Click here to receive GLORIA Center articles directly to your inbox.Hussain Abdul Hussain gets it. He's one of the most interesting Arab journalists and he also writes in English. His latest article-published in the "Huffington Post"-entitled "Lonely Obama vs. Popular Iran" [but you don't have to use the link as I quoted practically all of it] he points out what the most realistic people and more moderate rulers in the Arabic-speaking world are thinking. He explains what I've been telling you … [Read more...]
The Arabic-Speaking World in 2010
By December 28, 2009
The politics of the Arabic-speaking world are going to face some serious challenges during 2010. Probably none of them, however, will have anything to do with the Arab-Israeli issue, despite the overwhelming attention and exaggerated importance usually given to that question by outside observers. Unquestionably, the leading problem will be dealing with an increasingly powerful Iran and its sidekick Syria which aren't being contained by the United States. The Arabs, after all, live in the … [Read more...]
For Obama, 2010 in the Middle East Looks More Like the Precipice of Doom than Achievement
By December 25, 2009
The year 2010 is going to be interesting. Well, all years in the Middle East are interesting; many of them are far too interesting. For the Obama Administration, I'm going to predict, it will not be a fun year. True, the best face will be put on things. Since it is protected-perhaps next year to a lesser degree--by the media, the administration has a special advantage over its predecessors. Yet there are two huge and two potentially serious problems which it cannot solve. The first unsolvable … [Read more...]
Where does Terrorism Come from in Iraq: Hundreds Killed but There’s No Mystery
By October 26, 2009
If you find these articles useful and interesting, please read and subscribe to Barry Rubin's blog, Rubin Reports, at <http://www.rubinreports.blogspot.com>:You know that two car bombs hit three government buildings in Baghdad on October 25 and killed 132 people. You probably know that this was a devastating hit against the effort to stabilize the country, which in turn is a precondition for U.S. withdrawal. Many analysts viewed this as an attemt to discredit the January election and to … [Read more...]
Syria’s Policy and Europe’s Pay-Offs Disprove A Cliche: Crime DOES Pay
By September 9, 2009
ATTENTION WEBMASTERS. You are welcome to post this entire article as long as you give a direct link to the article on our site and to http://www.gloria-center.orgIf you are seeking ironies, you need look no further than the Middle East. Consider:Syria is a country which:--Is a dictatorship and regularly violates human rights, with peaceful dissidents arrested, thrown into prison, and tortured.--Provides the headquarters for the terrorist groups Hamas and Hizballah.--Gives a safe haven and … [Read more...]
Neutrality on Iraq-Syria: Obama Administration Betrays Ally and Doesn’t Even Defend Its Own Soldiers
By September 3, 2009
ATTENTION WEBMASTERS. You are welcome to post this entire article as long as you give a direct link to the article on our site and to http://www.gloria-center.orgOn August 26, State Department spokesman, Ian Kelly, was asked what the United States thought about the Iraq-Syria dispute. His answer shockingly recalls the last time a U.S. government made the mistake of being neutral between an enemy radical dictatorship and a friendly moderate government.First, some background. Iraqi leader … [Read more...]
Obama’s “Certain Defeat”? The No-Violence Administration Fights the Afghan War
By September 1, 2009
ATTENTION WEBMASTERS. You are welcome to post this entire article as long as you give a direct link to the article on our site and to http://www.gloria-center.orgIf Iraq became Bush’s war, the Obama Administration is making Afghanistan its war. Except for the size and visibility of the conflict—which are huge factors—Bush got the better of the deal.Iraq has been easier than Afghanistan in two very significant ways: it is more strategically important and it has been … [Read more...]
An Open Secret: Syria Daily Sponsors and Aids Terrorists Murdering Iraqi Civilians and Americans: Doesn’t This Require Action?
By August 26, 2009
ATTENTION WEBMASTERS. You are welcome to post this entire article as long as you give a direct link to the article on our site and to http://www.gloria-center.orgOne of the world’s biggest open “secrets” is this: Syria is arming, helping, training, financing, and giving access across the border into Iraq for terrorists who are murdering Iraqi civilians and American soldiers or civilian workers.Everyone knows it, statistics are kept on it. Yet this fact simply … [Read more...]
Why the Silence on Islamist–and Sometimes Muslim-Majority Regimes–Persecution of Christians?
By July 13, 2009
You are welcome to post or forward to others but please include a link to this site. Anyone not linking to this site will be considered to have acted improperly, except with written permission. On July 12, seven churches were bombed in Baghdad with 14 people being killed, many of them while attending religious services. Christians in Muslim-majority areas are constantly being targeted by radical Islamists, especially in the Gaza Strip (where they've largely been driven out altogether), … [Read more...]
Diplomatic Deportment Lessons from Saddam Hussein
By July 2, 2009
You are welcome to post or forward to others but please include a link to this site. Anyone not linking to this site will be considered to have acted improperly, except with written permission. Every day we have evidence of how people think and politics function in the Middle East. There are, however, two particular malformations of thinking that inhibit Western understanding of the Middle East.First, what is necessary is to understand the differences between those systems and world views and … [Read more...]
