Dear editor: “Death to America!” This continues to be the chant from those evil, Islamic radicals in Iran. What is there about this message that all of you liberal sympathizers don’t understand? They are clearly saying that they want to kill all of us — including you! Yes! They also regard most of you …
Category: The Middle East
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Mar 10 2015
You’re so naïve
The Mother of All Middle East Conspiracy Theories By Karl reMarks, 9 Mar 2015 The Middle East is, to coin a phrase, a complex place. All is not what it seems. Appearances can be deceptive. The truth is hard to come by. It is also a place where journalistic conventions necessitate the use of …
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Feb 23 2015
Obama sitting on the throne
Dear editor: America is in deep trouble! Trouble? From what? Is it from radical Islamic terrorism? Al-Qaida? ISIS or Islamic State? Not even close — it’s global warming! That’s right! That’s what the Obama administration told us recently. They said that “the danger from global warming is far more dangerous to us than extreme …
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Feb 23 2015
Oh brother! Where art thou?!
Dear editor: Oh brother! Where art thou?! I mean really, where do you get this stuff? There must be something in the water here. A few weeks ago, a bizarre prognostication of smiting from outer space appeared on the pages of this newspaper. In the religion section. Apparently asteroid BL86, in just 12 short years, …
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Feb 22 2015
If in the next breath
Beating Back ISIS By Martin Accad, February 20, 2015 Every few days, we seem to wake up to another massacre committed by ISIS. And these are, of course, only the ones that the media reports. ISIS, in reality, is committing massacres on a daily basis. We have become familiar with their crimes in Syria …
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Feb 22 2015
We ought not to underrate its emotional appeal
What ISIS Really Wants By Graeme Wood, March 2015 What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General …
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Jan 31 2015
Ana bahibak ya jeddi
A Hasidic Prayer at a Palestinian Conference By Yakir Englander, 01/30/2015 5:59 pm EST I grew up in Israel, born into an Ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish family, convinced that all Arabs desired my destruction, and totally unprepared for any genuine encounter with Muslims. So, my decision to participate in the seventh annual conference of AMP …
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