It's amazing, really, when you think about it: no sooner had the Pakistan-India conflict reared up as a consequence of America's "new war," then Israel's amen corner in the US had already taken up the cudgels on New Delhi's behalf. Gee, these guys are fast....
First, they came for the terrorists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a terrorist. Then they came for the foreigners, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a foreigner. Then they came for the Arab-Americans, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't...
Last weekend President Bush said, in response to questions about when the war in Afghanistan might be over, that he would stay in touch with Tommy Franks and other military commanders and declare victory the moment the military experts said the task was done –...
As India took full advantage of the instability in Central Asia to push its agenda in Kashmir, and force a showdown with Pakistan, the rattling of the nuclear saber by Indian defense minister George Fernandes sent a collective shiver down the world's spine. The...
My last New Year's column contained a statement that stands out, in retrospect, as a prediction and a warning that, unfortunately, went unheeded. America, I wrote, "Stands astride the world, a global Gulliver lording it over the Lilliputians. But at the apogee of...
As Israel prepares to expel its Arab helots from Palestine, its "amen corner" worldwide is also on the march, excoriating anyone who looks cross-eyed at Ariel Sharon as an "anti-Semite." The latest front in this campaign is England, where Barbara...
"And thus the Third Age of Middle Earth began. History became legend, legend became myth – and some things that should not have been forgotten … were lost." With that prologue, J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, is...
On Saturday, 15 December 2001, the United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have cleared the way for international monitors in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Many believe that such monitors would help end the increasingly bloody...
As the first year in the new millennium draws to a close, it might help us sort out what's happened in the past three months – and thus how to respond – by compiling a summary list of What We Know. WHAT WE KNOW As was the case with various other major...
For the past week or so, I have been writing about the ominous implications of Carl Cameron's four-part Fox News exposé of Israeli intelligence operations in the US. My most recent column on the subject was posted today (December 21). Cameron's reports are, of...
