Day: May 28, 2017

The Great White Father Comes to Saudi Arabia

May 28, 2017 Opinion

The Great White Father came to Saudi Arabia last week to harangue some 50 Arab and African despots on the glories of Trumpism, democracy and the need to fight what the Americans call terrorism. Having…

ISIS Touches Down in the Philippines

May 28, 2017 Opinion

Mayhem broke out across the southern Philippine city of Marawi where militants besieged it and hoisted flags of the so-called “Islamic State.” Located on the southern island of Mindanao, the city is o…

NATO Summit: President Trump Has His Way to Promote ‘America First’ Agenda

May 28, 2017 Opinion

NATO formally joins the anti-Islamic (IS) coalition in Syria and Iraq. The decision was taken at the May 25 summit bringing together President Trump and his European allies. The alliance also pledged …

Down the Memory Hole: Living in Trump’s United States of Amnesia

May 28, 2017 Opinion

The Trump administration seems intent on tossing recent history down the memory hole. Admittedly, Americans have never been known for their strong grasp of facts about their past. Still, as we struggl…

The Visitation: Trump in Israel

May 28, 2017 Opinion

Thank god for Oren Hazan. Without him, this would have been an exceedingly dull visit. Israel’s cabinet ministers were lined up in the blazing sun at the foot of the airplane stairs for the official r…

The Syrian Arab Air Force: Role on the Battlefield and Current Capabilities

May 28, 2017 Military

The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) was established in 1948. Since the rise of the Ba’ath Party to power in 1966, the armed forces of Syria benefited greatly when the nation allied itself to the Soviet …

Who are the Coptic Christians?

May 28, 2017 Opinion

Coptic Christians in Egypt have been attacked while traveling on pilgrimages and bombed while praying on Palm Sunday, amid an accelerating series of attacks over the last decade. The interrelated chal…

One Hundred Years Ago, in the Spring of 1917: Why Did America Go to War in 1917?

May 28, 2017 Books

Excerpt from Jacques R. Pauwels, ‘The Great Class War 1914-1918,’. 1917 was not a good year for any of the belligerent countries, but for the members of the Entente – France, Britain, and Russia – it …