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Cliff May: Lessons of Fort Hood

When a military officer participates in a war against his own country, that is high treason, and that is the charge that ought to be brought against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. But it's not going to happen. Hasan should have been weeded out of the military ...

From CLIFF MAY, Town Hall,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nidal Malik Hasan,  Ruhollah Khomeini

Cliff May: Media Mush

Imagine if, in 1942, the son of German immigrants from the Sudetenland had yelled "Heil Hitler!" and then gunned down several dozen of his fellow soldiers on an American military base. Most reporters probably would not have expressed bewilderment as to ...

From CLIFF MAY, Town Hall,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NPR,  Nidal Malik Hasan,  Fox News Channel,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  New York Times Company

Re: Was It Terrorism? -- By: Cliff May

My two cents: The most widely accepted definition of a terrorist is someone who intentionally targets non-combatants with violence for political purposes. The shooter at Fort Hood, by contrast, was targeting uniformed combatants. In that sense, he was ...

From CLIFF MAY, The Corner,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hezbollah,  Al-Qaeda,  Taliban

Cliff May: Small Miracle

People forget how small Israel is. Its entire population is a little over 7 million - smaller than Lima, Peru. Its land area is about 8,000 square miles, smaller than New Jersey or Belize. By comparison, Jordan, its neighbor to the east, occupies 35,000 ...

From CLIFF MAY, Town Hall,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dan Senor,  NASDAQ

Loose Change -- By: Cliff May

This morning up on the Hill, the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy held a conference on Afghanistan. I stopped by to hear remarks by former ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. To be candid, he said nothing noteworthy. A smart and genial man, he chose ...

From CLIFF MAY, The Corner,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Zalmay Khalilzad,  Taliban,  New York Times Company,  David Rohde

Cliff May: Disconnecting the Dots

Don't fault President Obama for reconsidering his strategy in Afghanistan. Fault him for reconsidering his strategy only in Afghanistan. Nearing the end of his first year in office, his administration has not yet developed a coherent and comprehensive ...

From CLIFF MAY, Town Hall,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Al-Qaeda,  George W. Bush,  Michael Ledeen,  Taliban

The E-Jihad -- By: Cliff May

indoctrinate, recruit, train, and finance the next generation of terrorists. Increasingly besieged on the battlefield, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas and their Islamist brethren now seek anonymity and freedom of movement online through a vast and ...

From CLIFF MAY, The Corner,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Hezbollah,  Hamas

Pakistan On the Brink? -- By: Cliff May

A wave of attacks against top security installations over the last several days demonstrated that the Taliban, Al Qaeda and militant groups once nurtured by the government are tightening an alliance aimed at bringing down the Pakistani state, ...

From CLIFF MAY, The Corner,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban,  Rehman Malik

Fragile Alliance -- By: Cliff May

President Obama today signs the Kerry-Lugar bill providing Pakistan with $1.5 billion annually for the next five years — aid meant to go toward development and to help fight our common enemies, the Taliban and al-Qaeda. calls Pakistan “a major non-NATO ...

From CLIFF MAY, The Corner,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  Al-Qaeda,  Barack Obama,  NATO,  Robert Gates

Cliff May: Pakistan Notebook

ISLAMABAD - I picked an interesting moment to visit Pakistan: four terrorist attacks in less than a week. The first was at the World Food Programme office here in the capital; 5 killed. The second was in the Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar; more than 50 ...

From CLIFF MAY, Town Hall,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  World Food Programme,  Benazir Bhutto,  The Pentagon,  US State Department

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