In PJ Media today, I discuss the one-sidedness of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran: On Sunday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted a photo of the American sailors that Iran captured and briefly held hostage earlier in January. The sailors were kneeling with their hands behind their heads. Khamenei added other photos […]
Kerry admits some Iran sanctions relief money will go to jihad terrorism
Relax. No one is going to get hurt. We’re all going to march together into the glorious multicultural future. “John Kerry: Some sanctions relief money for Iran will go to terrorism,” by Elise Labott, CNN, January 21, 2016: Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged to CNBC Thursday that some of the money Iran received in […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Iran: ‘We Welcome War with the United States’
In PJ Media today I explain how Iran is itching for war against the United States, while our leaders are steeped in denial and complacency (at best): John Kerry said Monday that “the world is safer today” because of the Iran nuclear deal. Details of how loud and long the mullahs laughed have not been […]
Netanyahu: “Iran will now have more resources to divert to terrorism”
Can’t argue with that, Bibi. “John Kerry Says the Middle East Is ‘Safer’ Thanks to Iran Deal Implementation — But That’s Not What Netanyahu Says,” by Sharona Schwartz, The Blaze, January 17, 2016: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions against Iran would free up more money for the […]
Iran confiscates GPS equipment from seized Navy boats, says it will “prove that the American ships were ‘snooping'”
And in a few days, Obama will give them 100 billion dollars. “Iran Holds Two U.S. Navy Boats After Mechanical Problems, Officials Say,” by Helene Cooper, New York Times, January 12, 2016: WASHINGTON — The crews of two small United States Navy patrol boats were picked up by the Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf […]
Obama will veto counter-terror measures to save the Iran nuke deal
“If the Americans pursue the plan, they will destroy an achievement with their own hands since it is against the [nuclear deal], and it will trouble them.” The nuclear deal is going to trouble us in any case. “Obama Admin Will Veto Counter-Terror Measures to Save Nuke Deal,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, December […]
Muslim Persecution of Christians — Call it what it is: GENOCIDE
While I prefer to speak of our age as the New Era of Christian Martyrdom, by the secular definition, the global Muslim persecution of Christians, especially that perpetrated by the Islamic State in the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, clearly should be classified as genocide. Observers have been calling it genocide for years now, […]
Kerry: Paris jihad massacre “different” from Charlie Hebdo jihad murders, which had a “rationale”
“There’s something different about what happened from Charlie Hebdo, and I think everybody would feel that. There was a sort of particularized focus and perhaps even a legitimacy in terms of — not a legitimacy, but a rationale that you could attach yourself to somehow and say, okay, they’re really angry because of this and […]
Kerry urges Tajikistan not to go overboard in its crackdown on Islam
“Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Tuesday urged the president of Tajikistan not to go overboard in its crackdown on political Islam and expressions of faith….Although the population is 98 percent Muslim, several peaceful Muslim groups have been banned and their offices forced to close. Under the pretext of combatting Islam, men with long […]
Kerry: Middle East “home of populations that are energetic, youthful, forward-looking. It is in them that we place our faith.”
Kerry is right, actually. The Islamic State is energetic, youthful, and looking forward to expanding its caliphate and eventually controlling the entire world. But of course Kerry is not referring to them. Exactly to whom he is referring is unclear, since, as the brilliant Daniel Greenfield here points out: “74% of Middle Eastern Muslims support […]