Why ‘fools rush in’ is Obama’s watchword in Iraq and Syria
US president Barack Obama has yet to work out exactly what America’s strategy is in confronting Islamic State (IS), and has been foolish enough to say so in public. Cue the foreseeable torrent of point-scoring… Barack Obama is reluctant to jump in with ...
Unstoppable
for friday fictioneers 100-word challenge 5 September 2014 Photo Credit: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields On the night Daniel decided to end his life, he saw Diane around a campfire smiling in his direction. Daniel found it unusual. Since returning from Iraq with a disfigured face, people tended to avoid him. ...
DANISH MOSQUE OPENLY SUPPORTS ISLAMIC TERROR.
A mosque in Denmark has openly declared its support for the Islamic State militant group. It comes just days after a Dane who fought with the terrorist organization in Syria stated that Denmark was “high upon [IS's] list of targets.” The place of worship, located in the city of Aarhus, has long been ...
What would Gingrich do?
I've often said that I think Newt Gingrich is "special," but nowhere was that more apparent than last week, when he posted a blog/article/whatever one wants to call it, entitled, "What Would Reagan Do?" He started his piece with this paragraph: "Instead of criticizing President Barack Obama's lack o ...
要了解ISIS，不能不知道瓦哈比
【本文8月27日，原载于美国最大新闻网站《赫芬顿邮报》，原题“You Can't Understand ISIS If You Don't Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia”，观察者网杨晗轶译。】 伊拉克和大叙利亚伊斯兰国（译者注：Islamic State of Iraq and al Shams缩写为ISIS，亦称“伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯兰国”，即ISIL，部分媒体取该组织阿拉伯语首字母缩写，蔑称其为Da'ish）在伊拉克粉墨登场，使西方为之震惊。让西方感到困惑而恐惧的，是该组织的暴力手段，及其对逊尼派青年磁石般的吸引力。更令他们不安又 ...
英助｜新着英語ニュース
TOEICで700点が目標なら１分間に400ワードは読みたい！ 下記キーワードが登場する新着英語ニュースが届きました。 ANA 全日空 全日本空輸|All Nippon Airways iPhone iPad iOS iTunes|iPhone iPad iOS iTunes Wi-Fi|Wi-Fi アンディ・マレー|Andy Murray イラク|Iraq ウィンブルドン|Wimbledon ウクライナ|Ukraine ウルグアイ| Uruguay グーグル|Google Inc. サッカー ワールドカップ Jリーグ|soccer – FIFA World Cup – J. League シ ...
350 More Military Personnel Sent to Iraq
President Barack Obama has authorized sending 350 more military personnel to Iraq protect U.S. facilities and personnel in Baghdad, the White House said Tuesday night. The moves comes at the recommendation of the Defense Department, but the additional personnel will not be serving in a combat role, ...
It’s the Democracy, Stupid
Skipping the Hamas Party ignores the Eight Year Palestinian War Many pro-Israel people (myself included) have complained over the past several months that mainstream media’s coverage of Hamas neglected to refer to the group as “terrorists”, as the group is so labeled by: the United States; Canada; E ...
