Bobby Jindal doesn't have facts to back this up... but "no-go zones" are all over the place in Europe, and it's a nightmare. Neighborhoods where women can't go unveiled! Districts where police refuse to enforce the real law, where the only law is that dangerous sherbet law that the Mohammedans follow! Right in the heart … Continue reading Politically correct appeasers demand Bobby Jindal prove his insane claims because fascism, I guess

Last week a Syrian writer named Khaled Atallah (a pseudonym) wrote a piece for Al-Monitor's "Syria Pulse" blog speculating that Israel and the Al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra have been coordinating strikes against the Assad regime and its Hezbollah allies in Quneitra, a region bordering the disputed (but mostly Israeli-controlled) Golan Heights: According to a UN … Continue reading Strange bedfellows, or maybe not so strange

As America waits with, uh, what's the opposition of anticipation? for Mitt "Mitt" Romney to finally decide whether to crank his perpetual campaign back into gear, there's a lot of talk that "Mitt" has recalibrated his AI reinvented his political persona yet again. Now, apparently, the guy who wrote off the poorest 47% of the … Continue reading What’s it going to take to get you in this Mitt Romney today?

The latest round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 ended yesterday much as every other round has ended, with vague talk of "productive" and "good" talks and little to no apparent progress toward a deal. https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/556867749902049280 In fact, the comments that were coming out of the Iranian delegation on Saturday suggest that this round … Continue reading Iran talks approach wall at high speed

We're getting a real-time lesson in how to spin a wingnut conspiracy tale out of literally nothing. It all started in the aftermath of last week's Paris terrorist attacks, when dangerously unhinged weekend Fox News host Jeanine Pirro welcomed terrorism analyst Steven Emerson on her Sunday program to talk about The Brown Menace in Europe. … Continue reading There may not be any “no go zones” in Paris, but there is at least one “no brain zone” on cable TV

The September 6 ceasefire that supposedly halted the war in eastern Ukraine has never actually been implemented in practice, but the low-level violence that's been ongoing since then is now threatening to escalate back into full-scale war. The flashpoint is Donetsk's international airport, which has been contested by Kiev and the rebels since late May … Continue reading Ukraine is teetering on the brink of war again

I don't have a long tale to share today, but January 16 is the anniversary of a few important days in Middle East-related history that should be commemorated. On this date in 929, Abd al-Rahman III declared that his Emirate of Cordoba was no more, and in its place he created the Caliphate of Cordoba. … Continue reading This date in history: January 16

Celebrated pediatric neurosurgeon and certifiable loon Dr. Ben Carson is apparently an admitted plagiarist. I'm old enough to remember when you couldn't run for Senate with a plagiarism scandal hanging over you, and I'm even old enough to remember when that kind of thing was enough to wreck, or at least seriously delay, a person's … Continue reading Can 2016 be over already (Ben Carson edition)?

While the state of our environment is not my usual beat, every once in a while I like to check in on it since I'm convinced that the impacts of climate change will dwarf any other security challenge the world faces in the coming decades. So, hey, let's see what's been happ-- A new study … Continue reading Real survivalists should start investing in scuba gear

Michael Doran is one of Eventheliberal Brookings Institution's Perpetual War Gang, so keep that in mind when reading the following: Iran announces more nuclear reactors, and State Dept responds w/its best Alfred E. Neuman: What, me worry? | http://t.co/1P6DzN85tI — Mike Doran (@Doranimated) January 15, 2015 OK, so, I'm not in the Bomb Bomb Iran … Continue reading Maybe you need a decoder ring