By Ralph H. Sidway, guest contributor Perhaps there really is a “colonial mentality” afflicting the Western Powers after all. How else to explain the succession of disastrous foreign policy choices by Barack Obama, David Cameron, and the NATO alliance regarding the “Arab Spring,” which are not merely ill advised, but downright immoral. It’s one thing to put forth a … [Read more...]
Obama Doctrine Makes U.S. a ‘Sinister Bystander’
By Ralph Sidway, guest contributor My late grandmother used a clever turn of phrase to describe shady characters who, while protesting their innocence, somehow seemed linked to the crime in question. Today, my grandmother’s expression — “sinister bystander” — seems the most apt way to describe the global perception of the Obama administration and its failed policy towards … [Read more...]
U.S. Will ‘Pressure’ Egypt on Behalf of Brotherhood, Says U.S. Ambassador
Evidence that the Obama administration is unhappy with the Egyptian people's liberation from Muslim Brotherhood rule continues to emerge. As reported today by Youm 7, according to Muhammad Heikal -- "the Arab world's most respected political commentator" and for some 50 years a political insider -- soon after the overthrow of Morsi, U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson assured … [Read more...]
Egypt: Christians Being Threatened Not to Join Protests
Gatestone Institute Hours before the June 30 protests against Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi and his party, the Muslim Brotherhood, began, the nation’s Christians were, once again, singled out for behaving like citizens who have the right to participate in the protests. In Minya, Upper Egypt, where millions of Christians live, letters addressed to the Copts threatened … [Read more...]
Obama’s Proxy War on Mideast Christians
PJ Media With the recent decision to arm the opposition fighting Syrian President Assad, the United States has effectively declared a proxy war on Syria’s indigenous Christians—a proxy war that was earlier waged on Christians in other Mideast nations, resulting in the abuse, death, and/or mass exodus of Christians. Ironically (if not absurdly) this proxy war on Christians … [Read more...]