Religious fanaticism – Page 2

The War On Terror And Its Consequences Wrong response to the threat cost America way too much. In the end, not more secure and much poorer

WASHINGTON – In a thoughtful piece in the NYT, (The Gift That Keeps Giving, December 3, 2014), Tom Friedman takes us...

Moderate Muslims Mostly Silent About Radical Movements That Claim Islamic Roots ISIL and others thrive in large part because very few challenge their religious credentials

WASHINGTON – The self-proclaimed Islamic State, (IS, also known as ISIS or ISIL), now established in parts of Syria and...

Egypt’s Tragedy Is In The Mix Of Impossible Politics And Total Economic Collapse 40% unemployment, currency reserves are gone. Saudi Arabia to the rescue, while Washington has become irrelevant

By Paolo von Schirach July 16, 2013 WASHINGTON – The unfolding Egyptian drama sadly tells us that the Arab...

The Attack Against The US Consulate In Benghazi Has Become A Political Issue – Still, It Is Clear That There Was Bad Security Planning Resulting In Inadequate Protection – America Can And Should Do Better

By Paolo von Schirach October 10, 2012 WASHINGTON – It is unfortunate that the attack against the...

Superficial Foreign Policy Debates America is much poorer while the world is a lot more complicated

WASHINGTON – In this rather silly and definitely low brow sound bite political campaign, president Obama said in a...

Obama Administration Conceding That Attack Against Benghazi Consulate Was In Fact A Premeditated Terror Action, Contradicting Earlier Position – Inability To Prevent Incident Reveals A Major Intelligence Failure

By Paolo von Schirach Related story: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2012/09/17/if-the-attack-against-the-us-consulate-in-benghazi-with-the-killing-of-the-us-ambassador-was-indeed-premeditated-as-the-libyans-claim-then-this-is-a-major-failure-of-us-intelligence-nothing-to-d/ September 21, 2012 WASHINGTON – I expressed my skepticism about...

The White House Stated That All The Attacks Against American Embassies Are Due To An Obscure Anti-Islam Video Produced In The US – So, The American Government Tells The World That Its Entire Foreign Policy Apparatus Has Less Influence With Arab Countries Than A Single Video – End Of America As Super Power

By Paolo von Schirach September 15, 2012 WASHINGTON – Regarding the repeated violent attacks against US Embassies...