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…