Has anybody else noticed a ratcheting up of overt anti-American rhetoric coming out the spheres of Arab militancy over the last week? I mean, folks who were quiet as mosque mice after witnessing the overwhelming force unleashed by the U.S. in Afghanistan are suddenly talkin’ some real, anti-Uncle Sam smack, ain’t they? (I just watched a seething University of California professor on FOXNews — a specialist in Syrian and Lebanonese

Has anybody else noticed a ratcheting up of overt anti-American rhetoric coming out the spheres of Arab militancy over the last week? I mean, folks who were quiet as mosque mice after witnessing the overwhelming force unleashed by the U.S. in Afghanistan are suddenly talkin’ some real, anti-Uncle Sam smack, ain’t they? (I just watched a seething University of California professor on FOXNews — a specialist in Syrian and Lebanonese

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Writing in the WSJ “Opinion Journal,” Claudia Rosett — invoking Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” —

Philip Murphy of “The Invisible Hand” answers a European friend who’s kind enough to remind him that “military action in the Middle East ‘never solved anything’”: So far military action in the Middle East has been stunningly effective. After enduring a quickening tempo of mega-terrorist

As I write this, the execrable Ted Rall is on “Politically Correct,” sitting right next to Morgan Fairchild. Man. Were this 1981, I’d be, like, sooooo totally pissed…

Jonah Goldberg, from his latest column: […] What I cannot respect or understand are the absurd gymnastics used to say that Yasser Arafat, Saddam Hussein, or the Assad regime in Syria are not terrorists the way the ‘Bush doctrine’ defines terrorists. It is an insult to our collective intelligence to hear our elected leader explain that the people who foot the bills for suicide bombers aren’t terrorists because there’s a

Texas Congressman Ron Paul (R)* on “Hannity and Colmes” (I’ll paraphrase): Since 1984, the Jews have killed more Palestinians than the Palestinians have killed Jews. Therefore, the Jews are to blame for the trouble in the Mideast. Congressman Paul’s suggestion? Cut the Jews loose. Cut the Arabs loose. Save ourselves lots of money. Shoot us some of them border-hoppin’ Mexicans, instead. Yeeehaaaaaaw! *Paul is a former Libertarian candidate for President.