It’s hard to rate and compare mistakes, but Trump is certainly correct that the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were immense mistakes. Bush and his team contended that we would be welcomed as liberators and that Western-style secular republics were going to be established that would become models for the rest of the Islamic world. […]
“Palestinian” official: Abbas doesn’t realize that “Trump doesn’t just make promises or threats, he carries them out”
The “Palestinian” official is right, but Abbas may be excused for misjudging Trump in this regard. After all, every other recent American President has been full of empty threats and promises. Remember “if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,” and all of Obama’s red lines in Syria. Remember Bush’s vow to eradicate […]
Trump administration closing PLO mission in Washington
“The Trump administration announced Monday that it is closing the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mission in Washington, citing Palestinian leaders’ resistance to peace talks and attempts to get an international court to prosecute Israel for alleged war crimes.” At last, a move away from fantasy-based policymaking and an adjustment of policy based on actual reality. Long […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: UNRWA’s Bloated Farce
The news that the Trump Administration wants to strip refugee status from millions of “Palestinians” should be welcomed by all people of sense. For the “Palestinian” refugees now include every single descendant of those who left Palestine just before, during, and after the 1947-49 war. That means that if your grandfather, or great-grandfather, left in […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Trump Is Right to End U.S. Aid to UNRWA
Refugee status is not some heirloom passed from generation to generation. My latest in PJ Media: CNN reports that “the United States is ending all funding to the United Nations agency tasked with supporting Palestinian refugees, the U.S. State Department said Friday, describing the body as ‘irredeemably flawed.’” Indeed it is, and this Trump administration […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: “Palestinian” Rage as the American Government Comes to its Senses
The United States on Friday ended all funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees,” and it is instructive to look back at the “Palestinian” fury at the American government earlier this year for cutting its contribution to UNRWA from $125 million to $60 million; it was something to behold. It was full of dire […]
US cancels $300 million in aid to Pakistan for failure to take decisive action against jihadis
“But U.S. officials had held out the possibility that Pakistan could win back that support if it changed its behavior.” Yes, they always promise to do so. But we have heard that song and dance before, such that even the New York Times has noticed. “War is deceit,” said Muhammad (Bukhari 4.52.268). “Exclusive: Pentagon cancels […]
Trump hits Google for skewing results against him, Google denies — but evidence shows Trump is right
President Trump is, not surprisingly, getting a lot of flak for this. CNN, as objective as ever, has a risible article entitled, “Debunking Donald Trump’s latest conspiracy theory on Google.” In it, Chris Cillizza complains about the original article revealing Google’s search bias against Trump because in it, “every major mainstream media outlet in the […]
CNN explains that the problem is really Donald Trump, not Iran’s chanting of “Death to America”
“‘I am not that educated, I don’t have a deep understanding,’ says Rahimi, who like most Iranians interviewed for this article preferred to give only their first name.” Did CNN stop to ponder why that was the case? Did Nick Paton Walsh, Shirzad Bozorgmehr or Salma Abdelaziz ask themselves why, if Trump and not the […]
US cuts aid to “Palestinians” by more than $200 million
Good. $200 million less for jihad terror and the promotion of genocide. “US cuts aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million,” by Matthew Lee, Associated Press, August 24, 2018: WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral aid to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding […]