As European expansionism, represented by its colonialist mindset and domination, hatched Nazism through the Treaty of Versailles, today Islamic extremism has incubated Western racism and its newly-discovered political incorrectness. From Urban in Hungary to Le Pen in France, from Johnson in Britain to Putin in Russia and Trump in the

In almost any mathematical certainty, there is an inverse relationship one finds between dumb and powerful. The dumber you are the less powerful you should be in any true democracy. Except in America today. Donald Trump is the most visibly abrasive dumb president we ever voted into office, which makes

On the political front, the Syrian opposition has two fronts both betting differently. The Muslim Brotherhood, backed by Erdogan of Turkey, wants to share power with the Assad regime. Why? Because both see eye-to-eye on Israel. Then there is the more liberal Syrian opposition mostly led by lone wolves that

Of the thousands of analysts and pundits who follow the Middle East tear itself apart, many notice a distinguishable pattern. Almost all powerful actors have one or more proxies fighting their battles. Except the Arabs who seem to be relying on the flavor du jour to press for their sovereignty.