Copyright 2009 Daniel Pipes Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:28:51 -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/blog/2009/11/wasted-us-spending-in-iraq-53-billion-and-counting Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Since the ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the U.S. taxpayer has been rebuilding Iraq and – for just as long – I have been complaining about this being unnecessary and even counterproductive. (See here, here, and here for sample critiques.) Comes a http://www.danielpipes.org/7763/major-nidal-hasan-islamist-life Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST As the Pentagon and Senate launch what one analyst dubs "dueling Fort Hood investigations," will they confront the hard truth of the Islamic angle? Despite encouraging references to "violent Islamists" by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Independent of http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2009/11/more-on-maj-hasans-islamist-life Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST This weblog entry updates my article, "Maj. Hasan's Islamist Life," in reverse chronological order:Additional information on Hasan's contact with Awlaki: The Washington Post reports that Hasan's contacts with extremist imam Anwar al-Aulaqi began as 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/nidal-hasan-initial-thoughts-on-the-ft-hood-jihadi Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Was the Ft. Hood massacre an act of terrorism? For two reasons, I find this an unproductive question. First, terrorism has, in one count, 109 definitions, making this a question more suited to mulling over in a university seminar than to public policy. 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/blog/2009/09/american-taxpayers-promote-islam-on-my-website Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST I've devoted considerable attention to U.S. government patronage of Islam (see here, here, here, and here), noting how Islam gets a favorable attention not given to other religions. Imagine, then, my surprise to note that, as of today, the U.S. 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