The Green Prince
This is a very nice story that I hadn’t heard before: the son of one of the founders of Hamas converted to Christianity and for a decade, worked closely with Israel’s security agencies to frustrate terrorist attacks. He now lives in California and is about to publish his memoirs:
The son of a leading [...]
Victory, and a Puzzle
Good news: we have captured the Taliban’s top military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Pakistan, and he is now being interrogated. The Obama administration is appropriately proud of this victory:
The commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, is an Afghan described by American officials as the most significant Taliban figure to be detained since [...]
"I Reject Your Reality…"
“…And substitute my own!”
So reads a t-shirt often worn by Adam Savage, one of the two original starts of the Discovery Channel’s series Mythbusters, which I have slavishly watched since the very first episode (I think that was the episode where they busted the myth of the rocket-propelled car launching into the air).
The tee commemorates [...]
Kristol: Obama’s "Compromise Solution"
The McChrystal review was done by August 1st. It is now the end of October.
According to today’s Washington Post (”Obama seeking options on forces; President looks to send fewer additional troops“), we’ll get a decision by the end of November. That’s four months. And it’s evident that the review at this point is being driven [...]
