Just over a year ago, in an interview with The New Yorker, President Obama likened ISIS to a “JV team,” lacking “the capacity and reach of a bin Laden.” Seven months later (late-August, 2014), ISIS had rolled through Syria and Iraq, yet President Obama admitted to having no strategy for ISIS. In a September 10 …
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Only days after beheading a Japanese journalist, ISIS has released a video showing a Jordanian fighter pilot being burned to death. A 22-minute video showing 26-year-old Moaz al-Kasasbeh being ignited in a cage was released by ISIS on Tuesday (though some reports indicate the actual event may have taken place a month ago). King Abdullah, who was …
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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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Welcome back fellow sojourners! Today, let’s consider once again what Israel is up against. On the map above, you will see that Israel (a nation the size of New Jersey) is surrounded on every side by Arab Muslim nations (dark red on the map above). Furthermore, the next “layer” of nations (lighter red) are non-Arab …
Continue reading Activity Heats up on Israel’s Northern Border
Looking for the Blessed Hope 