IDF on war alert. Iran-Syrian-Hizballah war of attrition threatened. US set to act on Syria DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis May 6, 2013, 12:05 PM (GMT+02:00) Israel’s two air force strikes on Syria in three days – the second targeting the emblems of Assad rule overlooking Damascus from Mt. Qassioun – appear to be […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Pathetic William Kristol May 4, 2013 12:01 PM EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: If the government of the United States is unwilling to do anything but present to the world the sorry spectacle of justice without a sword or justice unwilling to use the sword, surely it would be
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Benghazi Talking Points ADVANCE ARTICLE from the May 13, 2013 issue. Stephen F. Hayes May 13, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 33 Even as the White House strove last week to move beyond questions about the Benghazi attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2012, fresh evidence emerged that
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May 1, 2013 The Case for Pre-Emptive War, From Goliath to the Dardanelles Some lessons for Israel as it contemplates an attack on Iran’s nuclear program. By ANDREW ROBERTS When—and it is most probably now a question of when, rather than if—Israel is forced to bomb Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities, the Israeli government will immediately
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April 16, 2013 Notable & Quotable David Fromkin writing in Foreign Affairs, July 1975: The grim events at the Athens airport on August 5, 1973, were in a sense symbolic. . . . When the hand grenades were hurled into the departure lounge and the machine gunners simultaneously mowed down the passengers waiting to
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April 24, 2013 The Terrorist’s Sojourn in a Most Dangerous Place Tamerlan Tsarnaev spent seven months in Dagestan, where the capital sees violent attacks weekly, if not daily. By GLEN E. HOWARD Mr. Howard is president of the Jamestown Foundation EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE: Equally important: In less than a year, the U.S. and other
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Charles Krauthammer The Bush legacy By Charles Krauthammer, Apr 25, 2013 The Washington Post Clare Boothe Luce liked to say that “a great man is one sentence.” Presidents, in particular. The most common “one sentence” for George W. Bush is: “He kept us safe.” Not quite right. With Bush’s legacy being reassessed as his
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April 24, 2013 Babies and Immigration Reform By Cindy Simpson Not a single word in the 844-page “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act” introduced by Senator Marco Rubio and the “Gang of Eight” addresses the controversial practice of “birthright citizenship.” Birthright citizenship is the common description given to the automatic grant
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April 10, 2013 Benghazi’s Portent and the Decline of U.S. Military Strength Ten more Marines per ship won’t matter if there aren’t ships in the Mediterranean Sea to deploy from. By MARK HELPRIN Mr. Helprin is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and the author, most recently, of the novel “In Sunlight and
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