In Dollars for Terror, Swiss journalist Richard Labévière lays out a convincing case that the United States, through its proxy, Saudi Arabia, guided the evolution of Islam, cultivating radical strains of Sunni Islamism to combat the modernizing and stabilizing trends of Arab nationalism which threaten US domination of the Middle East.
Written in 2000, Dollars for Terror predates 9/11 and calls into question the premise that Islamic terrorism against the United States is a spontaneous expression of Muslims “hating us for our freedoms.” Labévière instead sets out to demonstrate that radical, political Islam is a calculated tactic used to facilitate Saudi hegemony and American mastery over the oil-rich region stretching from North Africa through the Middle East and across Central Asia.
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Flashback: Karl Rove Savages Christine O'Donnell
And here’s Rove more recently scolding Ted Cruz for not kowtowing to the Republican Establishment…
Did This Parent Deserve to be Arrested for Speaking Out?
Apparently parents weren’t allowed to interrupt this school board meeting in Baltimore, only submit questions in writing in advance, but this parent did anyway…what else could he do? (Notice the mocking looks he’s getting from the “public servants” at the front of the room.) According to the youtube video post, the parent, Robert Small, was … Read more
Hillary Mann Leverett Eats MSNBC's Cruise Missile Liberals for Lunch
I just bought Leverett’s book Going To Tehran – can’t wait to read it! I’m also reading and hope to review soon: Dollars for Terror A Modern History of the Islamic World The Looming Tower
Tamerlan Tsarnaev Was a Radical Islamist AND a Right-Wing Extremist?
Today’s Wall Street Journal had an article on the cover page titled Boston Bombing Suspect Was Steeped In Conspiracies. At first I didn’t know what they were going for. I thought perhaps the media/government thought it would be handy to be able to blame the Boston Marathon Bombing both on radical Islamists AND right-wing extremists … Read more
It's Not Right vs. Right, It's Us vs. Them
Much is being made in the news right now about a GOP that is pulling itself apart. The common representation of the struggle is that it is a battle between the far right and the far, far right, or as Mother Jones framed it in describing the Karl Rove PAC dedicated to supporting hand-picked Republicans … Read more
What Did Jefferson Say Would Leave Our Children Homeless? Podcast of July 28 Show
My seven-year-old was doing a class project on Lewis & Clark. One of the questions each student had to answer about his or her historical subject was how much a gallon of milk cost during their lifetime. It was hard to find a chart of historical price levels, probably because it’s so crazy looking. I … Read more
Is This Case The Same As Zimmerman's Or Are There Fundamental Differences?
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Video: Ibragim Todashev's Friend Explains What Happened
Click here for the video from the night Ibragim Todashev was shot six times in the body and once in the crown of the head while being questioned about a phone call he had with Tamerlan Tsarnaev before the Boston Marathon Bombing. Despite countless false news reports saying that he was being interrogated as a … Read more
The Lesser of Two Evils Is Still Evil!
The Democrats and the Republicans both march us down the road to serfdom. The two-party system gives us the illusion of choice rather than an actual choice between socialism and free market principles. The Lesser of Two Evils Is Still Evil!