Hey, #USSenate, pay attention to this important article by @MRubin1971: "Turkey Can’t Ever Get The F-35 Fighter." nationalsecurityjournal.org/turkey-cant-ev…

.@Grok, the artificial intelligence application, seems to like my new book, "#IsraelVictory." — "a bold and thought-provoking analysis" — "accessible and incisive" — draws "from a deep well of knowledge" — "a compelling read"

Lebanese journalist Simon Abou Fadel to Hamas leader #KhaledMashal: "If you want suicide operations, you start them, be a role model and an exemplar. Don't offer slogans from luxury hotels while endangering your people."

One does not hear about #Islamism anymore, so this is doubly welcome: Donald Trump: "We have radical Islamists pouring into our country along with everybody else right now. They’re coming in at levels that nobody’s ever seen before. We kept them out." thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/trump-…

My take on the forthcoming U.S. presidential election: 1. Very unhappily but very certainly, I am voting for Trump. I can't stand him but I blame him less for being who he is than I blame fellow conservatives for choosing him as their leader. 2. I hope Trump wins but if he

Two important conclusions emerge from the shouting match between Israel's PM @Netanyahu and DM @YoavGallant: 1. The security establishment prioritizes the hostages' return over national security 2. Netanyahu found his backbone timesofisrael.com/asked-to-decid…

"There is nothing like the daily and thorough perusal of a newspaper for dulling a man's brain." W. Somerset Maugham, The Hero (1901)

Interesting take from Professor Niu Xinchun of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations: "If the Middle East really plunges into full-scale turmoil, China, as the region's largest trading partner and the largest buyer of Middle East oil, will turn out to be

Families of hostages founded the Tikva Forum to forward an #IsraelVictory in Gaza—and not to make hostage release the paramount priority. I have the greatest respect for them.

.Douglas Youvan: "Daniel Pipes’ career exemplifies the impact that a scholar can have when they combine academic expertise with active engagement in policy advocacy. Through his work with the @MEForum and his extensive writing and commentary, Pipes has played a central role in

Dismal reactions to yesterday's local German elections in Thuringia and Saxony: — I had hoped the AfD could excise its neo-Nazi element, Der Flügel, but it is now triumphant — I also hoped the new WerteUnion party would make inroads into the AfD's vote, but it received well

Am I missing something here? #Hamas murders six Israelis and the Israeli Left responds with fury against … not Hamas but its own leadership, demanding that concessions be made to Hamas.

Unfortunately, @Netanyahu has made so many enemies and clung so desperately to power that now, when he stands strong and strategic, prioritizing #Israel's national security imperatives over myopic concessions, he is widely but falsely suspected of acting for his own

Looks like Gothic has gone mainstream. Kellogg Company

.Liz Cheney: “As a conservative, … I have thought deeply about this, and because of the danger that Donald Trump poses … I will be voting for Kamala Harris.” Me: I wish all GOP politicians had Cheney's courage and resolve. And I acceot her not voting or voting third party.

.@JonathanS_Tobin: If Trump and Vance "can’t summon the will to banish [Tucker Carlson] to the fever swamps of American political life, they will not only be giving a crucial boost to otherwise marginal antisemites on the right but essentially conceding the election to the

.Department of State: The Palestinian Authority has “consistently recommitted itself to peace and has been and remains a partner in terms of advancing the key interests of security and stability for all." Me: Shameful. jns.org/pa-committed-t…

.Harvard University today: It has new rules that prohibit everyone to “chalk, paint, engrave or otherwise write or draw on any university property.” Tenured Government Prof. Ryan Enos responded by chalking “I love puppies,” with heart symbols, in front of the John Harvard statue.