Ani Zonneveld sent an open letter to the current Saudi King. She “has correctly highlighted Saudi Wahabism as a major source of extremism and the foundations for terrorist groups like ISIS.”
Lawrence Wilkerson, the former Chief of Staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell joins Ian Masters to discuss his article at The Huffington Post “The Magnificent Seven” What is shocking in the radio segment is Mr. Wilkerson is candid and seemingly honest in his evaluation of the Republican Party. The most shocking view that he puts forth is that one of the Republican Party’s problem with President Obama is black prejudice. I have suspected this for a long…
It may seem that global warming denial and Middle East terrorism may have similar roots.
In war it makes sense to initiate a surprise attack, choose soft targets that are unprepared for the attack and can result in measured success to advance your aims. North Korea did just that when it hacked Sony Pictures. But one must ask why did they follow the Japanese Pearl Harbor example? Why was Sony Pictures so important to take down? There is a similarity linking North Korea allegedly attacking Sony Pictures computer system through an attack and the Pakistan…
This American Life served up a rather shocking view, September 26, 2014, showing us an inside view of the inner workings of the New York Federal Reserve that appears to reveal how some administrators exhibit weakness and seem warm to the banks that they are expected to regulate. If a staff member shows backbone and tries to adhere to the mission of the institution they may find themselves out of a job. The sum total of this program seems to…
The Wall Street Journal, September, 20-21 (weekend), Review section, page C1 had an article titled “Climate Science Is Not Settled” by Steven E. Koonin. I have learned my lesson with this newspaper to look at the brief bio for the writer included with some stories to better measure their credibility. This is especially true in the opinion section where it appears that the writers lick the boots of the oligarch who owns the paper. I do find the paper very…
The Arab nations suffer from a philosophy that binds religion and politics.
A research was published in 2014 that concludes that the United States is being run by an economic elite. And you thought it was a democracy. Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens by Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page Where you can read and download this research paper: https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf
Looking at Politico application on my cell phone March 5, 2014, I was confused by reading that the United States did not expect that Putin would make a move into the Crimea. Some reports state that the United States intelligence agencies did not pick up on this. I am a bit confused because this should have been a real possibility if anyone took the time to look at a map and read some recent past history about the Crimea. Putin…
You should seriously consider looking at and consider buying the March/April 2013 issue of Foreign Policy magazine (How Not To Win A War). It does an excellent job of looking back to how the United States has done such a poor job at waging war. I used the word “poor” while others may substitute the word “incompetent”. The issue mainly cites Afghanistan in its analysis. As part of this issue, they reveal how President Obama allowed for similar failed administration…