Will Saudi Arabia Take the Battle to Iran – with America’s Blessing?

Will Saudi Arabia Take the Battle to Iran – with America’s Blessing?

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s extremely dangerous remarks concerning Iran this week signal a much harsher stance from the kingdom that go beyond the condemnation and severing of ties that took place in January 2016. Bin Salman’s comments were made during an hour-long interview on Tuesday, broadcast simultaneously on several public and private…

Time to Revise Pakistan’s Afghan Policy

Time to Revise Pakistan’s Afghan Policy

Unprovoked Afghan Aggression On May 5, 2017, Afghan border security forces carried out unprovoked firing across the Chaman border in Baluchistan on two Pakistani villages namely Kili Luqman and Kili Jahangir, martyring 11 Pakistani civilians including one Frontier Corps (FC) soldier and injuring 50 people. The merciless act was undertaken when national census teams accompanied…

Saudi Exceptionalism: Trump Hates Radical Islam, Except When You can Make Money from It

Saudi Exceptionalism: Trump Hates Radical Islam, Except When You can Make Money from It

It’s hard to fully capture the irony — not to mention sheer repulsiveness — of Donald Trump’s decision to make Saudi Arabia the first stop on his inaugural foreign trip as US president. The decision marks yet another rapid rhetorical turnaround for Trump. Candidate Trump was not a fan of the Saudi kingdom. In fact,…

Forbidden Questions?

Forbidden Questions?

24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother Donald Trump’s election has elicited impassioned affirmations of a renewed commitment to unvarnished truth-telling from the prestige media. The common theme: you know you can’t trust him, but trust us to keep dogging him on your behalf. The New York…

Anarchy vs. Minarchy: Do You Want a Little Government or None At All?

Anarchy vs. Minarchy: Do You Want a Little Government or None At All?

Government has shown itself to be a vehicle for an astonishing amount of evil Anarchy vs minarchy is the contrast between the idea of a society with no government (anarchy) or a small, limited government (minarchy). For many awake and aware people, the current state of the world is so dysfunctional that they have gone…