor them so clearly. We should be prepared to raise the costs to them practically, not only rhetorically, when it comes to their bad behavior. To date, with both Iran and Syria, we have been speaking loudly and carrying a small stick. This needs to change. "