Category: Foreign Countries & Policy

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy has had to eat humble pie after his ground-breaking plan to establish the 43 member Mediterranean Union failed to reach an agreed final communiqué because of the opposition to its wording by the Palestinian Authority (PA) …

Recently, Mexican military officials claimed they seized five-and-a-half tons of powdered cocaine from a commercial aircraft that landed in Mexico following a a trip from Venezuela. The street value of the drugs was estimated to be upwards of $100 million. …

With the recent testing of missiles by the Iranian military, the world has been put on notice that the Islamofascist nation will continue to be the fly in the ointment for world peace. The United States National Security Strategy …

Honest reporting about Mexico usually includes terms like third-world sewer, cesspool, disaster, or other unflattering hyperbole to describe our southern neighbor. Mexican apologists protest such language by claiming that Mexican culture is equal to American culture. Some allegedly …

The recent and most stunning rescue mission conducted by the Colombian military of Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. counternarcotics contractors for the Pentagon from the FARC-a Colombian guerrilla organization-is a victory that should be celebrated by all. As hostages of …

During the 1970’s, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had acceded to the monarchist governmental leadership role present throughout Iran’s history, implemented economic, educational and social reforms. In 1978, in the midst of democratic reforms, the Shah and the Iranian …

President Bush’s Road Map to create a new Arab state between Jordan and Israel is in terminal tatters following the bloody events in Jerusalem on 2 July 2008 when an east Jerusalem Arab commandeered a bulldozer and went on a …

Diplomatic leaders and legal and human rights experts presented unique perspectives on Latin America’s political landscape and democracy during a recent academic discussion held at the University of Miami, according to a report submitted to the 14,000-member National Association of …

In the latest example of incomprehensible mindlessness coming from south of the U.S. border, politicians in third-world Mexico are “angry” because of conditions imposed by the United States as part of the Merida handout.

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa must have had a brain explosion during a lunch time speech delivered by Israel’s President Shimon Peres to Nobel Laureates attending a conference in Petra to discuss the global food crisis.

Liberals throughout the United States and abroad seem to consider Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an innocent, absent-minded fool. Even in the face of his blatant denial of the holocaust, denial of homosexuality in Iran, and outright sprint for nuclear weapons, Liberal America …

Over the weekend, the London Times gave us a foolish headline for a foolish story. The trumpeting headline read, “A seismic shift in China’s relations with West?”

They say if it bleeds, it leads on the nightly news. The recent silence from the mainstream news media on Iraq, however, is speaking volumes. While the war remains unpopular, our success there has been unmistakable. The Iraqi people, with …

PLO Chairman and President of the Palestinian Authority - Mahmoud Abbas - was clearly not happy with the remarks made by President Bush on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Israel’s reconstitution as an independent Jewish state within its …

A US Army contract translator was sentenced today to 121 months of imprisonment for illegally possessing national defense documents, and using a false identity to procure his United States citizenship and to gain access to classified military materials. In addition, …