Month: July 2017

At least 3,799 people were killed in Iraq during July, but Kurdish intelligence estimates suggest the figures are much higher.

President Trump seems to be impatiently racing toward at least one disastrous war. Maybe two. The big question is who will be first? North Korea or Iran? Over the past several days President Trump has sent two nuclear-capable B-1 bombers over the Korean peninsula to send a clear message that he is ready to attack … Continue reading “North Korea or Iran… Where Will President Trump Attack First?”

Saturday, Kim Jong Un tested an ICBM of sufficient range to hit the U.S. mainland. He is now working on its accuracy, and a nuclear warhead small enough to fit atop that missile that can survive re-entry. Unless we believe Kim is a suicidal madman, his goal seems clear. He wants what every nuclear power … Continue reading “Shall We Fight Them All?”

Touching down in Washington DC Friday night after a peace delegation to South Korea organized by the Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea (STIK), I saw the devastating news. No, it was not that Reince Priebus had been booted from the dysfunctional White House. It was that North Korea had conducted another intercontinental ballistic … Continue reading “Time To Hit the Reset Button on US-Korean Policy”

Most of the Donald’s tweets amount to street brawling with his political enemies, but occasionally one of them slices through Imperial Washington’s sanctimonious cant. Indeed, Monday evening’s 140 characters of solid cut right to the bone: The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting … Continue reading “The Tweet That Is Shaking the War Party”

When former FBI chief Robert Mueller was appointed as Special Counsel to preside over the “Russia-gate” probe, official Washington sang hosannas. Democrats, Republicans, the pundits, and the cocktail party chatterers of every persuasion swooned over his “impeccable” credentials. That should’ve served as a warning sign, right there. Because what are those credentials? What is the … Continue reading “Robert Mueller, Conspiracy Theorist”

A suicide bomber attacked a group of militants in Hawija.

A woman married to a militant killed herself and her three children.

A family was killed in Baghdadi when five suicide bombers attacked.

My late friend, Nathan Yellin-Mor, the political leader of the LEHI underground, once told me that a certain politician is "not a great thinker and not a small fool." I remember that sentence every time I think about Gilad Erdan, our Minister of Public Security. His part in the events of the last few weeks, … Continue reading “March of Folly to Crisis on Temple Mount”