The XX Committee

This week, the Muslim Public Affairs Council published a study attacking some of America’s most prominent critics of political Islam and jihadism. With a title as subtle as the people it attacks, “Not Qualified: Exposing the Deception Behind America’s Top 25...

In my work in Professional Military Education (PME), the issue of religion can be a touchy one, not least because I lecture about Islam quite a bit. This year the Department of Defense has gotten in a fair amount of...

It’s not exactly front page news here, but Slovenia is on the edge of the financial cliff and may need an EU bailout due to its debt burdens. The New York Times has reported, in a measured fashion, that hard...

Il mondo casca … Across the world yesterday, Muslims left their Friday prayers to resume their unprecedented tantrum against America and the West with renewed fervor. What began earlier this week as a series of coordinated attacks on U.S. interests...

In recent weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in tandem with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, have been playing a high-stakes poker game, including leaks and provocations aimed at President Obama, with the apparent intent of getting the U.S. to back...

Israel has recently developed a serious illegal immigration problem. Given its location, Israel is vulnerable to migration flows, particularly from Africa, and uninvited visitors have been entering Israel in considerable numbers. Official estimates place the number of recent African migrants...

While everyone in DC is obsessing about whether Israel “really” means it, this time, about bombing Iran in an October Surprise scenario which might help out Bibi’s old Boston Consulting Group buddy Mitt Romney – hint: we wont know much...

There are really two basic kinds of intelligence services in the world – those which kill people, and those which don’t. While U.S. intelligence historically has been somewhat squeamish about assassinations, in recent years – particularly since Barack Obama came...