If the Israeli government isn't paying big bucks to Daniel Pipes to advise it on strategic military-political policy, it should be. When the Syrian civil war first began, Pipes wrote that Israel should favor whichever side was losing and hope both sides fought each other to a bloody stalemate. The more Arab blood spilled the better. It was a classic … [Read more...]
Anti-Jihadi Video, Textbook Case for Destroying Relations with Muslim Nations
While the murder of four U.S. embassy personnel in Libya is a heinous act, the lead-up to the act and what promises to be a grisly response to it offers a textbook example of how NOT to conduct relations between the west and Muslim nations. First, a bunch of lunkhead idiot anti-jihadis (you just gotta believe Pam Geller, David Horowitz and Robert Spencer … [Read more...]
When Dan Pipes Gives Advice, Run as Fast as You Can the Other Way
Dan Pipes really really cares about Barack Obama. The proof is in the helpful advice he proffered to "save" Obama's presidency: bomb Iran. In the blog world we call people like this "concern trolls," people who offer advice out of faux concern for your reputation, but who really hate your guts. As proof that the National Review must've had a very slow … [Read more...]
Specter Embraces Pipes Islamophobia
Matt Duss notes a Washington Independent report that Arlen Specter will deliver the opening address to a right-wing anti-Muslim conference hosted by Daniel Pipes Middle East Forum: A coalition of conservative legal groups will host a “Libel Lawfare: Silencing Criticism of Radical Islam,” a conference on how “Islamist lawfare” is imperiling free speech in … [Read more...]
