Tagged with "syria"

The Islamic Jihad on Christian nuns

SEE SHOCKING UPDATE BELOW THE PIECE AS WESTERN FEMINISTS COMPARE OUR CONCERN FOR RAPED CHRISTIANS TO HOWLING DOGS (LITERALLY!): The Western mainstream claims to care about women's rights, and to abhor crimes such as rape. So why the silence when the victims are Christian nuns and the perpetrators male, Muslim extremists?
by Raymond Ibrahim - 9 December 2013
Ignoring the biggest massacre of Syrian Christians so far

Our rationalism and our humanity -- products of Christian civilisation -- are discarded as we ignore the horror of the brutal persecution of Christians in Syria and beyond
by Raymond Ibrahim - 22 November 2013
Netanyahu, Syria and the Spanish Civil War

As the UN and the US cosy up to Iran and allow Assad to stay in power, Israel’s leader will go his own way to save his country
by Emanuele Ottolenghi - 7 November 2013
Is a cold war reprise coming in the Middle East?

The vacuum threatened by an apparent change in US policy could return the Middle East to the old alliances – if not the antagonism – of the Cold War
by Nick Gray - 29 October 2013
Bismarck versus Blair: A foreign policy crossroads

The interventionist dam broke with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Inaction in Syria could mark the end of our duty to protect
by Tony Brenton - 14 October 2013
Iran and the lessons of Chamberlain's appeasement

The appeasement policies of the 1930s were wildly popular at the time and for much the same reasons as appeasment of Syria and Iran are popular today. But the outcome was disaster
by Michael Curtis - 2 October 2013
The Security Council Resolution on Syria: Farce and Fait Accompli

Moscow is no longer a major power; they haven’t been for some time. Still, Putin and company are looking shrewd these days. Not hard against Obama though...
by Taylor Dibbert - 1 October 2013
Admit It, Mr Kerry: You blundered

John Kerry’s gaffe has changed the course of history. He is now engaged in a protracted negotiation with the Russians, which may give Assad the time he needs to win the civil war
by Daniel Johnson - 30 September 2013
Desecration of Christians continues in Syria

Christians are being slaughtered and oppressed across the Middle East and beyond. The bravery of this writer is beyond words. Imagine the terror suffered by the ordinary people who endured this
by Raymond Ibrahim - 28 September 2013
Hamlet of the White House

Obama found it easier to perform the role of critical intellectual than commander-in-chief. All the regional MidEast players sense his weakness and confusion
by Emanuele Ottolenghi - 25 September 2013
Is Russia's Syria troops plan aimed also at protecting Iran's nuclear programme?

After consolidating Syria in the "Russian camp", the next obvious candidate is Iran. Do we in the West have the mental capacity to deal with what is going on?
by Robin Shepherd, Owner / Publisher - 22 September 2013
Did Putin make a loser or a winner out of Obama on Syria?

Obama has handed the smoking petard to Putin. Like the loser in ‘pass the parcel’, Putin has nowhere to put it
by Robin Mitchinson - 20 September 2013
What does Obama's Syrian mess spell for Israel?

Just as Obama poured forth with endless and empty threats against Damascus, so he is likely to do the same against Tehran
by Jeremy Havardi - 18 September 2013
What is Russia's game really?

Russia needs to believe it is a global superpower. It is filled with resentment at what it has "lost", and will do whatever it takes not to lose influence in the MidEast and elsewhere
by Nick Gray - 16 September 2013
Is Russia's world the one you really want to live in?

The West may be in retreat over global security and the "democracy agenda". Here's the bad news. The enemies of global security and the democracy agenda are not in retreat at all
by The Commentator - 13 September 2013