Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Obama’s Handling of Egypt: The Reviews Are In

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Lawrence Person

And they’re every bit as warm as those for Spiderman: Turn off the Dark: Mary Steyn: “For the last three weeks, the superpower has sent the consistent message to the world that (as Bernard Lewis feared some years ago) America … Continue reading →

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Mubarak Resigns, Hands Control Over to the Military

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

According the latest news flash. I’m guessing the military finally told him they’d had enough. What’s next? Anyone’s guess. If I had to venture a guess, I’d say talks with some elements of the opposition together with a crackdown against … Continue reading →

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Leon Panetta: Mubarak Will Step Down Today: Mubarak: The Hell I Will

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Despite the predictions of all the Usual Supects, Mubarak isn’t stepping down. I guess my low opinion of the sagacity of Leon Panetta has been borne out. In email, Stratfor is saying that Rather than letting protesters storm the Presidential … Continue reading →

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Mubarak to be Replaced by Military?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So goes the rumor de jour. Of course, since Obama’s CIA director Leon Panetta is one of the sources of information, I would take that with a huge grain of salt…

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Israeli Army Training (and some desert mysteries)

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I saw this dandy Michael Totten piece on Israeli military preparation (including building an entire town for training exercises) a few weeks ago, and meant to write something about it, but got busy with other things. Being a curious sort, … Continue reading →

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This Week in Jihad for February 3, 2011

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

All eyes are still on Egypt, but that’s not the only hotspot for jihad: Suicide bomber prematurely detonates thanks to spam text message. (Via Slashdot) “Barack Obama has endorsed a role for the Muslim Brotherhood in a new, post-Mubarak government … Continue reading →

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Mubarak is Lying. Mubarak is Telling the Truth

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The latest from the beleaguered President of Egypt: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said he would like to resign immediately but fears the country would descend into chaos if he did so. In his first interview since anti-government protests began, … Continue reading →

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What’s Going On In Egypt?

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Good question. Wish I knew. Or, more accurately, wish I knew more than what I can glean from various reports, which is that anti-Mubarak forces are getting a smackdown from pro-Mubarak forces, including (reportedly) police (secret and otherwise) in disguise. … Continue reading →

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Egypt: A Fist, Slowly Clenching

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Hosni Mubarak seems to have adopted an interesting strategy to deal with the unrest gripping his country: Let the worst of it rage with a minimum of reprisals and crackdowns, and then slowly but surely reassert his control using the … Continue reading →

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Egypt Update for Monday, January 31

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The situation this morning looks much the same as it did last night: neither side backing down, the army following Mubarak’s orders (for now). Once again the live update pages have changed: BBC Al Jazeera And here’s an interesting article … Continue reading →

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