Wish I'd said that
“By removing both God and Jerusalem from the platform, Obama and his fellow Democrats stirred the furies of that American soul at its foundations.”–Caroline Glick
Scripture Reading for September 8, 2012
Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1 — 29:9, “Ki Tavo” (When you enter in …) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1 — 22 New Testament: Acts 7:30 — 36 Gospel: Matthew 23: 29 — 39 “Baruk haba be shem Yahweh” (Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh …)
'Response to Syrian WMDs use would be huge'
By REUTERS— Any use of chemical or bacterial weapons by government forces in Syria would trigger a “massive and lightning fast” response from the West, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Monday. “We talk about this, in particular with our American and British partners, and follow it closely on a day-to-day basis. “Our response…
What the 2012 Election Means for Israel
By DANIEL PIPES— “President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus.” That’s what Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, said in the high-profile speech accepting his party’s nomination last week, repeating a slang phrase for sacrificing a friend for selfish reasons. Romney had deployed this phrase before, for example in May 2011 and…
Israel: Clear 'red line' would lessen chance of Iran conflict
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Clearer red lines drawn by the international community on Iran’s nuclear aspirations would diminish the chances of a conflict, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday in a possible signal that Israel and the U.S. are aligning their positions on Iran. The remark followed recent reports of disagreements between the two countries…
The 'deterrence works' fantasy
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, JPOST— There are few foreign-policy positions more silly than the assertion without context that “deterrence works.” It is like saying air power works. Well, it worked for Kosovo; it didn’t work over North Vietnam. It’s like saying city-bombing works. It worked in Japan 1945 (Tokyo through Nagasaki). It didn’t in the London…
'Iran must steer clear of US interests in Gulf'
By SHIMON SHIFFER, YNET— The United States has sent a message to Iran, via two European nations, saying that it will not back an independent Israeli strike against the country’s nuclear facilities as long as Tehran refrains from attacking American interests in the Persian Gulf, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday. According to the report, Washington has…
US disowns Israel over Iran strike: No weapons or military backup
By DEBKAfile, Exclusive Analysis, — US Gen. Martin Dempsey’s assertion Thursday, Aug. 30 that the US would not be “complicit” in an Israel strike against Iran, together with the drastic reduction in the scale of next month’s joint US-Israeli war game disclosed by TIME, add up to a blunt message from US President Barack Obama…
Impossibility of a Two State Solution
By WARREN MANISON, UCI — It should be obvious that a Two State solution is an impossibility. In one way or another, separate states with Jews and Arabs living side by side in peace, has been proposed and rejected by the Arab people. From this we should learn that when one fails to learn from history,…
Migron and the threat to Israeli democracy
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— By Tuesday, 50 Israeli families will have been tossed out of their homes in their village of Migron, which is set for destruction. They will not be dispossessed because they unlawfully squatted on someone else’s property. The residents of Migron will be tossed from their homes – on the order of…