World War I, round three
2016-10-18
I’ve used the word neo-Ottoman to describe Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before, but it’s only just hit me how accurate that is.Continue Reading
Yes, they potentially are that crazy
2016-10-08
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We’re ominously close to war with a nuclear power and the media is fixated on locker room talk from more than ten years ago.Continue Reading
Whose elections are more free?
2016-04-17
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Paul Craig Roberts brings an interesting question to mind: Are Syrians more free than Americans?Continue Reading
Avi Lipkin: Sunni vs. Shia
2016-04-10
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Avi Lipkin discusses Middle East geopolitics and religious civil war in Syria.Continue Reading
The Now Prophecies
2016-03-06
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Bill Salus explains why the fulfillment of a number of Bible prophecies is imminent.Continue Reading
Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate
2016-01-29
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Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic history, discusses his new book Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate, and explains why the goals of the Islamic State aren’t a new thing, but a return to time-honored Muslim values.Continue Reading
Pentagon’s end run around Obama
2015-12-21
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This is worth taking the time to read. The Joint Chiefs of Staff were reportedly so alarmed by the Obama administration’s incredibly short-sighted position on Syria that they shared intelligence with their counterparts in Germany, Russia, and Israel, with the intention that it would get to the Syrian army.Continue Reading
ISIS and the roots of Mahdism
2015-11-30
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PRESIDENT OBAMA is not responsible for ISIS. Neither is George W. Bush. Dr. Timothy Furnish, author of the new books Ten Years’ Captivation with the Mahdi’s Camps and Sects, Lies, and the Caliphate, explains why the roots of the Islamic State reach back much farther than America’s recent military adventures in Iraq. Click here for the notes and the interview.Continue Reading
Twisting history for a social agenda
2015-11-26
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A columnist at The Daily Beast last week made what is possibly the lamest argument to date against restricting immigration in the wake of the Paris terror attacks: The Statue of Liberty was originally a Muslim woman.Continue Reading
After Paris
2015-11-23
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EUROPE HAD its paradigm violently shifted November 13th. Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis, author of the new book Never Submit, discusses the military and geopolitical situation in the Middle East, and what might happen next. Click here for the notes and to hear the interview.Continue Reading