When a Russian FSB agent and a Russian soldier were killed by a team of Ukrainian saboteurs, and one of the captured Ukrainians was shown on Russian media in handcuffs, US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt tweeted “US government has seen nothing so far that...
Militant Beheads Own Father; 78 Killed in Iraq
Hillary Clinton Short-Circuited?
When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was asked last week if she has misled the American people on the issue of her failure to safeguard state secrets contained in her emails, she told my Fox News colleague, Chris Wallace, that the FBI had exonerated her....
Divide and Rule: How Factionalism in Palestine Is Killing Prospects for Freedom
As Palestinians in the Occupied Territories begin preparations for local elections which are scheduled for October, division and factionalism are rearing their ugly head. Palestinian political platforms and social media are abuzz with self-defeating propaganda: Fatah...
Media’s Mix-Up of ISIS Branches Fuels ISIS’s Terrorism
The global string of terrorist attacks linked to the Islamic State has broadened the War on Terror’s debate over the past two years. Today, combating ISIS not only means fighting its core in Iraq and Syria, but also supporting US soldiers in Libya while supporting...
Civilians Set on Fire; 78 Killed in Iraq
What the Drone ‘Playbook’ Really Says About US Counter-Terrorism Policy
Finally. After three years of delays and a lawsuit from the ACLU, President Obama has disclosed his administration's rules and procedures for conducting “direct action” counter-terrorism operations, including drone strikes. The “Presidential Policy Guidance” (PPG) on...
The Propaganda War With Putin
If it had not already been apparent, the net effect of the DNC email hack has been to kick open the door to a deep American antagonism towards Russian President Vladimir Putin. In what has become an old fashioned American pile-on, President Barack Obama, Presidential...
We Live in Dangerous Times
We are sitting atop a volcano that could erupt at any moment. Indeed, the only question is not whether it will explode, but when – and where. For this impending seismic event has multiple pathways to the surface, spread across no less than three continents. Europe –...


