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Sharia & The Constitution: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Let me begin by saying something some may find quite controversial. To assume that Muslims appreciate and accept the same moral values as those cherished by our Founders is insanity bordering on stupidity. Consider that Islamic cultures embrace and institutionalize | Read More »
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Freedom and Islam: Compatible or Contradictory?
In this great country one of our most cherished freedoms is freedom of religion and we Americans go the extra mile in extending that freedom to others. We have even gone so far as to honor the Muslim religion of | Read More »
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Obama Loves the Hood, Unfortunately It Is Not Fort Hood
A few years ago my wife and I attended a conference at Hampton University, where then Senator Obama spoke. He cautioned his listeners not to forget, “…where they came from. That is, one day you black men may leave the | Read More »
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Obama The Muslim
My mother believed in “common sense” testing. She said if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck and acts like a duck; it’s a duck. She believed that actions speak louder than words and | Read More »
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The Obama, McChrystal Set-Up
By now everyone knows the story, or at least they think they do. A careless, loose-lipped general’s staff celebrates a little too much one evening at the bar. Listening in on their unguarded comments is Rolling Stone Magazine reporter Michael | Read More »
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Rules of Engagement
During the Viet Nam War several Viet Cong engaged our forces in a running fire fight and when we finally closed in for the kill they fled into in a Buddhist Pagoda and hid. I turned to my South Vietnamese | Read More »
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Jerusalem v. Danzig – Palestine v. Sudetenland
Artificially cobbled together cities and nation states usually fail to maintain historical cohesion. Forced reconciliatory attempts result in temporary, unstable arrangements which do more harm than good in the long run. Poland’s “Free City of Danzig” and Czechoslovakia’s “Sudetenland” are | Read More »
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Good Muslim, Bad Muslim
The counterinsurgency strategy being implemented by the United States in Afghanistan is based on building trust and making friends of local Afghan tribal and political leaders. Ideally once they learn they can trust us they will become more cooperative in | Read More »
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Lies, Deceit and a Double Standard
I don’t pretend to be an expert on Islam or the Qur’an, the Muslim Bible. But for some reason during my high school years I became fascinated with the career and writings of T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia.) I | Read More »
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Bring On The Oil Spill
Conquering impossible challenges has been the norm for America since before its founding. In the Revolutionary War, thirteen tiny American colonies stood up to and defeated the world’s greatest and most powerful empire. Compared to that feat, stopping a deep | Read More »
