The divide between Turkey and Syria’s Assad government continues to widen. Turkey is supporting the rebels in Syria and the longer this drags on, the more likely it will be for this Turkey / Syria divide to continue. Via Reuters: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday of indirectly supporting […]
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About Hillary Clinton’s meeting with Saudi King…
The Obama administration seems bound and determined to see a Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) victory in Syria. Make no mistake. If Bashar Al-Assad is overthrown, that’s what will happen. This greatly serves the interests of Turkey, which borders Syria to the north. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Saudi King Abduallah this week, ostensibly, to […]
Iran, Hezbollah step up support of Syria’s Assad (why that is a good thing)
Folks, please do not be fooled into thinking that because Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah are aggressively coming to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad’s aid means that the United States should support the Syrian rebels. Some of our most senior Senators – McCain, Lieberman, and Graham – have already fallen into that trap. As […]
Yusuf al-Qaradawi denouncing… Hezbollah?
So, the Shiite / Sunni divide DOES exist. These guys are so predictable. If ever there was an ideology that has “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” as a central component, that ideology is Islam, which also adds another component; drop your “friend” in the grease as soon as you don’t need him […]
Egyptian Cleric issues fatwa to kill Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad
Folks, don’t look now but some very serious lines are being drawn in the Middle East. A fatwa has been issued for the death of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad by an Egyptian cleric. Via Gulf News, h/t Jihad Watch: Egypt’s prominent Muslim cleric Safwat Hejazi has said that the killing of Syrian President Bashar Al […]
Very “Influential” Obama advisor walks back her tweet about Syria’s Assad
Take a look at what some have called the Obama administration’s “most influential figure” when it comes to Middle East policy – Dalia Mogahed – is saying about Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. IPT’s Steve Emerson has exposed Mogahed’s strong support for Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated groups, to include CAIR and ISNA. It now appears that Mogahed is using […]
Report: Saudi Arabia enters the Syrian Fray, sends Weapons to Rebels (Muslim Brotherhood)
If you want to see the front line of the war between Sunni and Shia today, look no further than Syria, which has become a place where it’s getting increasingly difficult to find middle ground. In most cases, you’re either with the Iranian-backed Assad regime or with the Muslim Brotherhood-backed rebels. Allegorically, it’s a very […]
Obama Administration ramping up plans to arm Syrian Rebels (al-Qaeda and Hamas)
Just last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned against arming the Syrian rebels because they are made up of al-Qaeda and Hamas. So what has changed? For one thing, there are two Republican Senators who have served as blockers for the administration on this issue. Both John McCain and Lindsey Graham support arming the […]
Senator John McCain just refuses to learn the Middle Eastern lesson
Is it me or has John McCain become a human ventriloquist dummy for the Muslim Brotherhood? Last year, he called the Libyan rebels his “heroes.” Earlier this year, he defended the Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power in Egypt. Now, he seems bound and determined to remove Bashar al-Assad from power and he says merely arming […]
Video: Secretary of State Clinton Warning against arming Syrian Rebels
No doubt, the recent acknowledgment on the part of Hamas that it is abandoning Syria’s Bashar al-Assad assisted in Hillary Clinton’s contention that arming the Syrian rebels would be dangerous. In an interview with CBS, Clinton acknowledged that arming these rebels could place weapons into the hands of al-Qaeda and Hamas. Not only would such […]
Is Bashar al-Assad “Coup Proof”?
Syria is shaping up to be ground zero in major showdown between the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood and the Iranian-backed Shiite government of Bashar al-Assad. Over the last several days, the specter of Assad’s removal has carried an air of inevitability to it. A significant blow was dealt to Assad when Hamas publicly aligned with the […]
Video: United States, Al-Qaeda, and Hamas vs. Iran, Russia, and China
Though this is a couple of weeks old, it’s important now, in the context of Hamas formally ditching Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and, by extension, Iran as an ally. The video was posted at Verum Serum, which is home to a very reputable blog but even they don’t seem to understand what’s going on with the […]
Welcome to Islam: Hamas turns its Back on Bashar al-Assad
In case you’re wondering, yes, I’m blue in the face. If you’ve ever had a dream in which you’re screaming at people about something important and they ignore you like you’re not even there, that’s what I feel like sometimes. I have been making the argument that the best possible outcome in Syria would be […]
Brotherhood Leader Qaradawi openly rallying support for Syrian opposition
Well, that didn’t take long. I no sooner finished posting my previous entry when I saw that Muslim Brotherhood cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi is in Qatar with other Brotherhood clerics in an attempt to rally support for the Syrian opposition. Critical thinking DEMANDS this be questioned and not dismissed. Via the Khaleej Times / AFP: The […]
Iran Stepping up its support of Bashar al-Assad
There is an important premise that must be understood when it comes to Syria. That country has become a front in a battle between Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood more than it’s about a dictator putting down a revolt. Notice that the Sunni world, to include the same Muslim Brotherhood that has been benefiting the […]
Red Flag: US and Al-Qaeda hold same view on Syria?
Throughout the Arab Spring, the Obama administration has come down on the side of the Muslim Brotherhood in nearly every single instance. In Egypt, the administration did to Mubarak what Jimmy Carter did to the Shah; in Libya, Obama assisted in the overthrow of Gadhafi; now, in Syria, the Obama administration is calling for Bashar […]