President Trump green-lighted the Turkish cross-border assault against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday 6 October 2019—but the influence operation to prep him for that moment began many months ago. Events in the Middle East have unfolded rapidly…
As is now widely understood, the September 14, 2019, attack on the Saudi oil processing facilities that took out over 5% of the world’s daily oil supply originated from inside Iran. Although Iran’s Houthi rebel proxies in Yemen claimed credit for the drone and cruise missile attack, statements by U.S.…
The departure of National Security Advisor John Bolton from the Trump administration can hardly have come at a worse time. America’s enemies loathed and feared him, because he was clear-sighted, experienced, and tough. While he headed the National Security Council (NSC), from April 2018 to September 2019, those who would…
The Center’s Vice President for Research and Analysis, Clare M. Lopez, traveled to Israel in late May-early June 2019 on a fact-finding trip with Tom Trento and the United West team, guided in-country by Roni Wexler and Heritage Tours. With a theme of ‘Borders and How Security is Done,’ the…
Squeezed hard by U.S. sanctions, the Iranian regime is lashing out in every direction. The convivial mask donned by Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to allow Obama administration negotiators the cover they needed to pretend they were curbing Iranian nuclear and terror behavior has slipped badly. The July 31, 2019, sanctions…
The story of Suheib Yousef, the second son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef to defect from the Islamic terror organization, broke over the Fourth of July holiday weekend — which may be why some of what he told an Israeli TV journalist has been overlooked. Suheib Yousef is the brother…
Mobilization of Red-Green forces nationwide has kicked into high gear to galvanize protesters against the 7-9 July 2019 Christians United For Israel (CUFI) rally to be held at the Washington, DC Convention Center. The George Soros-linked organization, Civic Action, came up online 6 July 2019 to distribute #CounterCUFI ads posted…
For any who might have wondered what Trita Parsi, founder of the Iran Lobby front group, NIAC (National Iranian American Council), would do after he stepped down from leadership there last year, wonder no more. According to a 30 June 2019 report in the Boston Globe, Parsi—perhaps the best agent of influence…
This map provided by the Department of Defense, Thursday, June 20, 2019, shows the site where they say a U.S. Navy RQ-4 drone was shot down. (Department of Defense via AP) So, now we know. When, Ali Larijani, the Speaker of the Iranian Majles (its parliament) says, “The situation will change…
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) – a group that reliable information has linked to the terrorist group Hamas — has issued a new report that lists by name 1,096 philanthropic foundations it accuses of being “the funders of 39 Islamophobia network groups between 2014-2016.” “Hijacked by Hate: American…
Conservative Review reporter Jordan Schachtel recently came upon an interesting tidbit in the Tusmo Times, a publication that covers the Somali community in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, area. He found a story there by the Somali-language paper’s founder and editor, Abdirahman Mukhtar, about a “closed-door meeting” that took place in New York…
With the April 8, 2019, announcement by President Trump that the administration is formally designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization, the U.S. has finally, belatedly taken the step it should have taken more than seventeen years ago, following the 9/11 attacks. As the Havlish, et…