Copyright 2009 Daniel Pipes Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:04:36 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Daniel Pipes :: Writings http://www.danielpipes.org MeqMef@aol.com (Daniel Pipes) webmaster@danielpipes.org en-us http://www.danielpipes.org/7737/sudden-jihad-inordinate-stress-ft-hood Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST When a Muslim in the West for no apparent reason violently attacks non-Muslims, a predictable argument ensues about motives. The establishment – law enforcement, politicians, the media, and the academy – stands on one side of this debate, insisting that http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/11/berlin-wall-fell-obama-stays-away Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST National Review asked, "How big a deal is it that the president won't be going to Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall?" My response follows; what others wrote can be found at "Forgetting the Fall." Let us meditate briefly on http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/10/karzai-brother-washington-kept-politicians Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of the Afghan president, "a go-between between the Americans and the Taliban," and "a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade," the New York Times informs us, "gets regular payments from the Central http://www.danielpipes.org/7708/turkey-an-ally-no-more Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST "There is no doubt he is our friend," Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, says of Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even as he accuses Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman of threatening to use nuclear weapons against Gaza. These http://www.danielpipes.org/7689/cair-inner-workings-exposed Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST The Council on American-Islamic Relations has, since its founding in 1994, served as the Islamist movement in North America's most high-profile, belligerent, manipulative, and aggressive agency. From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., CAIR also sets http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/10/that-nobel-peace-prize-bashes-bush-handcuffs-obama Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST "He won what?" is the universal first reaction. And second, at least on the Right: "Why did they do that?" Even the Nobel committee's citation does not pretend Barack Obama has actually achieved anything. Rather, it was given to him "for his http://www.danielpipes.org/7665/netanyahu-quiet-success Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST Almost unnoticed, Binyamin Netanyahu won a major victory last week when Barack Obama backed down on a signature policy initiative. This about-face suggests that U.S.-Israel relations are no longer headed for the disaster I have been fearing. Four months http://www.danielpipes.org/7638/one-cheer-for-obama-foreign-policy Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST The Obama administration has established an alarmingly naïve and dangerous record on Arab-Israeli issues, leading me to worry about spectacular policy failures ahead. But it has initiated one innovative and positive policy deserving high praise. Instead http://www.danielpipes.org/7585/niqabs-burqas-veiled-threat Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST What's new on the niqab and burqa front? To remind, both garments are designed for the modesty of Muslim females; the niqab covers all but the eyes and the burqa covers the entire face. In "Ban the Burqa – and the Niqab Too," two years ago, I documented http://www.danielpipes.org/7653/peace-process-or-war-process Mon, 1 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EST When Barack Obama announced in June 2009 about Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy, "I'm confident that if we stick with it, having started early, that we can make some serious progress this year," he displayed a touching, if naïve optimism. Indeed, his http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/08/american-taxpayer-money-spent-on-eradicating Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent federal agency "that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State" has embarked on a four-year, $20-million project to help Palestinians prepare for http://www.danielpipes.org/7525/counterterrorism-in-obamas-washington Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST Barack Obama's assistant for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John O. Brennan, conveniently outlined the administration's present and future policy mistakes in a speech on August 6, "A New Approach for Safeguarding Americans." To start with, his http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/08/jewish-not-the-same-as-pro-israel Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST It's an obvious point, but it needs stating: Not all Jews are Zionist. Some believe in universal socialism, some support Palestinians, others hold that only God can create a Jewish state or have been disappointed since 1977 when the right first came to http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/08/reflections-on-the-sixth-fatah-general-congress Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST Four observations on the Sixth Fatah General Congress, which took place in Bethlehem on August 4-9: The Fatah leadership openly played to the Palestinian street, ignoring Washington or Jerusalem: Examples indicative of the intended audience: At the http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/08/islam-and-western-militaries Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST Are we at war with radical Islam or not? Government actions leave the answer much in doubt. This weblog entry keeps an eye on the evolving relationship of Western militaries and the religion of Islam, in reverse chronological order. (I have previously