Kiev Should Admit That the War In The East Is Lost Arming Ukraine will not help resolve this conflict WASHINGTON – The now chronic crisis in Eastern Ukraine is getting worse. The cease-fire did not work. The Russia-backed...
US Economy Up By Only 2.6% In The Fourth Quarter Just a few days ago Obama had declared victory. It turns out that America has not yet regained its old momentum WASHINGTON – The White House communications and policy teams are not in luck. Not too long ago they told...
Pakistan Points To Saudi Money Funding Militant Groups It is good to expose this financial assistance from Arab countries. No way to win until groups are funded by foreign donors WASHINGTON – It is an open secret that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries have been funding religious schools...
Keystone Pipeline Would Improve US Energy Security Sadly, this pipeline linking Canada and Texas may not be approved. US energy policy is prisoner of ideology WASHINGTON – Is The US State Department (read President Barack Obama) going to finally authorize the Canada to the US...
Declaring War Against Islamic Terrorism Is An Empty Gesture Radical Muslims are spread around many countries. The real challenge is locating them WASHINGTON – Former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman added his voice to the chorus of those who really believe that we...
Radical Islamic Groups Cannot Be Fought With Conventional Means The West is dealing with a variety of tiny disconnected groups animated by a violent ideology. In the end this wave will go away. In the meantime, we can only have partial security against terrorism WASHINGTON – The current wave of violence motivated and justified by crazy interpretations os Muslim scriptures created demands for...
Why Western Media Avoided Calling The Paris Mass Killing “Islamic Terrorism”? There is fear that by calling the terrorists religious fanatics we may invite more violence. Wishful thinking that vagueness will make us safe WASHINGTON – The common feature of almost all the reporting about the Islamic terror attack against the magazine Charlie...
Low Oil Prices Are Good For America The US energy sector is badly hurt. But the overall American economy benefits from lower crude prices WASHINGTON – Oil prices keep going down, and down. We are now around $ 50 a barrel, or even...
Why Is the Islamic State Popular? Islamic fundamentalism is a dream that appeals to emotions. It is not a political program. Arab societies have to produce rational and yet appealing alternatives WASHINGTON – The NYT published a front page story on how American policy-makers are trying to understand ISIL, (Or ISIS,...
Saudi Arabia Wants To Kill US Shale Oil The Saudis bet that high cost US shale oil industry will not be able to survive a prolonged period of low prices WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia’s oil end game is to let prices fall and stay low for as long as...