Opinion

The Satanic Video

Except, of course, it’s far from over. It moves temporarily off-screen, and then it is back: the Pakistani retailer accused last week of “blasphemy”...

The Post-American Middle East

The nominee, current Baghdad chargé d'affaires Robert Beecroft, agreed, saying he has "made it very clear that we find this unacceptable.""Unacceptable" is a word...

Collapse of the Cairo Doctrine

First, he would cleanse by confession. Then he would heal. Why, given the unique sensitivities of his background — “my sister is half-Indonesian,” he...

The Muslim World Cannot Have It both Ways

The past couple of weeks have been discouraging. Nobody expects a U.S. standard of freedom of speech to be adopted — or even fully...

As Its Middle East Policy Crumbles, The Obama Administration’s Defense: It’s Not a Revolution, It’s a Video

So now we have the answer of the “best and the brightest” expressed in the most explicit terms by American leaders and the mass...

Why Is It OK to Mock One Religion but Not Another?

No matter. The film, the administration says, is "hateful and offensive" (Susan Rice), "reprehensible and disgusting" (Jay Carney) and, in a twist, "disgusting and...

Look in Your Mirror

I read several such comments from the rioters in the press last week, and I have a big problem with them. I don’t like...

America Foreign Policy, Adrift on the Middle East

The president’s June 4, 2009, speech in Cairo summarized this critique, while adding an element of soaring ambition. With American combat troops still on...

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