With the recent crisis going on in the Middle East, it might be important to talk about some Christians who are involved in the issues facing the region and how their views might be a detriment to finding a peaceful and just solution. This post is about a movement called “Christian Zionism.”
What is Christian [...]
Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as their patrons, Iran and Syria, are in the vanguard of a relentless Islamist-jihadist march that challenges human values on a global scale, from Indonesia to Iraq, Lebanon to Palestine, and as far away as Chechnya and the “Mad Max” land of Somalia. The jihadists’ goal is reversing a 200-year [...]
Bush and Blair call for a cease fire. Remember me writing about the possibility that at some point we’d have to play the role of the buddy who pulls you out of a bar fight and lets you save face? My guess is that’s what’s happening here. I suspect the Israelis, having waffled on dealing [...]
Ayman al-Zawahri has issued a new video calling on Muslims to rise up and defeat all those who are aligned with Western civilization. Clearly, al-Qaida sees the turmoil in the Middle East as an opportunity to recruit new members…and by portraying the struggle as a religious war they are much more likely to be successful. [...]
Want to know what I think about the current conflict in the Middle East? Go over to NeoMugwump.
I haven’t written about the Hezbollah-Israeli-Iranian-Syrian war (HIIS? Straining too much for an acronym?) because there hasn’t been much to say.
Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, a tool of Iran and Syria. Hezbollah itself, Iran and Syria are enemies of the United States. They are bad people doing bad things and hoping to do more bad [...]
The prevailing opinion is that the Middle East is a very complex and complicated region rife with centuries of sectarian, tribal, cultural, and religious differences. I agree with that characterization with regards to attempting to summarize the area historically. As to the current problems that have spiraled into a near full scale regional war, I’m [...]
Hezbollah guerrillas stage rocket attack within Israeli territory in response to Israel’s bombing of a Beirut airport.
Two rockets struck the northern Israeli port of Haifa Thursday as the crisis over the abduction of two Israeli soldiers deepened.
The missiles were fired from inside Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces said, in a sharp escalation of [...]
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