Rational voices in the Middle East are not easy to come by, it seems. However, yesterday we identified Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as a rational voice. Today, let’s identify another: King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein of Jordan. Not to be confused with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah whose death made news earlier this week, Jordan’s …
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The Middle East is full of characters! Some are radicals, some are reformers, and some are revivalists. Now, lest you think I brilliantly came up with that thought and those descriptors, let me be quick to tell you that Joel Rosenberg, in his book, Inside the Revolution (which I highly recommend), introduced those terms to …
Over the weekend, Israel conducted an airstrike on a 3-car convoy in Syria that killed 6 Iranian and 6 Hezbollah soldiers, including an Iranian general and a very high-level Hezbollah commander. That was in response to Israeli intelligence that identified operatives in that convoy who were part of a plot to attack civilians along Israel’s …
Continue reading Are We Seeing More Signs of an Ezekiel 38 Coalition Forming?
Looks like I am not the only one thinking President Obama was off-target in last night's State of the Union address. (See yesterday's post.) I suspect lots of conservative Americans believe the same. Here is how a very informed, NYT best-selling author powerfully assesses last night's speech...
