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A Turkish kangaroo court episode

Perhaps the righteous and justice-loving Turks   In absentia trial is non compos mentis

Asymmetric aggression by Gaza

The plot goes like this: Hamas fires rockets into Israel while the world looks away. Israel seeks a peaceful end to the shelling, which ultimately occurs and the world applauds Hamas for its new-found restraint.   The detonation of hundreds of rockets and mortar shells can’t be heard outside of Israel

A Song to the Taliban

With apologies to Virgil, from whom I borrowed the first line, below is my special “Song to the Taliban”: I sing of arms and the Taliban, who first from the heights of the Hindukush came to the den of the Monster of Mingora. Righteous beyond measure, these mighty seed of Mohammed honed their cunning plan… Read More

Free Speech at Risk in US

Perhaps all the violence is the result of careful plotting by those who would use Islam as a political tool. If so, then Muslims are being duped by their brothers and sisters.   Political correctness damaging our First Amendment

Khamenei to the West: prove your innocence

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei again confirms the clever Kafkaesque quality of the current Iranian leadership. Reminiscent of “Alice in Wonderland”

Reflections on America’s Freedoms

With the recent violence engulfing Americans and American property in the Middle East, we see once more the yawning chasm between many practitioners of the Islamic faith and the non-Muslim world. The flash point in the case of the deadly attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi is said to be a video produced in… Read More

Tick tock, tick tock

Perhaps the clock clicks more slowly for the US Joint Chiefs because America, deemed by Iran as the Great Satan, has not (yet) been threatened by annihilation, nor   US Joint Chiefs are checking their watches

US Joint Chiefs says don’t count on America

Nature abhors a vacuum. Iran sees one in the dithering of the UN and western powers and seeks to fill it with its own version of hegemony. If the objective is the avoidance of war,   Iran should send flowers to General Dempsey

Israel protests South Africa’s call for labeling

The territory would not be occupied if a state of peace existed between Israel and its neighbors. Unfortunately, most do not recognize Israel’s right to exist, which, reasonably, is a sine qua non as far as Israel is concerned.   South Africa has better things to do

Critics of Israel forget history

UN Resolution 181 anticipated a separate Arab Palestinian state, but the idea was made moot when the armies of five Arab nations invaded partitioned Palestine as the Security Council dithered.   Dow Marmur offers insight

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Tightly constructed, fast moving story line, well researched, good character development and unexpected plot twists. I am looking forward to his next one.

Juanita C. Collins

The Masada Protocol is a fast paced read akin to Lee Child and Harlan Coben. Excellent research on the Middle East and an interesting premis on the ongoing conflict in that area. Can’t wait to read Steve’s next adventure.

Dennis Flaherty

Facts About Masada:

Masada - site of a mass suicide in 74 AD by Jewish rebels who preferred death to being taken as slaves by the Romans



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