Some time ago, I mentioned in passing that we have Syria and Iran surrounded.

What would happen if one country committed a blatant act of war against another, and no one did anything about it… or worse, attempted to compromise with the attacker? Would that country’s leaders feel embarrassed over their breach of protocol and apologise? Or would they feel emboldened by the soft response to commit more attacks in hope of gaining further concessions? History has taught us that the latter is far more likely. But some refuse to learn the lesson. It’s happened before, of course, and it seems to be happening again.

A federal grand jury in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has returned a two-count indictment charging Hassan Abujihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, age 31, of Phoenix, Arizona, with material support of terrorism and disclosing previously classified information relating to the national defense.

A San Fernando Valley man known for his appearances on Farsi-language media outlets was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in federal prison for orchestrating an immigration fraud scheme that filed fraudulent employment visa applications on behalf of scores of foreign nationals seeking to come to the United States.

The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for addressing the threat of nuclear smuggling. Radiation detection portal monitors are key elements in our national defenses against such threats. DHS has sponsored R&D and testing activities to develop a “next generation” portal monitor, known as the advanced spectroscopic portal monitor.

No combination of economic and diplomatic sanctions will persuade the
Iranian theocrats to give up their longtime quest for nuclear bombs.

The following is from a translation of what is believed to be a Al Qaeda ) Playbook or Training Manual.

In a first of its kind lawsuit, CAIR (Council on America-Islamic Relations) attorneys are representing the so-called “Flying Imams” in suing both US Airways and passengers.  The suit stems from an incident that occurred on a US Airways’ flight in November 2006, from Minneapolis to Arizona, on which six Islamic Imams were reported to have stood up on the plane and prayed loudly, took seats that were not assigned to them (reminiscent of the 9/11 hijackers’ locations) and requested seatbelt extensions (which can be used as weapons) when they were neither required nor justified.  They are also reported to have made anti-American and pro-Saddam Hussein and Osama bin-Laden comments.  The actions of the Imams were not only overtly menacing but, seemed designed to instill fear amongst their fellow passengers.  Several passengers, including at least one who speaks and understands the Arabic language, reported the Imams’ behaviors to flight attendants.  The Imams were, subsequently, removed from the flight.

Irvine, CA--Israeli and Palestinian leaders recently sat down to discuss a peace deal--but the U.S.-brokered talks were fruitless. Many voices, such as the “New York Times,” acknowledge that “the biggest single obstacle to peace” is the refusal of Hamas, a member of the Palestinian “unity government,” to recognize Israel and renounce violence. But, we are told, if Israel would only make more generous concessions to the Palestinians and bolster their “moderate” leaders, then negotiations can yield peace.

Don’t get me wrong. All of us in America are behind you guys 100%. In fact, I’ll tell you flat out, you’re doing a great job against nasty odds. However, and I hate to say this, you guys have been shafted. And by your own government at that. After 9/11, if you were a soldier in the regular armed forces, you thought, oh oh, this is it. It looks like we might see some action pretty soon.

Irvine, CA--According to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the United States will join the Iraqi government in inviting Iran and Syria to a “neighbors meeting” on “stabilizing” Iraq.

As Clauswitz, the classical German military theorist stated, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” All wars are, ultimately, political.  Certainly our global war on terrorism is political.  Military victories, however, starkly affect how the greater political conflict is proceeding.  Modern history is filled with examples of freedom loving and peace loving people (N.B. Leftists, that would be us) have turned from military desperation to military victory and from that to inevitable political victory.

This may go down in history as the goofiest dichotomy of our age: while Britain is pulling troops out of Iraq, the U.S. is pouring more troops in. This indicates--erroneously, of course--that we may be winning the war in northern Iraq, but losing it down south, in Basra.  At least that’s what the most recent reports imply.

If you only read the news as reported by the Main Stream Media, you would never know that we had just recently experienced another Jihad style attack by a Muslim on American soil.

Last year Pat Rose, head of the FBI’s Orange County al-Qaeda squad, was asked whether radical Muslim students at the University of California at Irvine posed a security threat. Rose responded evasively, saying that “it was a tough question to answer.”