Saudi Arabia’s Goal: Hurt Iran Low oil prices are meant to strangle the oil-dependent Iranian economy
WASHINGTON – A few days ago I argued that Saudi Arabia is imposing rock bottom oil prices through over...
Tag: Religious fanaticism
The Ayatollahs Have Given Up Indoctrination in Iran Women behave like their counterparts in the West
WASHINGTON – TIME magazine recently had an intriguing cover story about Iran, (Iran 2025, November 16, 2015). Assuming that...
After The Paris Terror Attack: Focus On The Caliphate Eliminating this stronghold of jihadi power in Syria and Iraq would hurt morale and recruiting power
WASHINGTON – Regarding the large-scale terror attack that just took place in Paris, the worst thing that we can...
Russia: Chechens Killed Boris Nemtsov. Really? Chechens may have killed him. But most likely someoone paid them to do this
WASHINGTON – Regarding the recent assassination in Moscow of opposition politician Boris Nemtosv, supposedly now we know “the truth”. According...
Killing In The Name Of God Many believe that Islam breeds violence. But Christainity did the same, for centuries. Luckily, the Christians became more peaceful, but only recently
All the current controversies about the religious foundations of the Islamic State, other radical and violent Muslim organizations, and...
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...
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...
The Day I Met “Lucy” "Lucy" is a skeleton of a woman who lived 3.2 million years ago. She was an early human. She walked
WASHINGTON – A few days ago, while in Addis Ababa, I was advised to visit the National Museum of...
Too Much Media Coverage For Isolated Terror Attacks Our obsession with political violence inspired by Islam guarantees that we shall have more of it
WASHINGTON – In a perverse way, our hysteric fascination with each and every killing perpetrated in the West by...