“Zionism is Making Us Stupid”: The Russian Relationship with Israel from the Soviets to PutinINTRODUCTIONDec 12, 20182Dec 12, 20182
Lingering Questions About 9/11In less than a week, it will be the seventeenth anniversary of al-Qaeda’s “Plane’s Operation”, the assault on the United States. It is a…Sep 5, 2018Sep 5, 2018
Scandinavian Fascists Fight for Russia and the Regime in SyriaThe Norwegian news portal AldriMer reported on 11 May about a group of far-Right Scandinavians who fought under Russian command for the…May 17, 20181May 17, 20181
Russia Needs the Islamic State to Save AssadAfter a coalition supporting the regime of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad conquered the city of Palmyra from the Islamic State (IS) in late…Jun 21, 20161Jun 21, 20161
The Riddle of Haji BakrSamir al-Khlifawi, a former intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein’s regime, is said to have controlled ISIS since 2010. Did he?Nov 10, 2015Nov 10, 2015
Saddam’s Salafists and Laying the Foundations of ISISBook Review: The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Life of an Iraqi Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny (2009) by Wendell SteavensonOct 24, 2015Oct 24, 2015
How Russia Manipulates Islamic TerrorismLast year I wrote about the murky role Russia was playing in the Syrian war, bolstering the Assad tyranny while facilitating the rise of…Sep 8, 2015Sep 8, 2015
Book Review: The Muslim Discovery of Europe (1982) by Bernard LewisWith the triumph of relativism and the current economic woes of the West, the sense that Western civilization is unique and in some…May 7, 2015May 7, 2015
Obama’s Iran Deal Increases Nukes, Terrorism, and InstabilityThe key thing to understand about the JCPOA, the nuclear accord announced on April 2, is that it doesn’t exist.Apr 28, 2015Apr 28, 2015