Day: December 12, 2016

The Middle East’s Worst Nightmare: The Coming War between Israel and Russia

December 12, 2016 Military

The news that Israel had attacked targets in Syria was a yawner. The Israeli Air Force has been regularly paying visits to Syria for years, attacking convoys transporting Iranian weapons to Hezbollah,…

Obama Out Not With a Bang, But a Whimper

December 12, 2016 Opinion

This is the way the Obama administration ends; not with a bang, but a pathetic whimper. Queen of War Hillary “We Came, We Saw, He Died” Clinton’s campaign – fully supported by President Obama — spent …

The Implications Of Daesh’s Palmyra Offensive

December 12, 2016 Opinion

Daesh is on the warpath again, this time making another attempt to seize the historic and symbolic city of Palmyra. The precise details about the course of the battle and the city’s immediate future a…

Palmyra Surprise: The US Just Moved ISIS from Iraq to Syria

December 12, 2016 Opinion

A 12 August 2012 U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency warning that the Obama Administration’s strategy might drive ISIS from Mosul in Iraq to Der Zor in Syria, is now being actually carried out as a plan …

It’s 2016. Do You Know Where Your Bombs are Falling?

December 12, 2016 Opinion

The Forgotten War in Yemen and the Unchecked War Powers of the Presidency in the Age of Trump The long national nightmare that was the 2016 presidential election is finally over. Now, we’re facing a w…

US Government is Secretly Allied with America’s Enemies

December 12, 2016 Opinion

Everyone knows that jihadists, and people who fund their terrorism against the United States and against other (non-fundamentalist-Islamic) nations, are enemies of every (non-fundamentalist-Islamic) n…

Syrian War Report – December 12, 2016: Mistakes That Led to Fall of Palmyra

December 12, 2016 Middle East

ISIS terrorists seized the ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian government forces. The terrorist group also took control of Biyarat, Dawah and Hayyan oil facility west of Palmyra after a series of clas…

How Learning a New Language Improves Tolerance

December 12, 2016 Miscellaneous

There are many benefits to knowing more than one language. For example, it has been shown that aging adults who speak more than one language have less likelihood of developing dementia. Additionally, …