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 […]
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 […]
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 America. […]
Jerusalem Post Orders ‘Hit’ on Dan Fleshler
Dan Fleshler recently published an expose of the Israel lobby, Transforming America’s Israel Lobby. His book is an argument for the Jewish peace movement to do what Aipac does only better, more truthfully and more fairly. Instead of reviewing the book, as any professional publication would do, the Jerusalem Post ordered a hit on Fleshler’s […]
