If they have nothing to hide, then why object to inspections? But Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), which lobbied hard in Washington for the disastrous Iranian nuclear deal, is enraged. NIAC has been established in court as a lobbying group for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Said Michael Rubin: “Jamal Abdi, […]
Break out the champagne: State Department officials quitting over “complete and utter disdain for our expertise”
We can only hope that with the departure of these failed State Department officials, their failed policies will be swept out along with them. Chief among these is the almost universally held idea that poverty causes terrorism. The United States has wasted uncounted (literally, because a great deal of it was in untraceable bags full […]
Trump administration brings Muslim who plotted to murder Muhammad cartoonist to U.S. for trial
Another broken promise: Trump had said he would end this Obama practice, and now Eric Holder and others whose support Trump should never have had or wanted are thumping their chests and claiming victory. This is a continuation of the false premise that every jihad plot is a separate criminal incident, unrelated to any and […]
Trump State Department blames Israel for terrorism, claims “Palestinians” rarely incite attacks
No doubt Obama appointees and loyalists are responsible for this report, but it came from Trump’s State Department nonetheless, and he owns it. This is a swamp that should long ago have been drained. “State Dept. Blames Israel for Terrorism, Claims Palestinians Rarely Incite Attacks,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, July 20, 2017: The […]
Trump ends program to arm anti-Assad jihadis in Syria
The Washington Post casts this story as evidence that President Trump is a pawn of the Russians, which is more of the Left’s ridiculous campaign to portray the 2016 election as having been stolen by Vladimir Putin. But this is the right decision. These “rebels” are mostly jihadis; arming and aiding them is arming and […]
London’s Muslim mayor says there should be “no red carpet for Trump”: he insulted Muslims
Back in January, Khan demanded the cancellation of Trump’s state visit to UK, stating that he was “quite clear, this ban is cruel, this ban is shameful, while this ban is in place we should not be rolling out the red carpet for President Trump.” Instead Khan would rather see the red carpet rolled out […]
Trump administration unveils new Iran sanctions
“In an hourlong meeting last week, according to The New York Times, Trump spent 55 minutes telling some of his highest-ranking national security advisers that he wanted to abandon the Iran deal. Defense Secretary James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster convinced the president to maintain the agreement for […]
Macron vows to fight jihadi “enemies of humanity” with Trump
I recently wrote about Macron at Jihad Watch, wondering where the French leader was headed given his mixed signals and recent determination to stand beside President Trump for the G-20 photo op. Macron now says with regard to fighting jihad: When it comes to fighting terrorism, I can say from day one we have seen […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Trump in Poland: “Our Civilization Will Triumph”
A far cry from Obama’s avowal that Islamic civilization will triumph. My latest in FrontPage: Interrupted repeatedly by chants of “Donald Trump! Donald Trump! Donald Trump!” as he was speaking in Poland on Thursday, President Trump delivered a ringing affirmation that he would defend Western civilization: “Just as Poland could not be broken, I declare […]
Trump: “The West will never, ever be broken. Our values will prevail, our people will thrive, and our civilization will triumph.”
Compare this to Obama’s “the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” The contrast could not be greater. Obama was declaring his determination to defend Islamic values, which he also affirmed on many other occasions. Now, however, once again we have an American President who is actually interested in defending […]