Today, the Trump administration announced a brilliant, not-so-new plan to recruit a Sunni army to destroy ISIS in Syria (this is the original Wall Street Journal report). At least that's the theory. In practice, this army will likely ensure Syria is broken into territorial spheres of influence, a strategy known to be favored by Israel. There would be an … [Read more...]
Vanity Fair Touts Syria Commando Raid and Israeli Intelligence Coup that Never Was
הבל הבלים, הכל הבל: הדיווח של "יריד ההבלים" (וניטי פייר) על המבצע הסודי של הסיירת והמוסד בסוריה Add Vanity Fair to the list of publications which publish fantasy profiles of Israeli intelligence feats that never were. You've read about the miracle of the start-up nation in Forbes and the Guardian and other querulous media outlets too gullible to care … [Read more...]
Trump’s Saudi Soliloquy
Donald Trump just made one of the most hypocritical speeches in American political history: and that's saying something. The same person who told the American electorate that Islam was a religion of violence and evil, and that America must close its doors to all Muslims because, as far as he was concerned, they were all likely terrorists--this same guy … [Read more...]
Al Jazeera: Jordan, Not Israel, Was Original Intelligence Source for ISIS Bomb Plot
Boy, what a difference a day makes. On Monday, I published an article in Middle East Eye in which I speculated that Jordan was the likely source of the intelligence which Donald Trump relayed to the Russians about an ISIS airplane bomb plot. I wrote then: None of the media stories reveal the name of the foreign nation whose operation Trump exposed. … [Read more...]