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May: Throwing Israel to the UN’s wolves
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Obama encourages Israel’s enemies, caliphate-builders among them Palestinian Islamic Jihad is, as its name suggests, an organization committed to jihad – against Israel most urgently, though not exclusively. So when the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 23 passed a resolution condemning Israel, PIJ spokesman Dawood Shihab was pleased. He called it a “victory.” He wasn’t wrong.…
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May: An American renewal
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Prosperity, security and freedom should be top priorities Slowly and perhaps even surely, Donald Trump is pulling together a team he believes can help him achieve his goals. Which are what exactly? The most basic are given to him in Article II, Section One, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution. On Jan. 20, 2017, Mr.…
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May: The tide turns
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Trump’s victories pale in comparison with the challenges ahead First and foremost: Nothing is more pivotal to democratic governance then holding free and fair elections that lead to a peaceful transference of power. Over the past week, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all demonstrated that they get that. This is an achievement that…
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May: The ideals of 1776
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Should we return to them – and can we? Andrew Roberts, one of the world’s great historians, took America to task just over one week ago. Let me rephrase that: He took Americans to task for what they – or rather we – are doing to these United States during an election season that often seems like a…
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May: The Battle of Mosul
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The Islamic State will take a beating, but the ‘tide of war’ will not recede Ayman al-Zawahiri was correct. Believed to be ensconced in the tribal lands of Pakistan, the leader of what’s sometimes called al Qaeda Central has dedicated his life to a jihad that he hopes and prays will lead to the founding of…
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May: The problem with processed peace
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Negotiations alone seldom turn terrorists and tyrants into partners and allies When peace-loving people sit down together in a spirit of compromise they can find ways to resolve their conflicts. Does it follow that negotiations with those who don’t care a fig about peace and reject compromise also lead to good results? Logic says no,…
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May: The problem with globalism
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And why isolationism is not the solution Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.” That line from Donald Trump’s long and emphatic speech to the Republican National Convention jumped out at me. I think I know what he meant: that he prioritizes America’s national interests above those of the wider world. If so, most Americans…
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May: Obama’s ‘boy wonder’
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How Ben Rhodes helped the president manipulate the media deceive the public Among the most serious charges that President Obama and his supporters have leveled against President Bush and Vice President Cheney: They “cherry-picked intelligence.” The phrase suggests that, while in office, they sorted through the information provided by America’s spy agencies, selecting the tidbits…
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May: Call it genocide; President should acknowledge what’s happening to Christians in Muslim lands
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In the Yemeni port city of Aden earlier this month, Islamists attacked a Catholic home for the indigent elderly. The militants, believed to be soldiers of the Islamic State, shot the security guard, then entered the facility where they gunned down the old people and their care-givers, including four nuns. At least 16 people were…
