by altha-admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Articles
The Arabs are recreating their homeland. The barren sands may yet become a flourishing oasis, an Emerald City in the Middle East.They never needed to call on some faraway magician or fairy to wave a magic wand.All they had to do (!) was band together and demand as one...
by altha-admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Articles
Repressive, dictatorial regimes are inherently schizophrenic. Officially, through demonstrations and propaganda, the ruling elite coerces their suffering subjects (not citizens) to believe that an foreign influence or outside force is trying to undermine their safety...
by altha-admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Articles
Bashar al-Assad, embattled and embittered President of Syria, has prolonged the forty-plus year dynasty of the Alawite clan dominating Syria. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, but in Assad's case, it has deranged him, just as he has driven...
by altha-admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Articles
Anwar al-Awlaki, U.S. born cleric now operating Yemen, has labeled the political uprisings throughout the Middle East as a boon for Al-Qaeda to strengthen and expand its network.He should not be so sure of himself.Al-Qaeda does not enjoy widespread support throughout...
by altha-admin | Mar 31, 2011 | Articles
The same defector-diseases is infecting the Libyan dictator's camp. Gadhafi's foreign minister, Moussa Koussa, has fled to the rebels' camp.Like President Saleh in Yemen, and President Mubarak, defections by the higher brass in the military and government...
by altha-admin | Mar 28, 2011 | Articles
Syria is shaking. It was only a matter of time. Despite being one of the most repressive regimes in the world, despite enjoying a relatively decent standard of living (compared to the other nations), the Syrian people are rising up. They are shaking off the forty-year...
