International Political Will

Last week, the New York Times published an article headlined “Why the Arabs Splinter Over Gaza” that was anything but a description of “why.” The story was actually just another example of observations disconnected from context that masquerade as news.
Three Arab countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan) refused to attend an Arab League summit on [...]

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
–George Santayana
There has been much chatter among the media (and the propaganda artists that serve as their meal tickets) about Hamas using the civilian population of Gaza as human shields.
Israel justifies the bombing of the UN school(s), the killing of more than a dozen [...]

You probably had never heard of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The terrorist group reportedly behind last week’s attacks in Mumbai was formed in the early 1990s, and initially focused on wresting Kashmir from Indian control. But make no mistake: the Mumbai attacks were not about Kashmir.
The November attacks in Mumbai were retaliation for the ongoing US/NATO [...]

It has continued for three days, claimed the lives of at least 195 people, and brought a city of 20 million Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians together. The city moves forward, slowly. And somberly.
As if trying to cleanse the city of the evil that has befallen it, a rare overnight rain shower in the middle [...]