By Andrew L. Jaffee, netwmd.com
Russian President Putin’s goon-squad is using “’scorched-earth’ tactics” in Georgia, has promised to annex territory (South Ossetia and Abkhazia), and now is threatening to attack Poland. This is pure madness, but look at the reaction from Europe (or, should I say, lack thereof?), as described by the brave Russian soul, Garry [...] Read more »
Posts under ‘History’
European Moral Feebleness Fuels Russia’s Aggression and Impunity
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Originally posted over at birdbrain.
In 1936, a country under a totalitarian government hosted the summer Olympics. The regime successfully projected an image during these Olympics that convinced a great number of people that the regime was benign and good. This regime, of course, was the Nazis, who later went on to kill twelve million civilians [...] Read more »
A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.”
~WInston Churchill
The Russians are tricky. They have suckered the world into thinking that they are a more peaceful, progressive nation than they were [...] Read more »
GOP Toolbar
We are excited to announce a revolutionary, yet simple, tool that allows you to stay connected to the GOP and raise valuable contributions, without spending a dime! We are facing one of the most important elections in history, and it shall be our unity that brings us to victory. You [...] Read more »
Book Review: ‘Exposing the Real Che Guevara’
This review was originally published at my blog, birdbrain.
Humberto Fontova has written a must read book: Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him. Fontova himself was born in Cuba. Luckily, his family was able to leave Cuba and escape Communism, though his father was detained on the day they were [...] Read more »
The Forgotten Revolutionaries Who Shunned Terrorism
By Andrew L. Jaffee
Apologizing for terrorism is completely indefensible. Have people forgotten MLK and Gandhi’s teachings? Have people forgotten the Velvet and Singing Revolutions in Eastern Europe against the Soviet/Russian Empire?
The Soviets murdered millions, deported millions to Siberia, bugged telephones, banned books, outlawed native languages, encouraged Russians to emigrate to occupied nations to dilute the [...] Read more »
Remembering the Romanovs
This post was originally published at my blog, birdbrain. I originally posted it on July 17 to commemorate Russia’s last imperial family. I am now posting it here as well.
It was on this night (well, okay, it was early, early morning, as in about 2.00 AM), ninety years ago, that Tsar Nicholas II [...] Read more »
Holger Danske: The Twelfth Viking
This is a very enjoyable post from the Gates of Vienna:
At the Battle of Poitiers in 732, the Frankish king Charles Martel defeated the Saracens and pushed the forces of Islam back into the Iberian Peninsula. It was not until 1492 that the Moors were finally thrown out of Europe, but in the meantime the [...] Read more »
The Moral Power of Ingrid Betancourt
I wrote previously on “The Ingrid Betancourt Rescue.” Yet, the more I learn of Betancourt’s ordeal, the more powerful is her story of moral courage.
André Glucksmann, at City Journal, argues for seeing Betancourt’s six years in captivity as a story of personal bravery and the ultimate rejection of slavery and terror:
Public opinion, government officials, ordinary [...] Read more »
Support Harry’s Place Blogburst
Harry’s Place, a UK blog dedicated to promoting the ideals of freedom and democracy, is being sued by Mohammed Sawalha, the President of the British Muslim Initiative, which has been linked to Hamas and the Islamic Brotherhood, both terrorist organizations. The blog reports that Mr. Sawalha, according to the BBC…
“master minded much of Hamas’ [...] Read more »
