Category Archives: Terrorism

Doing Foreign Policy Right: Knowing Canada’s National Interest

CTV reports that the Prime Minister has been advised to tone down the rhetoric with respect to the war in Afghanistan. Best not to focus on the reality of war, nor Canada’s national security interest in fighting terrorism abroad, rather tell it like another one of those dandy peace keeping missions.
We’re there for the […]

When Winners Tackle Old Big Problems: Gen. Petraeus Winning in Iraq?

Here’s an interesting analysis by Frederick Kagan and Kimberly Kagan of the new coalition strategy in Iraq. The surge now complete, coalition forces have a tactical hand to play unprecidented since their invasion of Iraq in 2003. Kagan and Kagan tell of three lessons informing Gen. Petraeus, and other leaders, drawn from past […]

The Controversial Cartoon No One Could Understand

Remember the Danish Muhammad cartoon fiasco? Daryl Cagle discuss a rather curious little cartoon that no one can understand - well, no one except the Islamofascists that now threaten the cartoonists life:
Rose told me that this “Muhammad cartoon” was drawn by a retired cartoonist, Erik Abild Sorensen, who is in his eighties. The cartoonist […]

Muslim Declarations of Sovereignty over UK and America: ‘Queen Elizabeth, go to hell!’

Mad as hell about the knighthood of Salman Rushdie, among other grievances, the least of which being that the UK and America are not ruled by Islamic law, Muslims in Britain are now inciting their brethren to assert sovereignty over the West; that freedom of religion is not true freedom of religion for Muslims until […]

Naive Westerners and the Daniel Pearl Story

With the release of the new movie A Might Heart, Mark Steyn shares some of his earlier commentary on the Daniel Pearl saga:
…. Fisk settles on a “shameful, unethical headline” over an “article by Mark Steyn” in Pearl’s own Wall Street Journal. It was about Fisk’s bloody beating by an Afghan mob in Pakistan last […]

Dear National Defence

As passed along via email.  How genuine I do not know, but it gets the point across.
A lady libertarian wrote a lot of letters to the government, complaining
about the treatment of a captive insurgents (terrorists) being held […]

Crazy Muslims Burn Effigy of Old Crone, QEII

To mark the birthday of HM, the subsequent knighthood of Salman Rushie, crazy Muslims have taken to the streets … again:
The international row over Salman Rushdie’s knighthood escalated after Islamic extremists placed a £80,000 bounty on the writer’s head.
The British Government expressed its “deep concern” over reported comments by one of Pakistan’s ministers which suggested […]

Falkland’s War Anniversary Update - Just War and National Interest

Since I seem to be The Politic’s resident anglophile, here’s another update on the 25th anniversary of the Falkland’s War. Historically it is a fascinating struggle that not only defined the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, but remains a case study in national self-determination (for the Falklanders) and the legitimate defence of sovereign national interest […]

Brilliant Soldiering and Justifying the War on Terror

Michael Yon reports on “Death or Glory,” his journies with The Queen’s Royal Lancers in Iraq; the first installment of four. Good reportage on what is otherwise grossly underreported in the MSM.:
The Queen’s Royal Lancers have been living out in the desert for about six months, like nomads moving from place to place, sleeping […]

Harper & Stelmach: Register this!

How would you feel if this happened to you?
Monday, April 16th, 4 am, near the hamlet of Craigmyle, southwest of Hanna, Alberta. John Rew, age 50, was awakened to the sound of an Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.) “flash bang” shot through his bedroom window.
He was thrown face-down on the floor and handcuffed instantly afterward, as […]