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“The Fall of Lebanon:” Appeasement by the West that Churchil saw in 1938 at Munich

comment by Jerry Gordon
I watched a fascinating C-SPAN-2 broadcast last night from the Nixon Center in Washington, DC moderated by former Reagan NSC adviser on Near East and South Asian affairs, Geoffrey Kemp. The topic was Lebanon, or should I say what is left of Lebanon after the Doha agreement reached what the mindless […]

May 24th, 2008 at 7:33 • opinionBarry RubinGLORIA CenterDoha agreementdismemberment of LebanonHezbollah-Syria-Iran triumphantmajor US Middle East policy defeat 0 Comments

Why [An Islamist] Terrorist Strategy?

comments by Jerry Gordon
Professor Barry Rubin of GLORIA is defining the underlying elements of what Jihadi terrorism work. I have taken the liberty of altering his title because I believe it is part and parcel of the core of Political Islam-the use of terror to conquer, kill and subjugate infidel populations. Rubin stretches back […]

April 3rd, 2008 at 3:45 • opinionProf. Barry RubinGLORIA CenterIslamist terrorist strategy 0 Comments