The American-Led “Peace Process” in the Middle East Has Not Been a Failure
Looking at the big picture.
September 13, 2018
Declassified Interrogations Help Explain Iran’s Strategy in Iraq
And America’s failure to curb it.
Last week, protestors in the Iraqi city of Basra set fire to the local Iranian consulate, in an apparent expression of frustration with Tehran’s interference in their country. Recently released transcripts of the U.S. military’s interrogation of the Iraqi insurgent Qais Khazali do much to shed light on how the Islamic Republic gained influence in Iraq even as the country was under American occupation. The leader of one of several Iran-backed militias known as the “special groups,” Khazali was captured by British commandos in 2007, released by the U.S. in 2009, and now leads a political party with fifteen seats in the Iraqi parliament. Bill Roggio writes:
September 13, 2018
Declassified Interrogations Help Explain Iran’s Strategy in Iraq
And America’s failure to curb it.
The Soviet Union Is Long Gone, but Soviet-Style Anti-Semitism Thrives in Britain
The roots of Jeremy Corbyn’s rhetoric.
Why Religion Is the Best Safeguard for Liberty
Benjamin Constant’s On Religion.
Searching for the Traces of Judaism in Portugal
And the remote crypto-Jewish community that persisted into the 20th century.