Bahrain Belongs to Iran!

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in discussions about forming a European-like union to oppose their enemy, Iran. Iran is furious about this because Iran considers Bahrain part of Iran, much like...

Is Sectarian Conflict Inevitable?

Syria for centuries has enjoyed relative peace and stability among its multi ethnic religious divide. But will this happy coexistence remain as the conflict escalates to a new level. The regime has done its best to portray the danger posed to its...

Iraq's Maliki Purges Iraqi Security Forces

I am sure you probably missed this. But, Iraq's leader, Maliki, a Shiite, is taking the coming US leaving in December as an excuse to purge the American created Iraqi Security Forces. This is the same force, actually, only force, that will be...

The Difficulty Of Seeing Through The Fog Of The Arab Spring...

The Difficulty Of Seeing Through The Fog Of The Arab Spring… My brother has a saying that there are those who are incapable of self-governance… that these people need autocrats and the like to dictate their lives; I do not subscribe to my...

Marriage and Sex Around the World

Sex and marriage around the world and through history.

Saddam Hussein's Death was not worth it

It is now the middle of the year 2011 and it has been almost five years since Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death and executed. If you are a person that believes in having a more peaceful world, you would think that removing...

Sometimes the Movies Get it Right

Basically, it's about a fictional Army soldier uncovering the truth about the United States and their reasons for entering Iraq. His pursuit gets him into nothing but hot water and nearly gets him killed. At the end, he sends his personal account to...

Islam

War With Iran - Iran's Belief in the End Times - The 12th Imam

Why should we fear Iran more than any other coutry at this time? If you understand what Iran and many of the Shiites believe in the End Times, you can see how a war is imminent in the near future in the Middle East region. We normally associate a...

Bahrain's Sunni-Shiite Riots, the U.S. 5th Fleet, and Iran: Stoking the Unrest

Its a little country on a little island, connected to Saudi Arabia by a very long 16-mile bridge. It is ruled by the al-Khalifa family with little oil to export. On one side is Saudi Arabia, on another, Qatar, a little to the north is Iran, which is...