Western powers don’t accept that journalism has transformed itself into advocacy for decay. The old dictum “If it bleeds, it leads” was meant to sell copies of newspapers, attract eyeballs to screens, and bewitch ears with radio stations. Now, journalists are opponents of progress. Rather than report, they choose to be propagandists for malefactors. It’s…
Paper tiger revealed in Syria, say Israelis. Guess who?
December 20, 2015
I always loved the phrase “paper tiger.” The communist Chinese invented it to describe the US. My mother was a great fan of folded paper doodads. This is the sort of thing she did. In July of this year, I became convinced that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the Iranian nuclear deal—was an international…
A diplomatic solution for Syria?
October 26, 2015
Reader Aqeel Yousuf sent me a question: “Now that the foreign ministers of Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey met with the American Secretary of State in Vienna on October 23, does that mean a diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war is possible?” Well, yes and no. Mr. Yousuf appears to be a very young…
Fruit of the new alliance
October 14, 2015
Fruit. A strange word to describe extravagantly evil men who are now completely dead. But fruit they are, borne of the new alliance in the Middle East. Arabs and Israelis are the farmers presenting us with this harvest. Iran’s Losing Major Operatives in Syria From Revolutionary Guards generals to Hezbollah commanders, Tehran’s agents are being…
Palestinian lunatics finally get what they deserve
October 10, 2015
So much is happening in the Middle East that nobody has time for Palestinian lunatics anymore. I’m not talking about terrorists; they continue to be drowned in tunnels or shot. But the average Jew-hater tossing around his or her stupid accusations is finally being ignored. The reason is that the entire world has turned to…
Russia throws Iran under the bus
October 9, 2015
The phrase “thrown under the bus” likely has its origins in minor-league baseball, according to William Safire. Players were bused to “away games.” In fact, its original meaning could be have been quite literal: be on time for the bus, or you will be thrown underneath it, into the storage bays. He says the metaphor…